06-06-2007, 11:00 PM
|
|
Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
|
|
Flooding and Fires and Lightning: Oh My!
This is completely off topic, but I had an eventful evening last night and I thought the readers of this site might get a kick out of reading about it. Here's part of the story...
"The thunder continued to boom, over and over, and the lightning strikes blazed in the sky. I started to notice the odour of smoke, but I didn�t think anything of it (idiot that I am). Ashley told me that there was a house on fire down the street from us, and I couldn�t believe it! I looked out my walk-out basement window and sure enough, amidst the sheets of falling rain there was thick black smoke rising from a house just a few homes down from us. When you see something like that, it�s a strange sensation. I thought �Ok, fire in the rain, this can�t last long, we�re not in any danger.� (Well, actually, I think my first thought was �HOLY CRAP, WHAT THE HELL?!?�). I grabbed my Canon SD800 digital camera, put on a jacket, and went outside with Ashley. There were already police and fire trucks on the street (why didn�t they turn on their sirens so we�d know there was something happening?) so that was a relief that help was already there. That meant though, of course, that the lightning strike that started the fire occurred at least 20 minutes prior. It�s a bit scary to think that there was a blazing fire a few hundred feet from my home and I had no clue. Since the fire was on the back side of the house, we walked to our back yard to get a better vantage point. Boy did we ever!"
I need to point out right away that no one was hurt - the people in the house got out safely. From a technology stand point, I was impressed with my Canon SD800 and my Nikon D200. Both of them got very wet, and both functioned without any problem. I was more worried about my SD800 - because the Nikon D200 is weather sealed, while the Canon is not - but the SD800 digital camera came through like a champ. From a photography point of view, I wish I had a steadier hand, but I had to balance the desire to get a good picture with the desire to not get my equipment too soaked. ;-)
Check out the rest of the story...
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Threaded Mode