IT CUTS OUT.
YOU TO FIGHT THROUGH IT.
FIGHT THROUGH IT.
POWER THROUGH, WE WILL DO
THIS
SHOULD WE POWER THROUGH TO
OUR NEXT TOPIC HERE?
LET'S GET A LITTLE HELP FROM
RILEY.
YESTERDAY WE TALKED WITH MIKE
AUGUSTINE AFTER, HE WAS UP ALL
NIGHT LONG, IT'S THE WORST WHEN
YOUR ALARM CLOCK GOES OFF, YOU
WAKE UP, A COUPLE MINUTES
BEFORE YOUR ALARM CLOCK WHICH
IS WHAT HAPPENED, LAST NIGHT OR
TWO NIGHTS AGO WITH MIKE WITH
THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
TO YOU ALSO PROBABLY.
THE LIGHTNING WAS INTENSE.
THAT UNDER ARMOUR ONE PEOPLE,
PEOPLE REACH OUT ON SOCIAL
MEDIA ABOUT.
THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF NONSTOP
LIGHTNING AND WE HAD SO MUCH
CLOUD COVER, THE LIGHTNING WAS
REALLY REFLECTING ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
IT FELT LIKE A STROBE LIGHT,
LIKE WE WERE AT A DANCE PARTY
OR SOMETHING.
IT WAS, IT REALLY WAS.
I HAD THE DAY OFF, THE WEEKEND
OFF, I DID MORE OF A STAYCATION
WITH THE KIDS.
WHEN IT ALL STARTED I WAS LIKE
OKAY, I LOOKED AT THE RADAR AND
I WAS LIKE THEY ARE GETTING
GOING, I KEPT LOOKING AT IT.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I'M OFF
WORK I CASH OUT.
IT REALLY WAS LIKE A DISCO,
LIKE A DANCE PARTY.
I WAS WONDERING IF MY KIDS WERE
GOING TO WAKE UP FROM THIS.
THE THUNDER WAS REALLY LOUD IN
THE LIGHTNING INCREDIBLE.
I HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN THROUGH
ONE OF THOSE STORMS LIKE THAT,
IT IS BEEN A WHILE.
I'VE BEEN TO ONE BEFORE BUT
DEFINITELY AN EYE-OPENING
EXPERIENCE.
MY DOGS ON THE OTHER HAND WERE
NOT HAPPY AT ALL.
THEY WERE VERY NERVOUS.
BUT OVERALL THE KIDS SLEPT
THROUGH IT.
FINGERS CROSSED THEY WILL STAY
THAT WAY.
YOU LOOKED AT THIS LAST
NIGHT HEATHER, ANALYZING.
WE DID.
WHAT DID YOU FIND?
JUST LIKE RILEY SAID, IT IS
SO STRANGE, AND IT WAS SO COOL
BUT VERY STRANGE.
RILEY YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THE
WEATHER STUFF BECAUSE MIKE
WALKED US THROUGH IT, BUT TO
HAVE A LIGHTNING YOU NEED ICE
IN THE CLOUDS, THE CLOUDS ARE
WAY HIGH UP.
WHAT IS GOING ON IS THE ICE IS
RUBBING UP AGAINST EACH OTHER
AND SETTING OFF A STATIC
ELECTRICITY.
AND DISCHARGE.
THE WAY MIKE DESCRIBED IT,
THERE WAS A LOT OF ICE UP THERE
IN THE STORM WAS BIG AND SLOW.
WE HAD REALLY HUMID
CONDITIONS, IF YOU REALIZE WHAT
IT WAS LIKE THE NIGHT BEFORE.
HOT AND HUMID IN COLDER AIR
ALOFT.
ICE CRYSTALS FORMED.
IT ALSO HAD TO DO WITH THE
UPDRAFT, THAT'S WHY THE STORM
WAS SO TALL.
THE OF STRAPS GO IN AND THAT
THE ADDRESS GO IN, AND THE
DOCTOR PART OF THE STORM BUT
WHEN YOU HAVE MORE ICE YOU GET
THAT RUBBING TOGETHER AND A LOT
OF ELECTRICITY FROM THAT AND
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING THE
RESULTS OF.
THE LIGHTNING.
AND IT WAS ESTIMATED ALMOST
5000 LIGHTNING STRIKES.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
PER SECOND OR 1 TO 2 SECONDS,
HUNDREDS.
IT WAS CRAZY. IN ADDITION TO
HEAVY RAINFALL WE HAD AND WIND
OF COURSE, GUSTY WIND, BUT THE
HAIL.
I WAS LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW AND
WE GOT TO ABOUT A QUARTER
SIZED.
MAINLY PEA-SIZED BUT OFF TO THE
WEST, HAD ANYWHERE FROM
GOLFBALL TO EVEN LARGER.
WHEN YOU GET THAT LARGE, YOU'RE
IN TROUBLE IF YOU HAVE A CAR
SITTING OUTSIDE.
I WAS SITTING THERE AND
WATCHING THE RADAR AND RENTAL
ACTIVITY IN YOU COULD SAIL YOU
COULD SEE HAIL.
I WAS THINKING DO I NEED TO
MOVE THE CAR SOMEWHERE SAFER?
IT'S ON THE STREET, MY GARAGE
IS PACKED WITH STUFF, LIKE MY
FURNITURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT MAKES ME REALIZE, MAYBE I
NEED TO CLEAR THAT OUT AND HAVE
IT FOR THE SAFE SPACE FOR THE
CAR.
IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO
SEE HOW THE STORMS BLEW UP, AND
THE LIGHTNING STRIKES FOR SURE.
IT WAS INTERESTING, MIKE WAS
SAYING YOU COULD NOT HAVE
PREDICTED IT BECAUSE WE DO NOT
KNOW EXACTLY HOW LIGHTNING
WORKS.
WE HAVE KIND OF AN IDEA BUT WE
DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY.