Lightening site showing where there have been lightening strikes
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Lightening site showing where there have been lightening strikes
Having had damage to sensitive electrical equipment many times in the past I use a German site, LightningMaps.org it is available via Google free As soon as I see a flash or hear a bang I check it out, it seems very accurate. When its getting closer I have time to pull all the plugs out then use the mobile until it goes away, Worked for me the last 5 years
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Lightening site showing where there have been lightening strikes
Yes. It's an excellent site but here it seems it can have some failures. We have had occasion of thunder quite close by that does not show up on the site. I suspect that we are in a bit of a blind spot and if for some reason a detector goes down, they cannot pinpoint the strike*.
So while I thoroughly recommend the site, it is not the be all and end all so don't rely on it 100%. Having said that I do use it to track storms approaching - usually from the South or West.
* They rely on volunteers installing detectors that then triangulate where the strike has occurred - I assume through time lapse. (Always dangerous to assume though.)
So while I thoroughly recommend the site, it is not the be all and end all so don't rely on it 100%. Having said that I do use it to track storms approaching - usually from the South or West.
* They rely on volunteers installing detectors that then triangulate where the strike has occurred - I assume through time lapse. (Always dangerous to assume though.)
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Lightening site showing where there have been lightening strikes
A bit like this one.
https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php
https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php
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Lightening site showing where there have been lightening strikes
They are one in the same which is why lightningmaps points to blitz. Although the presentation is a bit different, I think this is essentially a question of the language used for the site name - English versus German. Blitz does link to the equipment needed to join the detector group but without being any way derogatory it does seem to be a bit nerdy with a need to do quite a bit of construction to the detector.
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Lightening site showing where there have been lightening strikes
The above site does not work for me - some Javascript trickery triggers my browser security, I guess.
I use: https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en
I use: https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en