What's the latest in people's lives?

[Lt. Staplic]

I'll be posting for the Daystrom tonight

yay!!!

[Reliant121]

Was anyone else unable to get on last night? Safari would say that I couldnt access the page.

[Captain Seafort]

The connection was a bit iffy, but it was still accessible on-and-off.

[Teaos]

Likewise, just had to refresh a few times.

[Reliant121]

I couldn't get on full stop. Refreshed a hundred times, tried at different times. Couldn't access at all.

[Graham Kennedy]

Got struck by lightning the the other day heading out on a trip. The weird thing is that there was a tendril of energy right at the end of the radome for a few seconds then BAM everything went white till our vision returned. No damage though, but it was the weirdest strike I've ever encountered.

They're called "streamers". It's rare to see one, and rarer still to photograph one.

[Capt. Jethro]

They're called "streamers". It's rare to see one, and rarer still to photograph one.

Cool, thanks. I'm sure it's rare, it's the first time I've seen something like this in my 20+ years of flying. We were climbing through 8500 ft just outside of Memphis on our way to Baltimore when we got struck. Funny thing is the mechanics couldn't find any damage after an inspection. Usually there is an exit hole on the wing tips or tail.

Check this lightning strike out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX6Xk0DRVvE

[Captain Seafort]

Cool, thanks. I'm sure it's rare, it's the first time I've seen something like this in my 20+ years of flying. We were climbing through 8500 ft just outside of Memphis on our way to Baltimore when we got struck. Funny thing is the mechanics couldn't find any damage after an inspection. Usually there is an exit hole on the wing tips or tail.

It's not only not rare - it's universal. Lightning isn't a "surface to ground" phenomenon, but the ionisation of the path of least resistance between a positive and negative charge. In a storm these streamers are constantly being formed, both from the cloud and the ground (or aircraft in your case), and occasionally join up to form a lightning bolt. Usually it happens so quickly that they aren't seen before the bolt forms, but occasionally there's enough of a delay between the streamer forming and the bolt for them to be spotted.

[Nickswitz]

I don't have mono! IDK what I do have but I don't have mono, and I got my phone replaced today with another env. Hopefully this one will last me to the end of my contract.

[Mark]

So you can start kissing girls again!

[Reliant121]

Mark, you horny devil.

[Mark]

Any questions?

[Reliant121]

[Nickswitz]

So you can start kissing girls again!

Now I can do it without endangering their health, I could always do it, I have lips... errr.. a mouth.

[Mark]

Good man.