SCARY CLOSE LIGHTNING ! Crashing All Around Me
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2018
- Intense lightning storm with close bolts striking trees and scorching the ground all around me. Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning activity occurred for several hours with this slow moving supercell allowing me to capture several amazing close lightning strikes on camera in slow motion. For licensing video contact hankschyma@gmail.com
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After an evening of amazing close lightning strike captures, I set out to find and observe the locations of several of the close lightning strikes, namely a tree and the ground close by. Along the way we encounter several unexpected animals and other adventures.
LIGHTNING HITTING TREE
The tree that was hit by lightning had several chunks of bark blown off. This happens because the super-hot lightning instantly vaporizes the moisture in the tree the channel is in contact with. The expanding air blows the bark off and also causes several cracks down two main trunks of the tree. If you look at the video in slow motion, it appears the lightning channel jumps from one thick trunks to another. Tree observations confirm this as two separate main branches or trunks sustained cracks down them. The tree also caught on fire at the site of leader connection. It appeared that particular branch might have already been dead and dried out... Maybe not.
LOOKING FOR A FULGURITE / "Petrified Lightning"
Since I knew the precise location of a possible ground strike, I tried to find a fulgurite. A fulgurite is sometimes referred to as "petrified lightning." When the superheated lightning strikes the earth, it can fuse the sand and other substratum into glassy tubes or bulks. The higher the silicon content, the more glassy the fulgurite would be I'd imagine. Unfortunately, the particular ground strike I was trying to locate hit a piece of machinery directly behind the tree. No fulgurites were found.
STOCK TARANTULA WASP VIDEO: Courtesy of Robyn Huges and Greg Rice
GREG RICE has an amazing youtube channel specializing in tarantulas and I highly recommend subscribing to it...
/ @gregricetarantulas
MUSIC: Composed by Pecos Hank
That snake was faster than the lightning
lol nice
I've tried to catch racers. They just vanish.
Lol
I wondered if it was the same snake. 😂
Maby the lightning created that snake ;P
Why the hell isn't this a show on discovery? Fascinating and informative!...and free! Who could complain??
I have a similar feeling when I look at the videos suggested by Mr CZcams at the right of my screen: mainly clickbait stuff
Remember that one tv show called "Storm Chasers"? i could of watched that for years..
Don't forget the "reality" crap that's on tv.
Because hank is way better than discovery
ErizotDread True that!
They say lightning never strikes twice in the same spot
Tree: Hold my apples
I actually laughed out loud... thank you, I actually really needed a good laugh
Doesn't it actually have thousands of strikes in the same place? That's why you can see it for quite a few seconds?
Exact same thing i thought when i watched it
*Looked like Bob Ross painted that tree a friend to share the pain with. I believe ol Bob was Sadistic. xD*
This needs to be the best "hold my" comment on YT. This is funnier than hold my beer. 😂
"One of your metal, porta potty, space machines.."
Sounds better than Pump House, huh. =D
Yeah, the silence after he said that to the lady on the phone was golden.
@@RandomDudeOne It takes time for 'WTF do you want us to do about it?' to run through a persons head. lol
Porta Potty Space Machines is the name of my new metal band.
@@quantum_entangled_tardigrade 😂
Those porta-potty space machines can take a beating :)
Franksey180 That was great! 😂😂😂😂
Franksey180 That's why Tauren Marines get in them to fly to outer outer space.
Imagine being the lady who received the call about the lightning that struck the "porta-potty space machine", I'd die lol
That phone call was hilarious
"Umm...
...
Okay, I can relay you over..?"
Portapotty, time machine, spaceship thingy! Lmao
Lol, I'm sure she was like, this dude's been hitting the acid
your duke house your turd shack was hit by a light socket 😂😂😂 she might have hung up though ...
"aw goddamit it's hank again!"
-Snake
Дмитрий Иванович GET THIS TO THE TOP COMMENT PLEASE
Can't stop laughing 🤣
1:07 - And that, ladies and gentlemen, is exactly why you do NOT stand under trees during a thunderstorm!
Then again, if you stand in the open you're the tallest thing around
Snob Bingas That’s why you crouch down if you can’t get any proper shelter.
How is he so wholesome?? I came here for storms and stayed because I love him so much. He's so sweet and enthusiastic!
The same thing happened to me, I aimed to lose my fear of storms by learning more about them, but now I watch Hank’s videos because he’s such a cool guy
Tries to guess Pecos hanks phone number. 281-0001...hank?
Damn!!
281-0002..hank? Damn!!
281-0003..hank? Damn!!
Umm... Houston area code.
It's obviously 281-tornadolightning.com
You have three more numbers to guess lol. 281 is his area code.
281 is the area code🤦🏽♀️ (h-town reppin)
281-000-0001
"Hank? Dammit!"
281-000-0002
"Hank? Dammit!"
281-000-0003
"Hank? No, I don't want any propane or propane accessories. Dammit!"
281-000-004
"Hank? Dammit!"
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT HIM CHASING THE SNAKES I couldn’t stop laughing it was just so wholesome he’s like a child, curious about everything around him 😂
Like Gilbert Grape's brother Arney!
I saw one of his videos where he brakes for turtles. He found one dead and... gone.. in its shell, and gagged when he picked it up. He said bless their hearts!
I truly hope this masterpiece of a channel gets the recognition it deserves. It's got entertainment, adrenaline inducing action, non - cringey humor, a VARIETY of info about a variety of things. The cinematic is aesthetic af omg!! I'm hooked.
Indeed. This channel is a gift
theres a lot of education in his videos too
281-000-0001
"Hank? Dammit!"
281-000-0002
"Hank? Dammit!"
281-000-0003
"Hank? No, I don't want any propane or propane accessories. Dammit!"
281-000-0004
"Hank? Dammit!"
We'll figure this out sooner or later
Closed Caption: 7 - 9 - 4
Have fun with that.
better watch out hank
This comment was added a year ago. I want to thank you for making me LOL as I remain stuck in my apartment while the COVID virus tries to infect us all. Thank you and stay safe.
wait are you telling me Pecos Hank has a Katy Area Code phone number???????
Pecos Hank if you made merch I'd totally buy a hoodie, I hope you make merchandise soon!
Thats too mainstream for Hank
Or a Western Coachwhip thong. LOL
Hank merch 100% some collections of his weather photography as a calendar or something.. safety kits for the car???? (Like for extreme weather or animal encounters) I'd buy that.
aries458 I’m not gonna say no to that. 🥰😘
@@breathofthefrogkate690 - me too!
That tree must’ve stole the lightning’s money or something 😂
Lol
XD 😂
😝😂👍
💀💀💀👍
Definitely caught the lady on the phone off guard with the metal porta-potty from space comment. xD This is why I love this channel.
BEST CHANNEL ON CZcams
In a world of clickbait, channels like Pecos Hank and Aryanatomy really rise above the rest.
Preach!
which one?
In all seriousness there’s a guy who catches fake call centre / computer scams. His channel is equally as good!
Definitely the best weather channel.
A true, down to earth, great channel! Can't wait to see more from you, Pecos!
Thans for watching amigo!
did you really just make that pun
@@livingroomset2084 yeah i was gonna say
Cottonwoods are adapted to being hit by lightning. I've seen them with the whole inside of the trunk burned out still living years later.
That's because the inside of the trunk or heartwood, isn't necessary to the tree other than for support. It needs the cambium just under the bark for living. 🤓
I absolutely LOVE the before and after segments!
I love the little asides about the various wildlife you come across. It certainly displays your love of knowledge and learning about the world around you. I'm glad you share it with us!
Best lighting shots I've ever seen keep up the lit work Hank!!!
"Lit work"... nice!
Lightning: *never strikes twice*
Also lighting: "okay this tree is talking mad shit though"
You deserve a TV show, your channel is so damn awesome.
National geography seriously needs to hire youuuu 🙏🏼
medivuiek kroswik uh, no. the weather channel does.
Why not both...
Neither of them, he's good on his own.
13TH SILENT SHATHU' I agree with you
Hank, you do the best storm photography on the Internet. No question. Thanks for sharing your work man.
When you turn on captions:
Lets see what kind of bananna it sustained.
👀
there was a smily face afterwards meaning somebody edited the captions just for that
I really fucking hate these captions
@@starlingbaez6681 Why?
@@v0lny886 they are extremely annoying and they piss me off.
The innermost center of a tree trunk is called the pith. Just outside this is called the heartwood. The reason why the center of a tree can be hit by lightning and survive is because the center is already dead. The newest cells of a tree is the bark, which is forming the outermost protective ring.
Heartwood has a reddish-pink hue, right?
It's that split in the bark that opens it up to bacteria and disease.Some disease carrying insect whose whole is spent trying to find a hole in the bark suddenly experiences a flash of lightning but that would cook the bug too so never mind. Suffice to say in t he long run the tree will die. It's just like us if we get a wound and don't tend to it. It will get infected and open us up to a whole host of nasty stuff.
Hank: Snek? 🐍
Snake: Oh snap! [peaces out]
Hank: No, come back and accept my love!
Also some dang gorgeous lightning! We don't get good lightning storms around here, maybe once a year at best. I love watching it.
Can we have a "Hank Exploring Nature" segment?
Fuzz Life You know he has a second channel which only focuses on nature stuff? It's called Wild Snakes. He's got some cool videos about snakes and other wildlife. You should check it out!
mirrie1976 thanks!
@@mirrie1976 thanks!!!!!
It's such a relief to watch a storm chaser who's not screaming at everyone the whole time.
Your calm temperament is much appreciated my friend!
The lighting is like “you always say we are never close enough, well how’s this?!” 😂😂😂
Can you do more research on these "Porta Potty Space Machines" and debunk why they get struck by lightning?
They are actually harnessing lightning strikes on purpose and beaming the power to the Pleiades.
@@PecosHank That's some very innovative waste disposal. Hope the Pleiadeen citizens don't mind too much.
The metal sheeting barrier wall thingies use as a conductor
They have a type of lightning rod on them
They are natural gas meters, they call them meter runs , they have a 9 or 10 foot cooper rod in the ground beside them for ground idk if that’s for lighting or not
Always love when the notification's sound with a new video from you Hank always stay safe brother 👊😀🇺🇸
You too Chad!
👏👏👏👏
with Hanks channel, not only do you get prime storm and tornado footage, but bonus nature education as well!
The music the setup the atmosphere, very high quality content here. You manged to capture the overall feeling being in the middle of such thunderstorm and transfer it to your viewers.
You earned a sub.
So interesting hearing about the wildlife as well as the lightening - as I'm from the UK! Xxx 💖🇬🇧
Can you imagine the power of lightning? When the thunder cracks it shakes the entire landscape.
Joe Green - I was _literally_ knocked over from a full sprint when lightning hit about 3’ away from me... aside from the scrapes and bruises I was totally ok, tho I couldn’t stop shaking for about an hour after as it scared the dren out of me !!
I know that there is enough power to royal end the strikee
A lightning strike is hotter than the sun. It’s beautifully dangerous ❤️
It's like a tweet, but a thousand times worse!
@@Megan-ir3ze just the surface crust or outer corona of the sun, but not the entire sun itself. The Sun just like all stars are millions of degrees.
Those lightning time lapses were amazing 😃
The only reason im watching this is to help me overcome my fear of close lightning and lightning in general
Always spectacular shots of storms and lighting/tornados. Everything about your videos captures nature in its best and worst. Absolutely love it
The past few days here in SW Florida have been an *_intense_* (more than usual) time of _extremely_ lightning heavy storms (6” of rain in 3 days)... in the time it took to write this 3 strikes were close enough to shake my house !!! Thanks for the wonderful videos !!!
Edit: I just checked *RadarScope Pro* (the *_best_* radar app period) to see how many strikes were in a 5-mile radius from my house... far too many to count. I went down to a 1-mile radius and lost count around 64 !!!
Im in cape coral right now on vacation the storms are badass im enjoying them
I should visit Florida !! If I could ever afford it...
@@LindaGailLamb.0808 yeah im staying at familys house so i dont have to pay for a hotel just gas i drove down
Gr b g
There is a system trying to form a hurricane right around Miami currently.
Your videos are freaking amazing. I can sit and watch them for hours. Thank you.
I was thinking to myself about how cool it be to see the tree after the strike and then you went and found it!
I love this channel, keep up the great work dude!
"One of your porta-potty space machines" - Oh Lordy we got the tinfoil brigade on the line, thought the receptionist on the other end of the line. lol*-
I have had two experiences with lighting. The first when I was eleven when lighting struck a cottonwood about 500yards away. I was holding the wood framed screen door at the time.
It was flapping in the breeze and I went to watch it. Bright light and explosion in my head and I found myself on the floor ten feet from the screen. The paint on the metal part of the screen was smoldering and I had burns on my palm where I was holding on to the spring.
The second was years later while driving. I had my left arm resting in the window of my driver's door when lighting hit a transformer pole on the opposite side of the road.
My left arm flew up and into the cab with enough force as to strike my wife on the other side of the cab. She was unhurt; but, I could not move my arm. it just dangled.
I drove home taking about 45 minutes to do so. Slowly feeling and movement returned to my arm with no lasting effect other than a burn on my arm where it was
touching the door metal .
Steven Graham - I was in Orlando for the state forensics (speech and debate) championships in high school and after visiting with some girls from another school a friend and I had to get back to our room (it was one of those hotels that’s a series of 2-story buildings) during a massive storm. A moment after we started sprinting from the cover of one building to get to the next, lightning struck a hydrant within 3’ of us and from that full sprint knocked us both down to the ground. We were fine aside from scrapes and bruises from the fall and our hearing being a bit rubbish for awhile, but neither of us could stop shaking for about an hour after the event as it had scared the dren out of us !!!
Steven Graham you are so full of shit! That would not happen from a lightning strike from 1500 feet away!!
glad youre both safe and sound (:
Umberto Pertschy - it definitely gave me a *_very_* healthy respect for lightning and I won’t tempt fate if it’s anywhere near these days. I use *RadarScope Pro* (the same app Hank uses) to keep an eye on the weather (along with my weather station) and if a storm is dropping bolts within 10 miles I’ll move indoors... coming _close_ *once* was *_more_* than enough for me thanks !!
You are a natural human lightening rod! Ouch...
7:40. A metal port-a-pody space machine
After Coyote, Hank is the only guy I've seen get that close to a Tarantula Hawk💀
This video more than everything you could hope for in a pecos hank video: Lightning, supercells, snakes, crazy wildlife, and hank's awesome personality!
I like my own comments because no one will like them
Edit:thanks for your likes your truly kind
Edit again: thanks hank for your like your a truly amazing storm chaser and I hope you survive all those violent storms because you are a truely kind person
Zoie Hipkiss looks like you been like my friend.
r/sadcringe
So does hank
I’ll like your comment, out of pity for you...
At least you're honest :)
Holy cow that lightning 🌩 in the start of this episode was intense
Less talk more action that’s what I always look for on a video and I think this channel is perfect for that. Very good job 👏🏽
Never a boring moment in any of your videos. NEVER!!!!
Hank, I appreciate your channel more with each posting. Best weather chasing and nature videos I've seen. Very informative, humorous, and artistic at the same time. Love your music tracks also. Since they are your very own they add such personal depth and mood to the videos. I stopped wasting my time with the Storm Chasers series. You make them look like a bunch of stumbling clowns. Your life passions come through clearly and powerfully, including your love and respect for nature. Keep it going!
Hi Hank! Let me tell you that you have the best channel on CZcams. I love to see supercells, storms, tornadoes and lightnings and your videos are the best. Nice job!!! Keep going. Hugs from buenos aires, Argentina 🤗
Been following you since you had only few subscribers. Your videos are so calm and natural, and it feels like I am sitting with you when watching your videos. You enjoy the nature, enjoy the soil, enjoy the mountains, and it is not all about tornadoes but also the random surroundings and the random animals you approach during your adventure. Cannot wait to see your next video!
Awsm buddy!!!! This never happens in India !!! Love from INDIA 😍
Love from Texas!
ThankGod it doesn't!!
Such an underrated channel with some of the most informative, highest quality videos out there. Thanks, Hank!
I love your channel! It’s my go-to channel whenever I’m on youtube! Informative with amazing shots!
Keep up the great work, and be safe out there!
Cheers from Sweden
I've always been fascinated by lightning. It is Awesome and mysterious.
Today as the mist is 6th in a way
This morn saying it was a lining
It's not mysterious, we already know how it works lol
That’s an amazing lightning show u gotta admire Mother Nature for putting on a good show
This is amazing. It still is so cool to me how you catch all of it on camera. I've watched your videos and tried to perfect my settings and such to get it but I can't get it lol. So props to you dude
I been going through some rough things lately and hank has been there for me with his videos 😭❤️
Oh, yeah, I got caught in a localized lightning cell, part of a larger area of developing thunderstorms out in the Flint Hills west of Eskridge, KS back in the early 1970s. Incredible! Cloud to ground strikes about every 10 seconds for about 10 minutes until the cell moved on. Each of the bolts hit within about 100 yards of my position, huddled in the center of the front seat of my car. Had the radio on (AM only in my 1969 Dodge Dart) and all I could hear was a buzzing howl that started out low and increased pitch until the next lightning strike. Never have seen anything like that before or since. Your video comes close if it was unedited.
How am I just finding this channel!??! I feel like I've struck gold! This is premiere content! Best channel on youtube.
I find your content fascinating Hank! Really glad to have stumbled upon your channel 👍👍👍👍
I love the little bit at the end of you reporting the damage the lighting did to that porta-potty-thingy. Already a wonderful video, but something about the ending just feels so wholesome and honest.
Thank you for sharing the beauty of a storm. We take so many things for granted in life it reminds me of when I'd sit out on my porch watching storms when I was little.
Pecos Hank, I just ❤️ the footage you catch and the videos you bring to us
Thank U so much
Always looking forward to seeing your videos
Take care & Always stay safe out there
Much luv
101 outside temp? Keep drinking plenty hank👍
You deserve so many more views, this is raw content and it’s so amazing and beautiful and you put yourself in danger to acquire it and it deserves much more attention
big props to you for not only putting yourself in danger to get all this amazing footage, but also composing all the music yourself! it all makes for great videos.
Really great video, i love lightning and especially viewing where they did strike is awesome!
Keep up the awesome work Hank, love your storm videos!
The speechlessness of the lady on the other end of that phone was priceless!
Well done as always Hank
I know this video is a few years old but i just stumbled upon this just binge watching your videos hank. I love every video you put out. Great job as always :)
These shots are absolutely beautiful!! This is national geographic level!!
The tree looks like meat
Hello
I thought it too it's like bleeding flesh :0
hank you the man. really enjoyed that video. I know it's older. I must've missed it Prior to today. looking forward to seeing more from 2019 I've seen a couple already
Man Hank, you gotta get a 360 cam for the roof of your car. Imagine being able to give people a full controllable view of a violent storm, almost as if they were there. Love the content.
Beautiful footages of lightnings, one of my favorite forces of nature.
Absolutely love watching your videos. Definately seem like the kind of person I would like to know. That was a sick cell btw. Fantastic footage. Always a treat. Thank you doing this. Maybe we will run across each other if ever chasing in Kansas. Take care and best to you. Be safe always.
Simply incredible footage. Amazing quality and good idea capturing this. Instant subscribe
Love your videos. You manage to mix some of the best footage around of lightning storms , add in a little science and nature and then edit the content like a beast! Fantastic sir 😉
Hank is living his life to the best, doing stuff he loves, I love that 🔥😂
Lightning in slow motion.....a BEAUTIFUL sight, though, yes, DAMN scary!
Peko Hank learned me much. I have no words. He's just amazing. The Wild Desert
Man!
that lady’s reaction at the end was a perfect cherry on top of an awesome video.
thanks
You:tree is on fire,
Me:THE TREE DIDN'T DISURV THAT.poor tree
God kills indiscriminately.......
:59 - As a kid in the 70s, mom often told me; "don't get under a tree during a lightning storm." Mom was right...again!
I love your videos, I can see how much dedication you put on it, very good quality
Man I love your passion for the storm and your hobby..
0:42 the excitement 😂
0:43
What a thunder storm!!!. Love the Tarantula Hawk Wasp!
Absolutely incredible footage. Amazing! Thanks so much for sharing. Continue the great work.
i love your lightning pictures, you truly capture some amazing footage of storms, much respect for you and the work you do.....keep up the great work
Wheee new Video ! Great stuff as always.Great GC Strikes ! The Snakes where like ... Oh no Hank is coming ,get the Hell outa here !
An exceptional display of the power of nature! Absolutely great work, sir!
Awesome video, my man. Ive been watching ur vids from the start. Hands down, the best.
Just beautiful; amazing; awesome and awe-Inspiring.
The images and colors captured combined with your editing skills, scientific information, and overall time spent makes this video a complete work of art.
Thank you!