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Almost died today.

J

JeffreyLebowski

Lifer
Was outside working on my Trans Am, when a storm came rumbling in. I started putting stuff back, and then a bolt of lightning came out of nowhere and struck about 5 feet away from me.

There was so much static electricity in the air that a spark arced from my hand to the metal of the car 4 feet away. My whole left arm was numb for about 30 minutes afterwords.


Thankfully i didn't crap myself.
 
You know ever time I have a close call with the grim reaper.. I feel like running over to the misses and puck like there was no tomorrow.. unfortunately I have no misses... 🙁
 
Why doesn't cool sh1t like this ever happen to me? 🙁

Oh.. right. May have something to do with the fact that I don't go outside.

Later.. :beer:
 
Originally posted by: pyonir
Do you call your Trans Am the "Red Dragon" and is it street legal?
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It's street legal, and no, it's not the red dragon. It's the Angry Dragon. lol
It's still awaiting Vortec heads and vortec TPI intake.
 
Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Originally posted by: pyonir
Do you call your Trans Am the "Red Dragon" and is it street legal?
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It's street legal, and no, it's not the red dragon. It's the Angry Dragon. lol
It's still awaiting Vortec heads and vortec TPI intake.
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Bahhaha.. my 4.3L V6 on the Astro already has Vortec intake/heads 😎
.. as of now its in the shop however... 🙁
 
Originally posted by: KGB
Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Originally posted by: pyonir
Do you call your Trans Am the "Red Dragon" and is it street legal?
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It's street legal, and no, it's not the red dragon. It's the Angry Dragon. lol
It's still awaiting Vortec heads and vortec TPI intake.
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Bahhaha.. my 4.3L V6 on the Astro already has Vortec intake/heads 😎
.. as of now its in the shop however... 🙁
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yeah well, this is a 91 and Vortec stuff wasn't factory for it.
 
Originally posted by: Broohaha
Originally posted by: pyonir
Did you yell out, "LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!" 😀
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LMAO!!!

in all seriousness: what did the lightning bolt look like?
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All i saw was a bright flash and i heard a crack of thunder at the same time.

This isn't my 1st run in with lightning. I was in my old car a few years ago when the antenna of the car was hit. Messed up all the elctrical systems in the car.

 
Originally posted by: Broohaha
Originally posted by: pyonir
Did you yell out, "LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!" 😀
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LMAO!!!

in all seriousness: what did the lightning bolt look like?
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If he had been looking at the lightning bolt he would have probably been blinded for a few seconds. They're bright. I had the dubious pleasure of watching one strike outside my house, fortunately through a sliding glass door. Somehow it didn't knock out the power, but the noise was incredibly loud. It looked as though the entire world outside had turned white for a few seconds, and I had one helluva after image there. The cats didn't like it at all; they all went and hid under the furniture for about 3 hours.
 
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: Broohaha
Originally posted by: pyonir
Did you yell out, "LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!" 😀
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LMAO!!!

in all seriousness: what did the lightning bolt look like?
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If he had been looking at the lightning bolt he would have probably been blinded for a few seconds. They're bright. I had the dubious pleasure of watching one strike outside my house, fortunately through a sliding glass door. Somehow it didn't knock out the power, but the noise was incredibly loud. It looked as though the entire world outside had turned white for a few seconds, and I had one helluva after image there. The cats didn't like it at all; they all went and hid under the furniture for about 3 hours.
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I've experienced the same thing. so damn loud...
 
Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Was outside working on my Trans Am, when a storm came rumbling in. I started putting stuff back, and then a bolt of lightning came out of nowhere and struck about 5 feet away from me.

There was so much static electricity in the air that a spark arced from my hand to the metal of the car 4 feet away. My whole left arm was numb for about 30 minutes afterwords.


Thankfully i didn't crap myself.
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Damn, I missed!! 😉

Glad you're ok dude. You're one lucky SOB. :Q
 
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