Did that house burn down ? it was smoking through the rest of that clip. About the polarity...hard to tell, could only see the very bottom of the channel. Could not tell if there were any spindly branches off the main channel, or how smooth vs zigzagy the channel looked over a longer length. I also don't know what it sounded like from further away.......a precursory waxing hiss (negative ?) or a sudden blast like onset sounding like an artillery shell (positive ?). That flash looked like it may have had only one stroke, which may suggest positive. The neighbourhood looked like it was not in the core of a heavy convective cell but rather in the anvil region....and that is where many positive flashes occur in storms that are dominated by negative cg's in their cores. I am going to guess that that was a positive strike but I am only moderately confident at best.
The same thing happened to ny house. If u want the vid of my house, search up : North Carolina house DESTROYED by lightning strike Channel name is WCNC
The loud afterbooming sound gives away that this was definitely a positive strike. A bit rare to see it with so much 'preflashes' happening as they usually happen without any visual warning upfront. Lived through one at something like 100 meter distance once (about 30 feet I guess) which was definitely was a terrifying experience. Negative strikes usually are short and loud as well, but die down quickly. Though it will probably be hard to say if the afterbooming after about a minute originate from this same strike, it definitely goes on for a looong time.
positive lighting are generally a single flash, while negative lightning will have that pulsing flashing that is more common. also, when viewed from farther away, positive lightning is usually a smooth column with no branches, while negative is jagged with multiple branches.
I've chased hundreds of storms and seen pretty much everything there is to see with lightning strikes, that was almost certainly a positive CG. You can tell from the longevity and thermal characteristics of the plasma channel in this clip, also the thunder from the strike itself and the rumbling afterwards plus the lack of heavy precipitation nearby suggests it was likely an anvil crawler that connected with the ground. Interesting little bit of information, strikes like these are believed to be the trigger behind Red Sprite events and other TLEs. Fantastic capture, hope everyone was okay.
Wrong - as NOAA puts it: "Positive lightning is usually composed of one stroke (negative lightning typically consists of two or more strokes)." The myth of positive lightning being stronger is exactly that: a myth. Somebody said powerful strokes are positive and the 'net picked up the rumor. I dealt with the aftermath of lightning strikes way too many times as a comm field tech with a Fortune 100 electric company. It never made any difference to me whether the polarity was positive or negative. Lightning is lightning.
Dang, This December, I didn’t expect this video to blow up with 5k views, that is just insane for a small TH-cam Channel. Whatever caused it, thank you.
This is a positive CG, but it's also a type of lightning called "Bead lightning" or "chain lightning" because the main channel after striking decays into segments. Nothing beats the sound of a positive lightning bolt.
Exactly the same as negative lightning bolt, in spite of internet misinformation. The only significant difference between the two is the lower incidence of return strokes due to the lower incidence of positive charged areas in the sky.
I have no idea how that hoax started. Positive strikes are rarer, but no more powerful than a negative strike. Since most strikes include 2-3 return strokes and positive strikes rarely have any. positive strikes are (arguably) _less_ powerful than normal negative ones.
Sorry @flagmichael but that is not a joke, and i know very well what positive and negative strikes are, ive experienced views positive and negative ones nearby, totaly different thunder , negative thunder sound like a train that comes from far and a positive one sound like a gunshot or like a bomb that falls nearby you
Like it was mentioned, many indicators that that was a positive CG strike. The width of the channel and appearance of the plasma, the extreme duration of the rumble, rainless region of the storm, etc. What a catch!
I don't know how the "monster positive lightning strike" myth started, but none of the things you cite have anything at all to do with polarity. The rumble is from terrain, the width of the channel is actually visual "blowout" (it was much narrower than it appeared... lightning always is), rain or absence is no indicator of anything at all. The one thing nobody mentions but is the only true thing about the relatively rare "positive lightning" is that positive strokes less often have return strokes. The visual duration suggests - but does not prove - it was a negative stroke.
That is the silliest thing I have seen yet about positive lightning. Reverberation is 100% terrain, not the characteristics of the lightning. Positive lightning is less common and scarcely different but on average less powerful than ordinary (negative) lightning.
@@flagmichaeldid you really just say positive lighting is less powerful than negative lighting, check your sources, because even the national weather service says they are way more powerful.
@@violetharmon5064 Both are wrong. Positive lightning is slightly _less_ powerful on average. How that hoax started is beyond me. If you had a high speed camera (like the slo mo guys) you could see the strike is not as likely to have multiple strokes if it is positive. You don't want to be affected by either.
@@flagmichaelJust because positive lightning only has 1 stroke doesnt mean that it isnt way more powerful than a negative. Positive lightning comes from the top of a storm while a negative is usually at the base of a storm cloud. This means that positive lightning requires way more energy than a normal negative, therefore, being way more powerful. If you get hit by a positive cg, you're dead guaranteed. Cant say the same for a negative.
@@violetharmon5064bro what? its a video, obviously its not gonna be as loud as it was in real life 💀 do you not know any of the characteristics of a positive strike?
Take it from a guy who has battled lightning damage at communication sites for decades and is putting together a "lightning hardening" program for operators of communication sites. There is no practical difference for most people, but from my standpoint the lower incidence of return strokes in positive lightning is a plus. Positive lightning is somewhat less powerful, but hardening measures have to be based on worst likely case. I know the internet rumor is that positive lightning strikes are more powerful, but in the real world they are less damaging because return strokes are less common. "Negative" lightning has on average 2-3 return strokes. That does not matter much to most of us, but electronics does not appreciate it at all! Anyway, hardening sies means protecting against all lightning, and we take on whatever comes. So, what would we notice about positive lightning? If you listen to an AM radio you can hear the electrical activity of lightning. Most strikes produce a "kkkk" sound; but occasionally you may here a single snap. If you had to bet, you could bet that snap was positive lightning.
It is way beyond impressive close up. Not a roof, but a tower of our comm site on Mt. Elden outside Flagstaff, AZ. With only a short distance and no obstacles between us, it is overwhelming how loud thunder is that close in! No rumble or boom, just an earth-shattering BANG!!! My eyes recovered faster than my ears and nerves did.
It would be about the same if positive; the hoax about positive lightning being more powerful is just that. I don't know how that silly hoax got started.
As a comm tech who has battled lightning for a couple decades, I don't consider that close. At least it is a real strike, not one of the too-common phonies we see on YT. However, it is nearly impossible to distinguish a "positive strike" from a "negative strike" by looking at it. There is no practical difference; I have no idea how that silliness started. NOAA (The Positive and Negative Side of Lightning) at least sheds some sanity on it: "How can you tell if lightning is positive or negative? Both phenomena are often red. Positive lightning is usually composed of one stroke (negative lightning typically consists of two or more strokes)." On average, lightning consists of 2-3 strokes.
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Did that house burn down ? it was smoking through the rest of that clip. About the polarity...hard to tell, could only see the very bottom of the channel. Could not tell if there were any spindly branches off the main channel, or how smooth vs zigzagy the channel looked over a longer length. I also don't know what it sounded like from further away.......a precursory waxing hiss (negative ?) or a sudden blast like onset sounding like an artillery shell (positive ?). That flash looked like it may have had only one stroke, which may suggest positive. The neighbourhood looked like it was not in the core of a heavy convective cell but rather in the anvil region....and that is where many positive flashes occur in storms that are dominated by negative cg's in their cores. I am going to guess that that was a positive strike but I am only moderately confident at best.
The same thing happened to ny house. If u want the vid of my house, search up : North Carolina house DESTROYED by lightning strike Channel name is WCNC
The loud afterbooming sound gives away that this was definitely a positive strike. A bit rare to see it with so much 'preflashes' happening as they usually happen without any visual warning upfront. Lived through one at something like 100 meter distance once (about 30 feet I guess) which was definitely was a terrifying experience. Negative strikes usually are short and loud as well, but die down quickly. Though it will probably be hard to say if the afterbooming after about a minute originate from this same strike, it definitely goes on for a looong time.
positive lighting are generally a single flash, while negative lightning will have that pulsing flashing that is more common. also, when viewed from farther away, positive lightning is usually a smooth column with no branches, while negative is jagged with multiple branches.
I've chased hundreds of storms and seen pretty much everything there is to see with lightning strikes, that was almost certainly a positive CG. You can tell from the longevity and thermal characteristics of the plasma channel in this clip, also the thunder from the strike itself and the rumbling afterwards plus the lack of heavy precipitation nearby suggests it was likely an anvil crawler that connected with the ground. Interesting little bit of information, strikes like these are believed to be the trigger behind Red Sprite events and other TLEs. Fantastic capture, hope everyone was okay.
Wrong - as NOAA puts it: "Positive lightning is usually composed of one stroke (negative lightning typically consists of two or more strokes)." The myth of positive lightning being stronger is exactly that: a myth. Somebody said powerful strokes are positive and the 'net picked up the rumor.
I dealt with the aftermath of lightning strikes way too many times as a comm field tech with a Fortune 100 electric company. It never made any difference to me whether the polarity was positive or negative. Lightning is lightning.
@@flagmichaelbro there's so much wrong with this comment
Anazing how the thunder just kept going and going.
That thunder is much higher in the clouds near where that bolt originated, since it's much farther away, the thunder is a softer rumble.
It's so smart to come out right after that...
Dang, This December, I didn’t expect this video to blow up with 5k views, that is just insane for a small TH-cam Channel. Whatever caused it, thank you.
This is a positive CG, but it's also a type of lightning called "Bead lightning" or "chain lightning" because the main channel after striking decays into segments. Nothing beats the sound of a positive lightning bolt.
Exactly the same as negative lightning bolt, in spite of internet misinformation. The only significant difference between the two is the lower incidence of return strokes due to the lower incidence of positive charged areas in the sky.
@@flagmichaelcheck your sources bud, even the national weather service says they are more powerful
This is to 100% a Positive Lightning Strike, These are the most loudest, powerfull and brightest Lightning strikes that you can get in a thunderstorm
I have no idea how that hoax started. Positive strikes are rarer, but no more powerful than a negative strike. Since most strikes include 2-3 return strokes and positive strikes rarely have any. positive strikes are (arguably) _less_ powerful than normal negative ones.
Sorry @flagmichael but that is not a joke, and i know very well what positive and negative strikes are, ive experienced views positive and negative ones nearby, totaly different thunder , negative thunder sound like a train that comes from far and a positive one sound like a gunshot or like a bomb that falls nearby you
@@flagmichaelpositive lightning carries a lot more voltage and amps than your average negative charged lightning bolt. Bozo
Like it was mentioned, many indicators that that was a positive CG strike. The width of the channel and appearance of the plasma, the extreme duration of the rumble, rainless region of the storm, etc. What a catch!
I don't know how the "monster positive lightning strike" myth started, but none of the things you cite have anything at all to do with polarity. The rumble is from terrain, the width of the channel is actually visual "blowout" (it was much narrower than it appeared... lightning always is), rain or absence is no indicator of anything at all. The one thing nobody mentions but is the only true thing about the relatively rare "positive lightning" is that positive strokes less often have return strokes. The visual duration suggests - but does not prove - it was a negative stroke.
@@flagmichaelrainless zone does matter, positive lighting tends to strike away from the rain core of the storm
That is a definition of a positive lightning bolt
I´m positive about that lightning positiveness.
Damn. I can’t imagine how loud it sounded for the people in the house who were right beneath it.
It reverberated for over 60 seconds. That translates to a positive CG bolt 12 miles long!
That is the silliest thing I have seen yet about positive lightning. Reverberation is 100% terrain, not the characteristics of the lightning. Positive lightning is less common and scarcely different but on average less powerful than ordinary (negative) lightning.
@@flagmichaeldid you really just say positive lighting is less powerful than negative lighting, check your sources, because even the national weather service says they are way more powerful.
@@flagmichaelyou are not the smartest person ive seen today
@@flagmichael - Actually, your remark is beyond silly.
Going outside immediately after the ⛈ strike doesn’t seem like the brightest idea 💡, speaking of lightning ⛈.
That hit right on the top of the neighbor's roof!
One time I saw lightning strike the ground near me, about 30 feet away, it left a series of plasma blobs like that. Do negative strikes do that too?
All do.
WHOA. That was a rare positive CG. Look how wide that channel is!
No this is a negative. Positive lighting is much more powerful and louder
@@violetharmon5064 Both are wrong. Positive lightning is slightly _less_ powerful on average. How that hoax started is beyond me. If you had a high speed camera (like the slo mo guys) you could see the strike is not as likely to have multiple strokes if it is positive. You don't want to be affected by either.
@@flagmichaelI thought positive not matter if it’s cg or cc are more powerful said by multiple meteorologist and sometimes even scientists
@@flagmichaelJust because positive lightning only has 1 stroke doesnt mean that it isnt way more powerful than a negative. Positive lightning comes from the top of a storm while a negative is usually at the base of a storm cloud. This means that positive lightning requires way more energy than a normal negative, therefore, being way more powerful. If you get hit by a positive cg, you're dead guaranteed. Cant say the same for a negative.
@@violetharmon5064bro what? its a video, obviously its not gonna be as loud as it was in real life 💀 do you not know any of the characteristics of a positive strike?
Positive CG. Holy cow! Good catch my friend. Stay safe, and where was this?
It was in Fernandina Beach, FL
Good capture! Hope the house and the family in there is okay though!
Awesome catch man
What's the difference between common and positive lightning?
*Idfc I'll search it myself*
Take it from a guy who has battled lightning damage at communication sites for decades and is putting together a "lightning hardening" program for operators of communication sites. There is no practical difference for most people, but from my standpoint the lower incidence of return strokes in positive lightning is a plus. Positive lightning is somewhat less powerful, but hardening measures have to be based on worst likely case.
I know the internet rumor is that positive lightning strikes are more powerful, but in the real world they are less damaging because return strokes are less common. "Negative" lightning has on average 2-3 return strokes. That does not matter much to most of us, but electronics does not appreciate it at all! Anyway, hardening sies means protecting against all lightning, and we take on whatever comes.
So, what would we notice about positive lightning? If you listen to an AM radio you can hear the electrical activity of lightning. Most strikes produce a "kkkk" sound; but occasionally you may here a single snap. If you had to bet, you could bet that snap was positive lightning.
That’s one that makes the hairs on your forearm stand up if you’re close enough and smell ozone
All forms of lightning does that. Negative or positive
@@lamargoat2.054 True. any high voltage discharge creates a field of electrons in the air.
Never saw lightning strike a roof of a building in person only in videos
It is way beyond impressive close up. Not a roof, but a tower of our comm site on Mt. Elden outside Flagstaff, AZ. With only a short distance and no obstacles between us, it is overwhelming how loud thunder is that close in! No rumble or boom, just an earth-shattering BANG!!! My eyes recovered faster than my ears and nerves did.
I couldnt hear Bomb blast like sounds but... Is it because it was too close ?
This is how people die! You don't see anything scary in the sky or hear thunder n then boom, you're hit.. 🤔
That's the risk I take as a storm chaser, if I feel it's too close for comfort, I take cover in my car or in my house
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No way its positive bolt.. Was that loud in person?
oh yes, it was extremely loud it almost blew out the windows from the shockwave.
@@VinnyT-rr6lh yes positive CG are extremely loud and causes a big and strong multiple shockwaves. .. nice catch bro thanks for sharing it with us
It would be about the same if positive; the hoax about positive lightning being more powerful is just that. I don't know how that silly hoax got started.
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As a comm tech who has battled lightning for a couple decades, I don't consider that close. At least it is a real strike, not one of the too-common phonies we see on YT.
However, it is nearly impossible to distinguish a "positive strike" from a "negative strike" by looking at it. There is no practical difference; I have no idea how that silliness started. NOAA (The Positive and Negative Side of Lightning) at least sheds some sanity on it:
"How can you tell if lightning is positive or negative? Both phenomena are often red. Positive lightning is usually composed of one stroke (negative lightning typically consists of two or more strokes)." On average, lightning consists of 2-3 strokes.
Hey VinnyT 1116, do you have an email address at which we could contact you regarding this video? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible? (i.e. via email) :) Cheers, Felix