Lightning Up Close | IMR

Mike Bettes avoids a lightning strike in this instalment of The Weather Channel's Immersive Mixed Reality experience.

[@TacoAmigo777]

I’m loving these animations. They’re beautiful

[@mrwow1667]

_ TacoAmigo777 _ it’s real life not animated

[@Alanhajoo]

Aaron Hampton It is animated. The makers of the video added simulations to make a very real effect.

[@mellowrexdrift6155]

I love them too

[@leogel1116]

So realistic

[@barryveilleux4662]

Yea

[@NapTownMaq]

That was my favorite light pole. Dammit Dave.

[@whoisu7049]

Miguel Quintero lol

[@idontknowanymore5104]

Can't have shit in Detroit

[@NapTownMaq]

Claudia Washington how dare you disrespect my favorite pole

[@crystalbubbleaj7581]

God. Fucking damnit Dave.

[@trinity6880]

lol

[@EllaGP22]

I love that it looks like the lightning is shining on him. Huge props to the team at TWC.

[@geeseday]

Don’t you agree with :8 ?

[@marvincox4352]

There’s a problem. You don’t have your indestructible safety circle ⭕️

[@exiaax]

he has the indestrucible safety weather report room

[@TheActualKingOfRailfanning]

No he’s indestructible he wont die

[@Dcwest0616-the-best-on-youtube]

mark eliot and milke bennets dont need them

[@randomdude-i5b]

This is why you need to stay in your basement

[@MultiDarkZen]

They probably ran out of budget for the grey circle lmfaoo

[@daseryballesteros9450]

Why is this so fascinating 🙂

[@SynthAir]

because learning is underrated :D

[@tocaarlin5288]

Oh no the Lightning run

[@honestlyurbadlmao3449]

This man legit said “it’s rewind time” when he reconstructed that tree

[@ferdinandpasamba8566]

This new one is better than the real ones

[@ferdinandpasamba8566]

This new one is better than the real ones

[@raptorzeraora2632]

He has the time sfone... but its in his pocket

[@Jungle1000]

It’s a lamp light…

[@_egg_2933]

Why does this have less than One million views!?!? This is Amazing!!!

[@iankravitz5723]

Because their facts are wrong, that's why!!!

[@iceresistance]

@@iankravitz5723 Not always!

[@swargpatel7634]

Weather and Natural Disasters are already fascinating, but these animations make it a whole lot better, great job!

[@yelaclima444]

would you know, july 13th is a saturday (deadliest month, unlucky number, deadliest day)

[@cageybee7221]

turns out, it was a shit show for completely different reasons.

[@ivylee5490]

Wait wait wait July is the deadliest month? Gosh damnit another reason why I wish I wasn’t born in July- Edit: Nevermind just watched the full video-

[@awhahoo]

@@cageybee7221 wait what its been like 7-11 months what happened again

[@michellebradford1624]

that’s my friends birthday, he confirms it’s a very unlucky day

[@jamesdeininger3759]

TWC has really stepped up the game. Your move, NBC.

[@cynthiastinson7059]

Every one else: dives indoors for cover. Me: runs outside to watch storm coming in.🤪

[@snowylife461]

That is totally me it almost got me killed once 😅 but I still love a good storm

[@CR7GOATofFootball]

I love storms

[@williamlogan7948]

Hello there👋

[@pinkmercyjustagamergirl8328]

hi

[@supergalaxyspace11v2]

I also wait for thunderstorms lol

[@karlamartinez3500]

Dude over 250,000 MPH?!?! And 1 BILLION bolts?? I never realized. Thank you Weather Channel! I'm learning for my school!

[@DB-47]

They are very fast so 250.000 mph or ~ 400.000 km/h is possible as seen on super slow motion captures of lightning, where branching or lightning is well noticeable. For my surprise I found out that common negative to ground lightning (CG-) can reach current up to 30 - 120 kA and positive ones (CG+) up to 400 kA and can reach up to 40 - 60 km (25 - 38 mi) out of cloud. They are also super loud like bomb explosion or rolling heavy stones, last time when it stroke 600 - 700 metres (0.4 mile) far, it was quite loud :D

[@titaniac3037]

Once when I was younger, my mom and I were sitting in the garage watching a storm, with the garage door open. A lightning bolt struck the driveway directly infront of me, I still remember seeing nothing but light and almost going deaf from how loud the thunder was, and uncontrollably jumping back like 4 feet before crashing onto the ground.

[@startrekstarfleetlcars44779]

@titanic3037 hello sir how are you?

[@KayPrescesky]

Lightning struck our house in Houston once. The entire house lit up like God's flashlight was just chilling on the couch eating chips and dip, and every appliance turned off and the master breaker popped. Had to reboot the computer and screamed when I saw a lamp's light fill my field of view five minutes later. XD I was going blind at the time.

[@stefantoplica7025]

0:15 i almost got an heart attack

[@SaVeGe_OmG]

same

[@mr.worldwide4396]

my entire body hurts from jumping so hard lmfao

[@danielhavrilla4380]

Same. But that's exactly how fast and unpredictable lightning is.

[@hankanderson8633]

0:19 when you sneeze in the middle of a lecture

[@nonamernobrainer846]

These animations are phenomenal, holy smokes. Whoever is editing these videos deserves a promotion

[@pienveneman8621]

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS! They still give me jump scares like at the beginning of the video hahaha

[@Ericbru]

My tree got stuck by lightning at NIGHT I got so scared I started to cry lol

[@SwaggySubscriber]

Lol its loud asf

[@meadowp1983]

my neighbors chimney got struck by lightning in the middle of the day with not that much cloud coverage so it wasn’t dark out but it still lit up the area and sounded like a bomb went off

[@crimsonmapping8525]

Eric playz lol?

[@ivylee5490]

I really hope lightning doesn’t strike the tree in front of my house, it’s my favorite tree 🥺

[@cringeken5389]

@Eric playz I know I cried a bunch when I heard that at night

[@wisdumbhaswon1501]

0:18 thanks for flashbanging me and rupturing my eardrums

[@thecantsleepcaravan3118]

“Watch out for plumbing” *laughs in pvc pipe*

[@berthold64]

Water still conducts electricity bro

[@uriel_rod_]

“Nothing like an Ice cream truck in the summer” Unless you live in Iowa, where that thing was banned in the 50’s

[@uriel_rod_]

barta235 back in the 50’s some girl got hit by one and they just banned the entire thing

[@zoee3296]

That's about as stupid as the kinder egg ban

[@uriel_rod_]

Zoee 329 I know right?

[@RoskinGreenrake]

@@uriel_rod_ Real Americans wouldn't have made that asinine decision would they?

[@alecboi777]

Mrsymphony why not fire the guy, stupid government

[@moneypoolemedia4018]

Love these CGI videos. Entertaining AND informative

[@The747Isnotdead]

I love the weather channel’s simulations

[@wjosetv]

The weather channel teaches me more than my own science teacher

[@Q_0101]

my science teacher showed us the flash flood one and this one.

[@Mauritanian1960]

Really have to applaud the fact that these never get cheesy

[@munchies08]

I've been watching this channel for months now, and I'm learning more on this channel than learning I'm learning school lmao

[@kevinwise1997]

I could watch these all day and not Care what season it is... That being said, the weather channel doesn't get enough credit for the production time and thought they put into it.

[@DingoXBX]

the weather channel is simply the best

[@BurritoRoll]

Cgi, coolness and all, but what’s in my mind.... “TOUCH THAT FENCE, TOUCH THAT FENCE” i’d like some cgi to the reporter getting shocked.

[@DanielaMedina-rz9rq]

Here in KCMO he had a couple of thunder roars from 2017 to either last or 2019 that made the ground shake and load as hell!

[@lindalong455]

Love these informative simulations

[@joymechell277]

Weather has always excited me , this channel feeds my addiction

[@silentmornings8648]

0:28 Dormammu, I've come to bargain

[@KayPrescesky]

I just cracked up laughing. Thank you!

[@danielhavrilla4380]

😂😂

[@kaymilanii7002]

0:00 aAAh, yEs. 0:19 wOah!1! oH maN! wHaT jUsT HappEnd ThERe?

[@success8627]

OMG DO MORE OF IM OBSESSED

[@Susiebearz]

Thanks Mike great presentation!

[@statik4086]

Idk why im starting to enjoy these videos 😳

[@Lapisofdoom]

0:28 ok calm down there Doctor Strange

[@adijevans]

Cool the immersive reality love the butterflies at the end

[@varavix5895]

honestly i learn more from these videos then actual school

[@GuyInBlackClothes]

Florida : *is the most deadliest state for storms, tornados, lighting strikes, etc etc.

[@ghostie_addie]

What kind of CGI they usin- Like seriously this is the best CGI I have ever seen. Yes I know there is probably better CGI than this but this is really good CGI sometimes I think that it's real

[@angeII]

these animations are so fun to watch

[@arianagrandecentral2506]

Me watching this in July and it’s Saturday AND it’s gonna storm. Me: 👁👄👁

[@adityarrrr]

One of the good use cases of AR, keep up the good work :D

[@smokingsimon44]

wow. did u hire hollywood animation professionals ?

[@PoxyBear]

It's the Unreal Engine 4.

[@karlamartinez3500]

I know tight animations are 10/10

[@Betterthantelly]

Excellent presentation.

[@damienalicea8696]

0:19 mind...blow 🤯, again.

[@michaelcook7924]

Yeah if your that close to a tree that gets struck by lightning your dead. XD

[@sanichukakun3612]

He was so close to danger!!! I am never leaving without my grey circle! xD

[@latinopaul]

Wow. Really well done graphics and explanation.

[@frost8077]

There are some stormy days where the air itself feels electric, a dreadful tingle across the skin and hair. It's on these days I just stay indoors. Once as a kid, my hair was starting to raise up to the sky and my mom forced us all back inside. South Florida is not the place for a lightning magnet like me to be but here I am.

[@stormendless552]

0:19: WHAT THE HELL?!

[@cooldog8856]

Tree goes boom

[@ollie6616]

Love your new style

[@aperfectspongebobpopsicle2221]

That power line is history. ⛈️

[@tyreevongsaly]

0:19 0:28 *Power Pole goes boom* Mike Bettes: *Whoa!* *Oh man!* *What just happened there?* *That was crazy!*

[@MOCHA-DRAWZ-STUFFZ]

I don’t know how good they are at editing

[@SobboMonkeVR]

Excuse me? Why does the rewind animation look like Forza's rewind system lmao

[@mysticcocoa8886]

This is so awesome and educational

[@meghanmonroe]

I legit thought it was a wives' tale that you shouldn't shower during a lightning storm. If my grandmother was alive, I'd totally apologize lol

[@punani_tsunami69]

Yea...youre right! 🤔 July seems like a great month to spend indoors! 🤗

[@bulgaria9003]

0:18 that gave me a heart attack

[@maryseeker7590]

Enjoyed this!

[@Major.hurricanekirk]

This is like the fifth time I have heard Wakko’s America on an ice cream truck

[@charlessmith263]

1:58 - Mike Bettes was right about lightning striking well away from the storm. Keenly these are called "bolt from the blue" lightning strikes.

[@idontknowanymore5104]

There's no grey circle I demand the Grey circle to return 👁👄👁

[@JosephBenedictMaguddayaoTe]

Did I just watched all the CGIs of Weather Channel? Woah!

[@KillerQueenBitesZaDusto]

its made from unreal engine but there is a bit of cgi

[@JosephBenedictMaguddayaoTe]

Knomolol how did you do your profile bro? It’s a loop right?

[@KillerQueenBitesZaDusto]

@@JosephBenedictMaguddayaoTe ?

[@Lindsay-bn2kg]

These graphics are amazing.

[@immortalgamingyt6182]

0:19 Lightning jumpscare warning

[@cataclysmiceas]

"The deadliest month and day is July on a Saturday." me watching on a saturday in july: OH NO

[@toxicmanne___]

Yea we are fucked

[@celticlass8573]

A friend of mine got electrocuted in her home, when she was vacuuming with one of those old, really loud metal Hoover vacuums. She had no idea there was a thunderstorm outside because she couldn't hear it over the vacuum, and when her house was struck, the lightening traveled through the walls, into the vacuum and into her. She survived, but was pretty burned.

[@bruhmoment821]

I Adore the graphics! 😊😊😊😊😊😍😍

[@TheRealEleventhDoctor]

2:24 as dangerous as this is if these where fences HOOK ME UP!

[@asterohelios5748]

he's not even staying on a circle! the mad man!!

[@ToucanPlayIt]

Physics': **Exists** Mike: "Imma bout to end this mans career"

[@anthonyalfordglacierthelio1882]

I love the weather and science ☀⛅☁⚡❄🌀🌈

[@legoheimerda3rd]

if lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun then wheres the major fire

[@emilianogallwgos9949]

Tru but its smaller

[@Barbarra63297]

These are great PSA's, maybe same some lives. I'll never forget the first time I saw a tree get hit by lightning, we were at least 50 yds away in my truck and wood was bashed against it, the tree was burning and we just looked at each other like WTH??? I've had two experiences with lightning and I don't want anymore, I was lucky both times, they were indirect, still unpleasant.

[@Sue-hippielove]

Him: Its Time For Summer!! Me: DanG iM HoT iN MY AiR ConDitons HoUsE him:OwO UwU

[@kiarageorge7584]

Nobody: Weather boy: “oBLIterate the wood”

[@feynmansscholar6471]

Only if we were taught like this at school.......💪💪💪

[@olivermcloughlin1237]

i have been strik by lighting i am being verey aware of thunder storms but i still love them

[@kermitayala7856]

It's hotter than the sun and we still survived it too we must be gods

[@leonardosolismunoz3535]

I Love Lightning/Thunder, you know thunder is just as loud as a lion roar, plus I reminded myself about Thor Love and Thunder

[@almaserafin9134]

There’s no thunderstorms in summer???

[@gnatshat]

What?

[@alvarez1593]

Alma Serafin IRK why would there be storms in sunny summer?

[@almaserafin9134]

NebZeb what do you mean?

[@gnatshat]

@@almaserafin9134 I'm confused

[@alvarez1593]

@@gnatshat how are you confused?

[@TrueHey]

People who have been struck by lightning: "are you sure about that?"

[@KeithTreason]

The main reason I fear lighting is because it fried my entire computer setup once... surge protector and all. RIP my good little iMac.

[@vincentvu1370]

This is a luxury circle which has extra space and comes with a giant premium quality tv built into the wall

[@jolieapuzzo861]

He walks away like a boss!

[@yuridiadiaz3669]

ROARRRRR (the lighting strike has destroyed the tree boss.) 0:19

[@tyreevongsaly]

Actually the lightning strike had destroyed the lamp post at 0:19 not the tree boss

[@AulisA.O.T]

0:19 PAH AH DON'T SCARE MEeE.

[@theartoftimelapsemore424]

The ice cream van is a GMC Value Van, also known as a Chevrolet Step Van. Pretty much used as a common goods truck, like this ice cream van.

[@Charlie39862]

My school friends: run inside there houses; Me: go outside to see the storm I like it

[@misakamikoto8785]

Caleb: What's your super power Me: I can stop or even reverse time... Caleb: Hey we can use someone like you Me: ...only when I'm in a weather forecast boardcast Caleb: Get out, get ouuuuuuuuuuuut.

[@michaelwestbrook1379]

The sexiest weather man! That is all.

[@babalonkie]

Had a bolt strike a small house 5 meters from me... Not only deafening... but you could feel the impact and electrical charge at that distance, i was in physical and mental shock, thought i was directly struck at first and had to mentally "restart" realising i was fine and then taking cover. So yeah... even a close one is not "lucky".

[@some_haqr]

you start out irish then suddenly turn american "ahh the heart of summer"

[@ronthedon8730]

"Lightning travels at over 250,000 mph" Speed of light in a vacuum being 181,000 mph: Am I a joke to you?

[@krane15]

186,000 mi/second

[@ronthedon8730]

@@krane15 fuuuuuuuuuuuuck im stupid lol

[@jack_leinen]

That’s my Texas summer weather right there!

[@almaserafin9134]

California weather right there🤦

[@jack_leinen]

Alma Serafin No.

[@jack_leinen]

Alma Serafin It’s Texas weather.

[@almaserafin9134]

Shadow 989 in winter

[@laurenciaeugene345]

Very Educational 👍👍

[@Zazkon08]

Wheres your grey circle?)

[@KalebUnger]

I know! I was wondering the same thing!