Updates: Fireworks-Man vs Nature!

In this corner we have Man...aka Shenzhen...alias the 30th Anniversary of the birth of Shenzhen!
On September 6th we saw the best continuous, 30 minute fireworks display right from our balcony! We even saw more of the ground fireworks on the t.v. There were fireworks that made shapes of stars, smiley faces and planets! How would one even begin to figure out how to pack explosive powder into shell and have it create a complex design when launched hundreds of feet in the air?



In this corner we have Nature...aka Mother Nature...alias Electrical Storm...also known as Lightning! On the night of September 8th starting at about 7pm there were flashes of lightning in the distance. There was no thunder at that time. As the night progressed there were a lot more and brighter flashes, but still no thunder. We didn't really catch on that it was lightning until about 10pm. From that point on Mother Nature revealed her awesome power! There was continuous rumbling of thunder that lasted about 3-4 hours. This natural fireworks display lasted for hours! It was around 7am that this raging storm had finally began to fizzle out in the distance. Now keep in mind that we are on the 23rd floor of a 24 story building so we were in the storm and we could feel when our building was struck because we could feel the floor shake! Being so high up, we had great views of other buildings having their lightning rods struck!

The lightning in this first video struck the ground! It was pretty close to our complex. You can try to pause the video at 17 seconds to get a better look at the bolts.

We hope this doesn't slow down your computers too much, but it will be worth it. We put only a select few on the blog because they showed the best lightning and you can hear great samples of the booming thunder! Enjoy!






If we were the ones calling the contest between Shenzhen's fireworks and Mother Nature's we would rule in favor of Mother Nature simply because the display lasted longer and was louder and it was up close and personal. Either way they were two spectacular displays that deserve a lot of praise.