summer storms

[MasterBlaster]

I'm sitting on my patio under cover as it is rolling thru and it is getting pretty violent at times. At one point I was almost forced inside but I still had half of a cigar left. :O.   A few minutes later I heard sirens from emergency vehicles nearby. Wicked.

[F1nut]

Just had one roll thru here, gotta love the power of mother nature.

[Reverend]

Our basset hound had me up all night freaking out.   

[MacGeek]

I wonder what kind of rig it would take to realistically reproduce, outside, a thunderstorm with life like volumes and low frequency responnse

[schwarcw]

Enormous sound stage!  Great depth and dynamics!  LOL!   

[SunnyDaze]

I wonder what kind of rig it would take to realistically reproduce, outside, a thunderstorm with life like volumes and low frequency responnse

I'm guessing something with a yield somewhere on the order of a dozen or so kilotons. 

[F1nut]

I wonder what kind of rig it would take to realistically reproduce, outside, a thunderstorm with life like volumes and low frequency responnse

The Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound might have been able to do that.

[SunnyDaze]

I wonder what kind of rig it would take to realistically reproduce, outside, a thunderstorm with life like volumes and low frequency responnse

The Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound might have been able to do that.

I remember reading something a few years back that talked about the design of the system and mentioned how some parts of it are still in use (along with the Woodstock bins).

I'd have to agree F1. The Dead Wall of Sound was some serious stuff. There's enough moving mass there and it was certainly backed by enough power.

[F1nut]

The Dead Wall of Sound was some serious stuff. There's enough moving mass there and it was certainly backed by enough power.
   

   

Serious stuff indeed! There was enough moving mass to move my ass. 

To date it was the best sound at a concert I've heard and I've been to a helluva lot of concerts.

[SunnyDaze]

Speaking of storms; If anyone here has ever lived in the Shelocta / McIntyre / Indiana / Homer City area, you've had your brain rattled by thunder.

A buddy from undergrad who is now a climatologist explained to me that the greater Indiana, PA region is a "micro climate". The jet stream brings the air in. The air has to travel over the mountains. The longer path that the air follows over the Appalachians increases the velocity of the air as it continues along, forcing the warmer air upward. This sudden change in temperature results in a condensing effect over the region. This process is compounded by ionization of the local atmosphere resulting from the non-stop stream of airborne pollutants released by both Homer City and Beaver Run power stations.

The result; house rattling, roof shaking, window breaking thunder and lighting with a frequency greater than I ever thought I'd see in PA. I'm typically a lover of all things extreme weather, but, some of the storms up there were truly a bit much.

[MacGeek]

The Deads wall of sound was powered by a few racks of MAC Mc 2300s.  The factory delivered them directly to the band.