SputnikNews: Bangladesh authorities issued warnings on dangerous meteorological activity, as an unprecedented upsurge in lightning strikes have resulted in then deaths of over 60 people across the nation in three days.
Reports by local newspapers Prothom Alo and Samakal suggest that the death toll across the nation reached 64 as of Saturday.
Government officials confirmed only 59 deaths.
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90% islamic, strong message to follow
and god says “next”
Maybe they’re taking up golf as a hobby
I love the loose use of the word “unprecedented.”
It’s so….. newsy.
Shocking I tell you!
Just shocking!
What’s the government doing in God’s world
Go ahead and say it no god or gods even evil knows there is a god
That place has always been a shit hole. I assume democrats run it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh
[[[shrug]]] It is the will of Allah.
Exodus 19:16- and it came to pass on the third day in the morning that there were thunders and lightings” chapter 20 :1 And GOD spoke all these words saying- I AM the Lord thy GOD- you shall have no other gods before me ” If you play with fire (GOD) your gonna get burnt. Have a nice day. 🙂
Our little acre has been struck by lightening at least 10 times over 40+ years. Three oaks the time before last. A few weeks ago, the neighbor’s hickory got struck. Appliances fried between three houses. We got hit with $900 worth of damage repairs.
SOME electric companies, not ours, will install for a price, a surge protector between the meter and the house. Not too many people know about this.
” … 34 of those fatal lighting strikes occurred on Thursday …”
My shed got hit by lightning last Thursday and caught fire.
But it didn’t knock out the electricity in my house like it usually does, thanks to a double grounding rod setup that Bubba’s Brother sent me a link to and I installed last year.
Thanks Bubba’s Brother !! It worked !
Plain Jane, you might try this setup hooked to your meter ground. I’ve had a bunch of appliances fried too, but no damage sine I installed this “leaky capacitor” setup.
http://www.solacity.com/docs/polyphaser/grounding%20and%20materials.pdf
Hat tip: Bubba’s Brother
TY Unruly. This last time got the control panel of our generator. Will pass this info to DH.
According to a meteorologist we were the only target of a lightening strike in the whole county that night, 🙂
@Plain Jane, we wanted to plant a tree close to our living room for shade – no central air her. After researching trees we found oaks are the #1 tree hit by lightning. We planted a faster growing maple.
Plain Jane, you’re quite welcome.
I used copper clad rods spaced apart a distance equal to the length of both rods. And I used 3/8″ copper tubing to connect the two rods, as this was cheaper than a copper strap or cable. All of it buried in a location that gets rain runoff from the roof to maintain a good ground.
Thursday was the first time that lightning struck that close without knocking out my electric and frying electronics. So I would say this system worked very well for me. Hope it works as well for you if you use it.
Already gave DH the link you posted. Will further pass on this latest info. He’s an EE retired and knows what you are talking about and is totally interested. Thanks bunches. This last strike was the most costly. Especially the control panel from the generator. The phones weren’t too bad. My one neighbor lost three T.V.s. Another neighbor lost a major appliance.
I blame global warming…er…I mean climate change. And islamophobia.
Eugenia, I agree. The oaks do attract the lightening. Kind of like standing in the middle of a golf course with a steel driver pointed up in the air during a storm. 🙂 Plus, we are at the highest point of the area within at least 10 miles around. That spells lightening target, but the lightening is drawn to the trees rather than the houses. Problems arise with the erratic path that lightening takes.
Our subdivision is in a virgin oak and hickory forest. It’s like living in a park and love it. We have a couple of trees that are at least 100 years old. Originally we had over 40 trees on the property. Over the decades we lost a few – four to lightening. I think we are down to 33 oak and hickory. We planted maples and ginkgos.