With Singapore in the middle of the monsoon season, photographers are on standby to capture amazing shots of nature’s fury, such as a perfectly-timed lightning strike!
“Looks like it’s heading straight into the house,” wrote Facebook page The Photographic Society of Singapore member Mak Wei Seng in a post on Saturday (Apr 23).
He attached a photo of a lightning strike, appearing to be targeting a specific HDB unit located between Redhill and Queenstown MRT station.
“Does anyone know why the lightning did not strike the top of the building where the lightning rods are located?” he asked.
With over 100 comments to date, members from the online community shared thoughts on what happened.
“Lightning was said to strike the widest area of the lightning rod and not at the tip of the rod. This means it usually strikes slightly lower, and that is also why the lightning rod has to be way higher than the building top or else the building will likely get struck instead of the rod,” explained Facebook user Nigel Ng.
Others asked if the building was under construction, as this could mean the scaffolding became the lightning conductor. However, the original poster confirmed that it was a completed building with occupants.
Meanwhile, Facebook user Hengster Kor commented with a photo of what a typical lightning strike absorbed by a lightning rod would look like.
The photo also garnered witty explanations such as the Norse mythology God of Thunder, Thor, currently residing in said HDB unit and summoned the lightning.
“No la…Thor summoning lightning from his HDB unit,” said Facebook user Ian Wui. “Now we know where Thor stays,” added another netizen.
Facebook user Andrew Boey had another assumption, “Now you know which unit stole the lightning rod,” the comment got nearly 200 likes. /TISG
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