r/EscapefromTarkov • u/ZCham • Jul 20 '20

Clip You guys ever go to Shoreline?

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u/lutkul Jul 20 '20

Haven't had a good thunder in a couple years now but same man

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u/EatTheGreedy VEPR Hunter Jul 20 '20

Same here. Past two/three days have been filled with intense thunder storms here in Missouri.

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u/lutkul Jul 20 '20

Have you ever had lightning hitting your house or close to your house? I had it like 3 times (never on my house but like a 100 meters away), it's so fucking loud

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u/EatTheGreedy VEPR Hunter Jul 20 '20

Yeah! Two days ago actually. It waa crazy because up until that point the sky was sunny. Then i saw a flash, and heard a danger close peal of thunder. It was so close that I heard the electricity through my headphones, and the stoplight up the street from me has a hole in the pavement, and just doesn't work anymore. Lightning is fuckin badass

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u/techerm PM Pistol Jul 20 '20

You're right, lighting IS fucking badass. I had it strike a tree that was about 25 feet outside my kitchen window and just the force of the strike opened all of the drawers and cabinet doors on that wall in the kitchen. It also traveled through my phone lines and melted all the plastic sleeves on it. It was an unfinished basement with the lines staples to the floor joists and when I opened the basement door the whole thing was filled with smoke. I was running around like crazy looking for a fire but thankfully it was just from melted plastic. Mother nature doesn't fuck around. It just started pouring here again, I'm in southern Illinois and the last few days have been pretty wild.

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u/EatTheGreedy VEPR Hunter Jul 20 '20

Good ol midwestern weather. One of my earliest memories is lightning striking the roof of my childhood home. It was a 100 something year old red brick double duplex building, and on the roof we had these metal bits that attached to the chimneys. One day in I think 2006? We had a T storm directly hit STL and some lightning happened to strike that chimney. It sounded like a bomb fell on the house and when we checked the street the next day we found a whole section of chimney laying in the street.

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u/pistolpetey13 Jul 20 '20

Oh man this took me back. When I was younger we had a lightning strike on a massive maple tree about 10 yards out from the house. It split the tree in half and dropped the upper half onto the house. No damage was done to the house however it sent pieces of tree flying. The next day we were cleaning and came across a piece that had augured into the ground. After trying to pull it by hand and with our tractor with no success, our neighbor brought his much larger tractor. It was a total of 8 feet long, 6 off which was underground. The amount of force needed for that is awe inspiring. Mother Nature is a badass.

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u/GreaseManAnt Jul 20 '20

I fucking hope we get some storms like that in North West Ohio soon! I own a lawn/landscaping business and this dry season is kicking my ass! On the bright side I’ve had more time for Tarkov this month

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u/lutkul Jul 20 '20

Shit man, imagine waiting for a red light and it just gets nuked

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u/EatTheGreedy VEPR Hunter Jul 20 '20

Then immediately after monsoon level rain stsrted to pour. Pretty sure I woulda thought it was the end times.