- Location
- Andorra and Spain
I thought that but it wouldn't explain the damage higher up on the tree, which is right next to where the camera was wedged.
No, definitely not. The bark has been peeled off the top and there's no charring of anything. The control board in the camera is dirty, but not burnt in any way, and nothing is melted. Lightning is pretty good at melting stuff
On that note, a completely unrelated story. This is from before I was with J. He was travelling back to the UK from Andorra, flying out of Barcelona. Settled into his seat for take off. Up they went, up and up to altitude and they started to cruise. Suddenly, there was a huge bang, the lights went out, a smell of smoke filled the cabin and the plane plummeted. It levelled off, but it kept surging and lurching - one of the engines was out and it looked like they were struggling to get it started. The flight crew were running up and down the aisles, obviously searching for the source of the smoke. J said it was eerily quiet - no screaming, no hysteria, just panicked silence.
After about twenty minutes, the engine finally started and the plane equalised. The lights went back on and everyone started to relax. All this time there had been no communication from the flight desk, but then, an announcement: "Hello ladies and gentleman, this is your captain. I would like to apologise for not talking to you sooner, but as you can imagine, we've been rather busy up here.
"Just to let you know what happened, we were just hit by the largest lightning strike I have experienced in the last thirty years of flying. Don't worry though, the plane is designed to withstand such a strike and we'll be continuing on our way to Liverpool immediately."
After another twenty minutes of watching Barcelona going past the window, J thought, "You lying bastard"
But they did continue on their way eventually, and they landed safely. J's sister was waiting for him at the gate. As he went to hug her, he gave her a huge electric shock. Later on, he realised his watch was going crazy. It would skip forwards, then spin, then go backwards. It had a mind of its own. As it was an expensive watch, he took it to a shop the next day to have it looked at. They opened it up and asked, "What the hell happened to this?!". Apparently the circuit board had melted in places! They said it would be expensive to fix, but he decided to have it done because "It's my lucky watch now!".
I beg to differ. I think the lucky watch is the watch you are wearing all the times your plane isn't hit by lightning. But maybe that's just me.
