Almost died today.

[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.

 

[KGB1]

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...

 

[Darkstar757]

Prasie GOD you are OK.

WoW that was close

:beer::beer:

 

[pyonir]

Wow...you deserve a :beer:!

 

[boyRacer]

whoa... :Q

 

[pyonir]

Do you call your Trans Am the "Red Dragon" and is it street legal?

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: pyonir
Wow...you deserve a :beer:!

Make sure you're standing outside with a metal ladder while drinking, ok?

J/K... That sounds like a seriously close call.

 

[neutralizer]

Dood... an arm that shoots electricity... so cool .

 

[Crazymofo]

That must have been the coolest thing you have ever seen!

 

[conjur]

Pics?


Glad you're ok!

 

[MithShrike]

Your arm must hurt like hell. :beer: for ya

 

[xcript]

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:

 

[pyonir]

Did you yell out, "LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!"

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: pyonir
Do you call your Trans Am the "Red Dragon" and is it street legal?

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.

 

[wfbberzerker]

ho-ly sh!t.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

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

lol, no.
My 1st reaction was,
"f*ck this, the car can wait" and i booked it up stairs.

 

[KGB1]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: pyonir
Do you call your Trans Am the "Red Dragon" and is it street legal?

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.

Bahhaha.. my 4.3L V6 on the Astro already has Vortec intake/heads
.. as of now its in the shop however...

 

[Broohaha]

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

LMAO!!!

in all seriousness: what did the lightning bolt look like?

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

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?

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.

Bahhaha.. my 4.3L V6 on the Astro already has Vortec intake/heads
.. as of now its in the shop however...

yeah well, this is a 91 and Vortec stuff wasn't factory for it.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: Broohaha

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

LMAO!!!

in all seriousness: what did the lightning bolt look like?

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.

 

[pyonir]

Dude...you've been struck by lightning twice. BUY A FRICKEN LOTTERY TICKET. and don't fly.

 

[yobarman]

Originally posted by: pyonir
Dude...you've been struck by lightning twice. BUY A FRICKEN LOTTERY TICKET. and don't fly.

hahaha exactly what I was going to say!

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: Broohaha

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

LMAO!!!

in all seriousness: what did the lightning bolt look like?

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.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: Broohaha

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

LMAO!!!

in all seriousness: what did the lightning bolt look like?

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.

I've experienced the same thing. so damn loud...

 

[LordRaiden]

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.

Damn, I missed!!

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