Betcha glad that those big gasoline storage tanks are underground?

Now, that would have been a big bang!

Steve, K8SP
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:50 AM
Subject: Lightning Strike


>A couple of nights ago, we had some thunder boomers rolling off the =
> mountains and getting sucked down into the valley Denver is in.  So that =
> made it very low storms; low to the ground.  The next day, the news =
> reported 5000 lightning strikes during the two or three storms that =
> rolled across the city.  We took a strike at the gas station next door =
> to our home.  In fact, my oldest son has a house behind mine and he was =
> watching out the window when we witnessed the direct strike on the =
> telephone pole just in front of the gas stations sidewalk which is about =
> 200 feet from my 48 foot tower and antennas.  I've taken a direct hit =
> before while in the shack so I don't take lightning for granted any =
> more.  It was a big bang, that's for sure.  We went without power for =
> over 6 hours which is very long compared to the normal few minutes the =
> power is generally out.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX