Amazing Scary Weather Pic (Vanity)

email ^ | 19 May 2008 | Me

[ladtx]

Recently received this picture from my brother who is in the oil "bidness". Not something you want to see at night when the lightening flashes.

[ladtx]

Not something you want to see at night when the lightening flashes. This was taken on a Thursday night, April 3, 2008. At Lariat # 2 - Sandridge Energy South of Ft Stockton, TX.

[GOP_Lady]

Unbelievable. Thanks for posting.

[hedgetrimmer]

That’s a really interesting picture.

[Andyman]

PhotoShopped, I think. I’ve seen the tornado/lightning part of the image before, no oil facility involved.

[dirtboy]

Hey, isn't that Tourist Guy standing on the drill platform?

And Looter Guy hauling the beer away from the trailer when no one is looking?

Google images 'tornado lightning'...

[Crazieman]

Correct - The picture originates from Lake Okeechobee. 15 June 1991. Oil facility is shopped in.

[r9etb]

Now, that is a pic for the company calendar. Really beautiful, in a high pucker-factor sorta way.

[cripplecreek]

Still not something you would want to know was out there in the dark.

[Andyman]

Google for images using tornado +lightning. You’ll see dozens of images, all framed the same. No rig.

[Vaquero]

Yup here is the original

[Vaquero]

http://fishindog.com/blog/?p=22

[al_c]

I like this one better .....

[RandallFlagg]

Now, where was that kind of weather when I was getting married both times? When I really could have used it?

[ProfessorGage]

Wow! Unbelievable.

[BoneHead]

In the interest of disclosure: Your picture is the electrical storm at the Chaiten volcano eruption.

[Moose4]

Yep, that pic is my new Windows wallpaper. Looks really impressive blown up to 1680x1050 on a 22” widescreen monitor. :)

}:-)4

[ladtx]

You convinced me. I’ll use the Dan Rather fall back reply. “Fake but true”.

[IrishMike]

That’s some picture !

[Rebelbase]

Cheezy Paintshop job:

[al_c]

In the interest of disclosure: Your picture is the electrical storm at the Chaiten volcano eruption.

Yep. BTW ... if anyone has a hi-res version of this amazing pic, please let me know where I can find it.

[TexGuy]

To all,

I'm very sorry for helping produce this weather confluence. I had some Johnsonville Brats on the backyard grill this past weekend and my selfish use of charcoal and the subsequent production of CO2 has drastically affected the global weather patterns. Please forgive me. However, on the bright-side, next weekend we're having neighborhood swim party and cooking hamburgers and hot dogs so get the cameras ready ... Who knows what could turn up!

[jwalburg]

Send this thread to your brother along with the scolding.

[catman67]

Do you have a high-res version of that?

[evets]

[BoneHead]

Electrical storm and the volcano A Spanish source. Not a lot of verbage. The first 13 are the ticket

[CAPTAINSUPERMARVELMAN]

That would be scary if it were real. The picture is photoshopped. That’s the lightning strike from the volcano pic last week.

[ladtx]

see my post #17

[envisio]

I have to confess too....

I spent the last week in Myrtle Beach with 650,000 other motorcyclists....all who wasted exorbitant amounts of gas for bikes and trailers and RVs to attend a motorcycle rally.

We were spending money like crazy (recession? yeah, right). I personally wasted about 150 gallons of gas for entertainment purposes only and I am one out of 650,000 that attended. I personally used 3 bags of charcoal.

I feel soooo ashamed. ....and sunburned. But man, it was fun.

[jwalburg]

The Reuters Lebanon ubiquitous woman! Bwahahahahahaha! Good one.

[CSM]

The truth doesn’t matter, it is the seriesness of the charge that matters!

[streetpreacher]

No, it is a photoshop. But it’s several years old.