Directions: take some asphalt and add lightning.
A couple years ago the power went out in our home. Thankfully this is a rare occurence. We heard that a powerline had gone down not far from our house, only about a block away. Later that day we had to go to the store and decided to swing by on our walk and see what was going on. A lot of trucks from the power plant were in the alley and a several workers, in brightly colored shirts, were watching the guys they had sent up in the cherry picker. They were reconnecting the power lines. We asked them what happened. They didn't know how but the power line had broken and had fallen on the road. One man took us over and showed us a mini-crater where it had hit the asphalt. "100,000 volts runnin' through that wire right there." I went over to the "crater" and picked up a piece of the asphalt. This is that piece:
When the wire touched the asphalt it liquified it. As it cooled it reformed into this shape. It was still hot as I carried it home.
When the wire touched the asphalt it liquified it. As it cooled it reformed into this shape. It was still hot as I carried it home.
posted by caleb greene at 22:28
4 Comments:
very interesting. i would like to see it in person.
great title for the post.
enjoyed the extra tidbit about the brightly colored shirts of the workers- i think it was very key to the story : )
I remember that day. we were in the house and we heard the loudest clap of thunder I have herd to this day.; ]
Neat!!!
P.S. Looks like some sort of tentacled space rock out of a Lovecraft story.
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