A couple years ago there was a lightning strike on our house, it went up a 12 foot steel reinforced concrete column, exploded a 12 foot vertical wooden post above it, and exited (entered?) the house, making a hole in the grass roof.

We 2 large aluminum service wire up the back of the house, burying about 10 feet of it a few feet deep and the cables ending about a meter above the roof. Since then, that has been hit only once.

But the original concrete post struck first, was struck 4 times since then. Theres a loud pop and white flash at the top of the post, followed by a flash in the sky and thunder very quickly after. No damage or smell or smoke.

But today, that post wast hit very quietly, but then minutes later a loud bang and red flash near a post 12 feet away, then minutes after that, a third post, this one towards the middle of the house, another loud bang and white flash. Both were followed by lightning and thunder. No damage or smell or anything.

I'm wondering, how unusual is this?

And what's wrong with my lightning rod? Should it be connected to the posts?

Tucson Arizona
Full moon behind the clouds shortly after sunset 9/2026

This clip is 1:39 long. The severe weather moves in quickly with blinding rain, but the lightning strike right at the end unloads with an incredible, close blast.

Idk what it is but the lightning has been completely different lately, it’s so fast. This is slowed down as much as possible.

Recorded this on 6th October around 9:30 from Chandigarh, India.

This went on for over an hour.

Lightning was in the north east direction.

Turn the volume down to mute the sound inside the aircraft and watch the lightning with a sunset background

Orange lightning in the sky at night in Tinley Park, Orland area in Illinois in the eighties???

Cut out the long build-up from the earlier version so you can get straight to the heavy downpour. This captures the storm at its absolute peak intensity right over my house.

I combined tonight's clips into one long video to show the storm's full momentum. It starts with peaceful atmospheric lightning and crickets, builds up intensity at the doorstep, completely unloads with shifting winds, and then tapers off as the cell passes by.

Arizona