http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-your-car.htm An Eclectic Mix Of Gadgets & Wired Madness Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:07:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-your-car.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17386 Jason Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:33:08 +0000 http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-your-car.htm/#comment-17386 I was struck in my 97 Chevy tahoe on 8-11-09 traveling 60mph. It was a very loud boom, I thought a transformer blew up next to me. My antenna turned red hot and melted, my car shut off and now I think that it fried my PCM on my truck, well that is what the Chevy place is saying. It also blew holes in the asphalt where my tires were at and left at pot hole in the back where my trailer hitch was about 1.5' in diameter and 6" deep. My boss was behind me and he saw it all happen and he said it looked like a missle hit the asphalt after it left my vehicle. WOW it was scary!! I was struck in my 97 Chevy tahoe on 8-11-09 traveling 60mph. It was a very loud boom, I thought a transformer blew up next to me. My antenna turned red hot and melted, my car shut off and now I think that it fried my PCM on my truck, well that is what the Chevy place is saying. It also blew holes in the asphalt where my tires were at and left at pot hole in the back where my trailer hitch was about 1.5′ in diameter and 6″ deep. My boss was behind me and he saw it all happen and he said it looked like a missle hit the asphalt after it left my vehicle. WOW it was scary!!

]]> http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-your-car.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17103 Dorian Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:53:04 +0000 http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-your-car.htm/#comment-17103 wow there are alot of typos in my message sorry hope it can be figured out wow there are alot of typos in my message sorry hope it can be figured out

]]> http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-your-car.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17102 Dorian Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:51:08 +0000 http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-your-car.htm/#comment-17102 well we had a really bad storm one night and there was a loud sound of thunder, and really bad lighting the while that happened my lights on my car started flashing on and off all night no way to stop it then the next morning i had to get a jump its stopped for a while but now it started flashing again when when he hit the lock key and it makes the noise and flahes so i dunno what to do but take to dealer had for 3 years anyone know what happened? maybe a wire got messed up well we had a really bad storm one night and there was a loud sound of thunder, and really bad lighting the while that happened my lights on my car started flashing on and off all night no way to stop it then the next morning i had to get a jump its stopped for a while but now it started flashing again when when he hit the lock key and it makes the noise and flahes so i dunno what to do but take to dealer had for 3 years anyone know what happened? maybe a wire got messed up

]]> http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-your-car.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16742 Jp Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:38:38 +0000 http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-your-car.htm/#comment-16742 I was at work last week and there was a bad storm. Lightning struck the front lawn area which was flooded...burst the new plumbing causing a flood....fried the laptop I was on....two routers....a tv....a poor squirrel on the lawn...,and my car. There were no burn marks anywhere bc everything was soaked due to the rain. The lawn was flooded. well my car wouldn't start...the batt worked bc the windows worked...the lights turned on perfectly...the car just wouldn't start..,,the dealer thought it was a deprogrammed key...turns out the computer got burned out! Thank god for insurance.....500 bucks sounds better than a grand or more! I was at work last week and there was a bad storm. Lightning struck the front lawn area which was flooded…burst the new plumbing causing a flood….fried the laptop I was on….two routers….a tv….a poor squirrel on the lawn…,and my car. There were no burn marks anywhere bc everything was soaked due to the rain. The lawn was flooded. well my car wouldn’t start…the batt worked bc the windows worked…the lights turned on perfectly…the car just wouldn’t start..,,the dealer thought it was a deprogrammed key…turns out the computer got burned out! Thank god for insurance…..500 bucks sounds better than a grand or more!

]]> http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-your-car.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16042 Tom Tue, 12 May 2009 02:52:11 +0000 http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-your-car.htm/#comment-16042 Lightning also travels from the ground up. Also the reason why the tire blew was due to the current traveling through the tire anyway (the air in the tire, the rim, and the metal structure of the tire). When current (lightning bolt) then encounters the rubber it realses large amounts of thermal energy. Thermal energy is relesed when current encounters a resistor, or a change in resistance. That is why the tire exploded. Lightning also travels from the ground up. Also the reason why the tire blew was due to the current traveling through the tire anyway (the air in the tire, the rim, and the metal structure of the tire). When current (lightning bolt) then encounters the rubber it realses large amounts of thermal energy. Thermal energy is relesed when current encounters a resistor, or a change in resistance. That is why the tire exploded.

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