# Potential for a Tornado today **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 21, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/potential-for-a-tornado-today/246255 "2009-08-21T11:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 22
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/potential-for-a-tornado-today/246255/22 "2009-08-21T14:44:13Z")
> [@POAL: who can drive a manual WELL?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/9): > > So those who work in Menands heard/saw some nasty lightning strikes today. I was In our main power substation near the exit today. The Verizon building, the old warehouse across the street and the law offices all got hit. The law office got struck 3 times in a row and I just about shat myself on the spot. We were maybe 40 yards away from it! Yes. I was watching the whole storm from my 3rd floor office window at Albany International Corp:number1 I’ll have to say, Broadway put on quite a show this afternoon :rofl --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/potential-for-a-tornado-today/246255)._