Three strikes you're out! Close, loud lightning strikes in Purmerend 07022015

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0:59 , 1:19 , 1:42
After July 2nd 2015 proved to be a very hot day with temperatures reaching 37 degrees Celsius, metereological services issued severe thunderstorm warnings in the early afternoon, affecting the coastal and northern regions of Holland from about 6pm until 6am the next day.
This storm started with some heavy precipitation but that died out quite quickly.
The storm itself wasn't spectacular at first, but that was about to change.
Rather unprepaired as I was, I held my TASCAM DR-40 and a Rode NT4 microphone connected to it in one hand, while holding the camera with my other.
This unfortunately caused some microphone-handling to be recorded, I tried my best in editing that out.
After the first strike, you see me placing the camera on my bed, in an attempt to pull some plugs. There were 2 mains cables running more or less next to my feet and I wasn't very comfortable with that. After the second strike I did not really get the time to do something and after the third, I found it to be suicidal to even touch a plug still in a live wall-socket (yes, no powercut after the first strike!)
Unfortunately, I hit the record button after the third strike and in the adrenaline rush, I didn't notice that. Thankfully, the TASCAM kept running, allthough the loss of image is a pity, as strike number 5 was again a very clear and bright strike right in front of me.

[@stormnick3775]

This storm is incredibly loud and dangerous, I love those storms

[@weeardguy]

Yes, this really was a bit of a one-off so far. Last year was nice as well, but nothing got really close.

[@XboxMinion24]

Me too, I agree

[@jaggass]

You know something is going to happen when all of a sudden it goes quiet.

[@weeardguy]

Funny thing is thunder did not happen for nearly 10 minutes or so before these happened ;) It's only edited that way. I was even about to stop recording...

[@stormnick3775]

1:00

[@XboxMinion24]

Holy Crap! That is Loud and Close!

[@sondrayork6317]

a good frequency you can use for lightning tracking is down around 150 KHZ, if it's quiet on the long wave bands, not your average HF bands, you can hear it as far out as maybe a good 600 mules depending on the strength of the storm, it's actually got an asmr effect to it, and sometimes i will use it to help me calm down from some of the anxiety attacks i sometimes have, try it, it's very calming.

[@weeardguy]

Could very well be, but I'm already astound how sensitive my small radio is: sometimes it produces clear crackling with the radar (BeNeLux coverage) not even showing something. The storms then prove to be further away than 3-400 km. I have had conditions as well where a large part of Europe was completely clear of any thunderstorms, but I could receive a far away station, with clear crackling with it as well: when I started searching for international lightning-radars, I found some storms to be well over 600 km away. I did fall asleep multiple times to the sound of static, after the far-away station I received faded and I got too tired to tune the radio again or just turn it off.

[@matthewsstormsbarry-calrow6712]

Great video man Beautiful close bolts .

[@Dawghome]

I'm very impressed so I've subscribe. Under the circumstances I think you did a sterling job!👍🎥 Nice one.

[@weeardguy]

Thanks. It is what it is ;) You're welcome ;) Can still remember how the adrenaline was pumping back then ;)

[@justinjordanbalingit8831]

Ya Ya Ya Nice Thunderclap 2:08 You Got There 2:20

[@weeardguy]

Well, 2:20 is microphone handling, not a thunderclap ;)

[@BrooklynBronxQueensStaten]

Excellent!!

[@weeardguy]

Haha, thanks!

[@cs975l6]

That was a real thunder storm WOW 😳😳😳😳😳😁😁😁😁👍👍👍⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡

[@FLHOL]

Dat maak je niet iedere dag mee zoiets.Ik heb in onze regio( oost-VL,Lokeren) nog nooit dergelijke inslagen meegemaakt met heel hard geluid.In Nederland zijn de onweders een stuk heviger dan in Vlaanderen.Mooie video!

[@weeardguy]

Tot nu toe is dit ook de enige keer geweest ;) De afgelopen jaren zijn niet zo spectaculair geweest. In zekere zin ben ik daar blij mee, aan de andere kant is het wel weer eens tijd voor wat spektakel. Tot nu toe hebben de grote buien van de afgelopen maanden ons precies gemist en is het bij wat onweer op afstand gebleven, of hooguit 1 nabije ontlading. Ik hoop natuurlijk nog op beter werk voor de tweede helft van dit jaar. Zodirect komt m'n weercompilatie online en de beelden van november die ik heb, zullen wel duidelijk maken waarom ik daar volgend jaar graag een plek met goed uitzicht voor wil vinden.

[@ElectricSkyUK]

YES PLEASE! Such power, nice catch :)

[@weeardguy]

Thanks!I could have had such footage again yesterday, but that would've required me to stay on a dyke out in the open with the storm right overhead ;) Instead, I got a nice clap of thunder at 600 meters range which was totally loud ;) I'm still reviewing footage to see if it will make it into a seperate video or ends up in the year-compilation.

[@lenacvetkovic1011]

Cool dude 🌧️🌩️⛈️

[@williamperryjr1324]

Wow!!!! That was soooo loud!!!! Makes me jumpy!!!!

[@justusw9227]

0:59 THATS WAY TO CLOSE FOR COMFORT!!!

[@weeardguy]

I've even had closer (but did not have the camera rolling at that point... I would have gotten a positive strike at some 50 meters distance otherwise... But this sure was a nice sound with a widely opened window ;)

[@lamargoat2406]

@@weeardguy I know how it feels to catch a very close lightning strike. It may have you jumping out of your boots because it catches you by surprise, but it's still a pretty good feeling.

[@samuelsstormplace489]

Bloody hell that was good!

[@6Fiona6_P_6]

You watch these things cause you love lightning. So why does it happen more often than not, that with the first one or two strikes you almost jump so high that you could put a hole in your ceiling? Even when you’re expecting to see it? It’s unfathomable......🌩⚡️

[@weeardguy]

Yep. I experience the same 'problem'. Especially that video from Finland (I believe) with the guy filming from his porch and nearly getting hit made me jump. It's probably also because there is so much click-bait stuff online and video's from people who can't tell the difference between a camera-interference close-strike and a real close strike. As a result they label their video wrong, so when I see 'close strike' in a video, I'm always a little sceptical at first like 'first see how if it really is a close one'.

[@marleymcleay9228]

The surprise can come from the violence of the lightning which can be beyond what you were imagining to happen. Given lightning varies in power, strength distance and frequency. Many random elements that can throw a curve ball. Positive lightning leaves me gasping for air sometimes.

[@weeardguy]

Yes, but the power of lightning strikes, especially close ones, rarely makes it across the screen. It just lacks the sound-pressure that makes you feel the thunder in your stomach or even feel the sound-waves entering the room via an open window and the average sound-system is not able to reproduce the huge dynamic differences a loud thunder creates (a reason why I usually shoot with sound-level set to manual) Only positive lightning strikes are always amazing ;) both in real life and in a video. Encountered quite a few positive thunderstorms so far, but only once or twice I had a camera around to record it.

[@bxngzyt9832]

Fiona P Every time I see a storm coming I sit on my porch and watch the lighting Like if you also do this 🌩⛈⚡️⚡️

[@Dutch3DMaster]

I was actually upstairs from my brother with this storm doing some work on my laptop (wireless is a nice thing to have during these kind of storms) and while I am not easily scared the second strike had me going like "NOPE, let's go downstairs."

[@TheSecurityFreak]

Nice! Really close strikes. Do you know where it hit?

[@weeardguy]

Thanks ;) . That's the funny thing. I didn't read anything about damage done to homes, equipment or trees. I even went out the day afterwards to check if I could find anything, but didn't. I happen to remember that all of phoneline-related equipment got fried at the GP, but that could only be the result of an indirect hit: both strikes (and the one without image) should have been more to the right for a direct hit and the first was to my left, just outside of cameraview. It also doesn't make sense that only the GP-building got hit. A strike somewhere lost year, about a 100 meter from my place, did end up doing damage and destroyed the complete electrical installation and connected equipment of 2 homes. Fortunately, no fire started. (unfortunate: my brother was taping this storm but quit doing so (for whatever reason) seconds before the major one hit right in front of him)

[@TheSecurityFreak]

Maybe it hit a lightning protection system, protected antenna or power line ;) And the power surge fried the equipment?

[@weeardguy]

There aren't any antenna's nearby. Most possible is that it penetrated a landline and indeed the surge fried the equipment. Because of the rather low voltages in those cables, insulation suffers earlier breakdown than the average power-cable (which get damaged quite often as well, allthough they are under ground) Most of the time, when it strikes a powerline, at least a few homes will feel the consequences. When my dad still worked as a system administrator in Amsterdam city centre, a strike 150 meters away could even make the UPS-system beep and report an event of power-surge. Considering the area where he worked (alot of offices and 4-story homes) you'd expect the surge to die out quite quickly, but it didn't. Lightning rods (I think you refer to those with protection systems) are fairly uncommon over here. Most of the time only blocks of flat have 'em, besides church-towers or high modern buildings. Professional lightning surge protection components are even more uncommon.

[@215_Philly_4for4]

My guy went from his language to “HOLY SHIT” in English at 2:40 😂😂😂

[@weeardguy]

Well yes ;) 'shit/shite' and 'holy shit' are well known among the Dutch to cuss with ;)

[@everettweeks4289]

I would probably die inside if I make a mistake like that😤😢

[@weeardguy]

I did ;) I was just sooo bummed when reviewing the recording that it was cut short after the 3rd strike. The raw-material also features the moment where I find out I stopped recording, and you hear me say like 'No! Don't tell me... oh... well fortunately it caught at least the first 3 or so...' (I could tell from the time-code I did not lose much, but enough to miss the fourth bolt)

[@edsel6818]

Do I jus love this precsious element OF gods nature, the source OF ALL LIVING THINGS/LIFE , AMEN🙏🙏🙏 MORE PLEASE.👍😉😁

[@weeardguy]

I'll try to request Thor to send me more of this ;)

[@ivancoley11]

1:00 OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! THAT REALLY SCARED ME 😱 😨

[@weeardguy]

Yep, it scared me too when it happened ;)

[@pipoo1]

This was a fairly spectacular and widespread event, even up the east coast of the UK widespread severe storms broke out that night. I was visiting family in Aberdeen (Scotland) and it was very warm and muggy by day, with tower clouds often appearing and fading before the weather finally broke around midnight with a spectacular lightning display.

[@weeardguy]

Ah so I do remember it right ;) Around that time multiple videos did surface from thunderstorms in the UK, with most rather excited comments which led me to believe it was rather uncommon to see such storms in the region where it was recorded.

[@kevinsmeeton9504]

@@weeardguy Depends where you live in the UK, Southern and Eastern England get this type of weather more frequently then say Scotland or North West England.

[@weeardguy]

@@kevinsmeeton9504 The same as in The Netherlands ;) The south, south-east usually gets the worse storms in the first half of the year, while up northwest, where I live, we hardly get anything. This usually slowly changes around July and especially August tends to concentrate the storms higher up. September through November usually gets nice lightning at distance over the North sea going. But no guarantees ;) We've had nasty surprises early in the year as well and my experience is that the more you are ready for a good thunderstorm, the higher the chance nothing will happen and when you get sloppy (don't have cameras ready and such) you suddenly get a big surprise by a storm suddenly forming close to you (or even overhead).

[@danny21757]

ik denk dat wij ook vanacht op onze hoede moeten zijn met dit verschijnsel

[@weeardguy]

Met welk verschijnsel? Afgelopen donderdag was trouwens ook een best onweer in Zaandam. In Purmerend scheen het tegen te vallen.

[@danny21757]

op het garda meer is het het ergst omdat het daar lang blijft hangen tussen de bergen en hevige onweer

[@steveflitton8903]

I never hold a camera to record a storm so you don't jump and then jog the picture if there's a close strike but nonetheless a nice recording.

[@weeardguy]

I don't always do so as well, but as it was a shoulder-mount camera, it wasn't as bad. Enough weight to counter-act some violent motion. Don't forget this was also way after the 'spectacular' bit of this storm. This was completely unexpected.

[@MrAlfa156sw]

Leuke video, ik zat die week in Duitsland; ook klein beetje onweer, maar niet zo schokkend als hier 5*

[@weeardguy]

Maik van groenendaal Het schijnt in de Benelux en het Verenigd Koninkrijk tussen 2 en 5 Juli goed tekeer gegaan te zijn getuige de vele filmpjes die nogal lijken op de mijne. Overigens was dit ook puur toeval ;) 5 zulke zware donders en 4 van zulke inslagen binnen 2 minuten (in het stuk zonder beeld is niet geknipt) is me nog nooit eerder overkomen ;) Moet je nagaan dat ik, ondanks het materiaal wat ik heb, nog steeds baal dat inslag nummer 5 er niet op staat ;)

[@yenynunez29]

Ecxelente tiooooo

[@weeardguy]

Thanks ;)

[@ellieysama]

That lightning was attracted to something in your neighborhood.

[@weeardguy]

Maybe, but I don't believe in such things ;) If a nearby pre-discharge just connects to the channel coming from the clouds, it will happen, even if the structure, object or ground is conductive or not. High-voltage with initialising ionisation just works totally different than normal electricity and can make things 'conductive' that aren't that conductive in almost any other situation.

[@paytonsamuels2594]

1:00 That thunder clap sounded so life like it scared the crap out me so bad, that's a sign right there that you need to get inside right now, if it were any closer than that you will be fried

[@weeardguy]

Yep, that's a good sound recorder with stereo mic right there ;) It was weird to see how loud this was with the peak-LEDs lighting for a significant time, to find out the recording did not sound really distorted at all. What still amazes me is that there wasn't any damage reported.

[@infiniteflightaviationexpe4042]

A few of those strikes had to have been high amp negatives or positively charged

[@weeardguy]

Most likely high amp negatives. I later read somewhere that the first clouds were somewhere around 600 meter, which is rather high for our understandings (usually 350-400 meter). Positively charged is out of the question: been through those and experienced one even closer than the first strike in this video. The sound like someone blew a whistle and the bomb that went off after it were beyond this earth. The sound of all three does not match positive discharges, which (to my experience) also have a tendency to strike only once: the brightness is very high and they only light the sky for a brief moment, opposed to these that sent a few returnstrikes.

[@treineninzwolleenomgeving1830]

Gaaf! C1000👍🏻

[@weeardguy]

Heb je de opvolgende video (ook al duurde dat 5 jaar) al gezien?

[@treineninzwolleenomgeving1830]

Jazeker! Die fikse knal

[@kyleaddinall6760]

😃😃😃😃

[@kotovsky3097]

This video recorded on VHS camera?

[@weeardguy]

No. It was a miniDV-based machine (JVC GY-DV500)

[@kotovsky3097]

@@weeardguy Aaa… Thanks)

[@weeardguy]

You're welcome ;)

[@thunderstormvideosblx7683]

Dat waren een paar venijnige CG+ ontladingen uit de zijkant van de onweersbui!

[@weeardguy]

Haha, nou, of ze uit de zijkant van een onweersbui kwamen durf ik niet met zekerheid te zeggen, maar venijnig waren ze zeker ;) . Tot nu toe m'n beste materiaal. Eigenlijk moet je ook niet dichterbij willen dan dit ;) Nu nog afwachten tot ik nieuw materiaal op m'n nieuwe camera (HD) kan filmen, maar eigenlijk wil ik daar nog mee wachten tot ik een betere lens heb. De huidige levert slechter beeld op dan de oude 4:3 camera. Opzich zijn de lenzen daarvan ook van 'iets' andere kwaliteit, maar desondanks verwacht ik op een HD-camera ook een lens die goed maar vooral mooi beeld geeft. Dat doet de lens die bij de camera geleverd werd helaas niet...

[@schassglitch]

nice

[@weeardguy]

Thanks

[@paulinemwai2945]

This can make me wear headphone to avoid tenses,,,,,,I don't sleep on summer with this heavy thurderstoms

[@weeardguy]

Well, strong stuff like this is quite a rarity in the Netherlands. Although at the moment I'm writing this, skies are darkening for possible severe thunderstorms...

[@mostlyinsanecatto]

This thunderstorm is loud and severe. Very scared of thunderstorm

[@flavialimafranca5898]

😱😱😱😱⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡

[@schieteensklop]

Superopname !

[@weeardguy]

Haha ja, toch echt wel de beste die ik tot nu toe heb. Nog steeds baal ik dat ik die vijfde er niet in beeld op heb, maar ja... eigen veiligheid ging toen even voor (ik stond dicht bij het raam met een ingeprikt verlengsnoer over m'n voeten)

[@suzannelucassen7118]

Nou zijn er 4 bliksem ingeslagen

[@kyleaddinall6760]

I like thunder and lightning my name is Kyle

[@dannichols2929]

What part of Holland gets the best lightning storms?

[@weeardguy]

Depends a bit on the time of year, but usually the south/south-east (province of North-Brabant, Gelderland and Overijssel) get the best overall. They peak during the summer as warm, moist air from France usually clashes with cooler, more dry air present above the Netherlands (or the other way round, you never know). With the sea still relatively cool and the IJsselmeer (IJssel-lake) also not warmed up yet, storms usually don't make it to the north half of my country. When summer ends, it's usually the coastal regions that get the best (this includes the province of North-Holland, where I live) while the south/south-east is usually lacking thunderstorms. But certain conditions can do weird things. The August 20/21 lightning show that took place last year provided a supercell above the province of Groningen, well in the north-east of the country and by coincidence, May 9, 2021 spawned numerous thunderstorms in the western half of the country (It's hard to believe probably, but the weather can really differ a lot over a distance of just 100 km). Even my province got a few good storms which, this time, produced ridiculuous low, deep thumping thunders. They were so loud my recordings more sound like someone pushes a wave of air into the microphone instead of actual thunder.

[@dannichols2929]

@@weeardguy Nothing "weeard" about loving thunderstorms!! Sure wish more people did! I'd love to share my non-conforming interests to others. I happen to love listening to old records -- really old! 1920 and before.

[@weeardguy]

Oh I don't consider myself weird at all about my love for thunderstorms ;) . Met a guy once at a busshelter while a hailstorm was being unleashed on the city I was in. Suddenly a brilliant bolt struck about a kilometer away. We both looked at each other and started shouting like 'OH!!! DID YOU SEE THAT ONE!?' the other people at the bus-shelter were looking at us like we had just been released from a mental institution ;) I don't mind. Quite a few years ago, there were some thunderstorm-lovers living near my place. Every clearly visible bolt, you could hear cheering come from between the terraced homes ;) Never knew who it was, but it was nice to know there were more people enjoying the situation instead of trying the impossible: sleep. I like listening to old music, but 1920 is a bit far back to my taste ;) Like stuff from the fourties and onwards, something I got from my dad who has a huge interest in the era you mention and a lot that involves WW2.

[@weeardguy]

Well, the 19th of May provided some serious thunderstorms! Two buildings were struck in my city alone (a damaging strike is a rarity already, let alone two on the same day). One residential home and one primary school which was evacuated as part of the roof had been blown off. Just north/north-west of my area, hail came down in such numbers it flooded roads and private properties.

[@michaelveis6498]

Lots of CG's!

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

0:24

[@weeardguy]

There's really no need to start listing every single flash of lightning in this video. There are timestamps in the description that list the best bits. I've removed your other comments.

[@euyunallahgreeks_called.me3307]

Listen closely at 0:08 "Who am i? I am the creator of the Universe ha ha ha ha boo"

[@mlemmens-hensen1464]

Klopt het dat ik op het laatste het stopcontact hoor knetteren. Dat lijkt me een hele enge ervaring.

[@weeardguy]

Nee, dat is geen stopcontact. Wat je hoort is de middengolfradio die een duidelijke knetter laat horen óf geluid van het hanteren van de microfoon.

[@mlemmens-hensen1464]

Ah oke. Misschien is dat wel de wind die de microfoon opneemt. Het zijn wel mega gave inslagen!⛈

[@weeardguy]

@@mlemmens-hensen1464 Zucht. Ik snap dit soort vragen niet. Ik leg uit wat je hoort en dat wordt vervolgens in twijfel getrokken. Je hoort na de radio-knetter wel wat contact geluid van de microfoon die ik dichter bij het open raam probeer te krijgen, maar dat is het dan.

[@mlemmens-hensen1464]

Oh ik snap het. Je maakt altijd super mooie video's van de bliksem. Ga zo door!⛈️

[@weeardguy]

Geeft niet. Het is meer dat ik in het verleden wel vaker dat soort vragen gekregen heb, vooral van Amerikanen die aan 'powerline crackle' dachten. Ik kon dan uitleggen wat ik wou, maar geloven ho maar. Dat wordt op een gegeven moment vervelend ;) Dank. Ik ben dan ook wel vrij kritisch en er moet wel wat moois te zien of te horen zijn. Anders kan ik elke bui wel filmen. Helaas viel het de afgelopen dagen (voor mensen die dit jaren later nog eens lezen: 18/19/20 juni 2021) hier erg tegen, al heb ik wel prachtig uitzicht op de buien gehad.

[@melissahoffman4687]

At 1:01 RIP headphone users! Scared the shit out of me!

[@weeardguy]

Well so it did in real life too ;) It really was scary how these strikes happened all of a sudden.

[@melissahoffman4687]

I hope you had toilet paper near by. LOL! @@weeardguy

[@melissahoffman4687]

As scary as it is, it's still so exciting! :)@@weeardguy

[@weeardguy]

@@melissahoffman4687 Nah, these made me jump, but I only got really scared a few years before this video, when a positive strike hit somewhere within 150 meters, shook all the floors and just gave the impression someone hit you in the head badly. It wasn't thunder anymore, it was a bomb which impact could be felt on your body. It was one of the few times I actually was just really scared and forgot about the adrenaline rush for a while. Pity I didn't have the camera running at that moment. My dad, who hates cursing, woke up from the blast and yelled upstairs: goddamn!? Did we get hit!? DID WE GET HIT!? Holy shit what a bang!' I than knew my dad also got a very decent jumpscare.

[@Traindrainbusmowerfan]

1:00

[@wmc4747]

No it's 1 strike you're out

[@weeardguy]

Well, when referring to certain legislation in certain countries, you're right, but when referring to the game of baseball/softball, I don't know better than this. And darn, you can consider it something that (probably many) people know this rule in The Netherlands, just like me.

[@gerinthout1215]

Tyfus wat gaaf man

[@weeardguy]

Zo echt wel ;) Die stoot adrenaline die er door je heen gaat als je zo'n flits ziet en je de tijd niet krijgt om te tellen en er daarna zo'n enorme klap volgt, is met niets te vergelijken ;) Het heeft ook wel een paar uur geduurd voor ik weer een beetje terug op aarde was ;)

[@milou5990]

Action 0:59-1:00

[@bxngzyt9832]

Who da fuck says YA YA YA when they mean yes yes yes not to trynna sound racist 😂😂😂😕😐😐

[@weeardguy]

Considering the content on your channel, you're American. It's probably too much for you that there is a language called Dutch.