Washington: The sight of lightning falling from the sky is often surprising. Although it is very dangerous. It is common to get injured due to these, sometimes even death occurs. Recently an interesting sight of lightning has been recorded in America. It has been uploaded on the official Facebook page of the US Coast Guards. The footage was filmed as a Coast Guard vessel was making its way to New York City in the process of transferring two boats from Michigan to Connecticut via the Great Lakes and Erie Canal.
The US Coast Guard has captioned this video, ‘Too close for comfort’. It is seen in the video that American Coast Guard ships were passing through the canal. At this very moment lightning strikes and gets absorbed into the water. The caption of the video further reads that while en route to New York City, our crew was aware that there could be thunderstorms in the area later in the day.
Taking precautionary measures, all crew moved to nearby bridges, according to the Coast Guard post. During this time it was ensured that there was not much danger. The Coast Guard has written that this video shared on the social media page is an example of how important situational and environmental awareness is. It is written in the caption that it is very important to have this kind of awareness to reduce the risk.
