The climate, or perhaps weather, struck back at oil and gas on Monday, with lightning striking an oil battery northeast of Stoughton, Saskatchewan on Monday. Mother Earth gets her revenge about once or twice a summer.
The climate, or perhaps weather, struck back at oil and gas on Monday, with lightning striking an oil battery northeast of Stoughton, Saskatchewan on Monday. Mother Earth gets her revenge about once or twice a summer.
The article says that oilfield equipment lightning strikes are common in the Stoughton area. Maybe those companies should put up some tall lightning rods at those places.
The lightning strike exceeded the current carrying capacity of the lightning protection equipment? It’s usually substantial
The earth goddess shows her displeasure. We should pour out an oil libation and burn a grain of coal to appease her.
A comment from our lightning correspondent, Lou Christie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyRqdzF8swY