This storm coming across Cunene Province, Angola from the west is several miles from the village.
Sy Aardwolf's shop is on the west end of the village, and from the windows on the west side of the office, the approaching storm can be seen.
Although the office has no glass in it's west side windows, the rest of the building extends well beyond the office in the form of both an open car port area and with a couple of indoor work areas to the sides...The office is well protected by the rest of the building from rain blowing in.
The Aardwolf Family's home is next door to the shop. Most of the house has glass windows, and the two bedrooms have solid wood shutters that can close up the windows...plus the roof has a substantial overhang.
It's past midnight and Sy and Zella and their son Hiraldo are snuggled in for the night...Daughter Deja is grown an married, and no longer living at Mom and Dad's house.
During the approach of the storm, a severe weather warning comes over a car radio that Sy has wired to a deep cycle battery in the shop near the fold-up chair...Sy left the radio playing for the night when the family went to the house. That is so the battery will discharge and can be charged from a charger in the truck in the morning.
During the broadcast, there was some radio static, as well as >crackles< and >pops< when the lightning would flash up.
The severe weather warning;
"Se você estiver em ou próximo Embunda e Namene, procurar abrigo agora. Ficar em sua casa.
Esta é uma tempestade muito perigosa.
Esta tempestade tem relâmpago graves e ventos poderoso. >crackle POP<
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A tempestade está se movendo para fora do oeste, a vinte quilômetros por hora. >static<
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Citamos novamente, Esta é uma tempestade muito perigosa. >POP POP<
Cuidado, há granizo com esta tempestade. Alguns do tamanho de bolas de golfe.
Se você estiver perto de um riacho, ou perto de um rio, há o perigo de graves inundações. >static<
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A tempestade está se movendo para fora do oeste, a vinte quilômetros por hora. >static<
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Se você estiver em ou próximo Embunda e Namene, procurar abrigo agora....." >POP<
>static<
@ What it would be translated as English;
(If you are in or near Embunda and Namene, seek shelter now. Stay in your home.
This is a very dangerous storm.
This storm has severe lightning and powerful winds.
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The storm is moving out of the west, twenty kilometers per hour.
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We quote again. This is a very dangerous storm.
Beware, there is hail with this storm. Some the size of golf balls.
If you are near a stream or near a river, there is the danger of serious flooding
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The storm is moving out of the west, twenty kilometers per hour.
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If you are in or near Embunda and Namene, seek shelter now.....)
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*If you can access a read aloud function, the following is what that storm warning would have sounded like had it been announced in an automated voice system;
Se você estiver em ou próximo Embunda e Namene, procurar abrigo agora. Ficar em sua casa
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Esta é uma tempestade muito
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Esta tempestade tem relâmpago graves e ventos poderoso
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A tempestade está se movendo para fora do oeste, a vinte quilômetros por hora,
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Citamos novamente, Esta é uma tempestade muito perigosa
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Cuidado, há granizo com esta tempestade. Alguns do tamanho de bolas de golfe
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Se você estiver perto de um riacho, ou perto de um rio, há o perigo de graves inundações,
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A tempestade está se movendo para fora do oeste, a vinte quilômetros por hora,
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Se você estiver em ou próximo Embunda e Namene, procurar abrigo agora
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fim do boletim - - - - - cinco quatro três nove - - - - - fim do boletim - - - - -cinco quatro três nove
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cinco quatro três nove
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In that last pic with the lightning at a distance near the railroad tracks;
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This is looking toward the south down the narrow gauge tracks. The lightning is striking 3 miles away, and is hitting off to the right at a few hundred feet west of the tracks.
It would be really scary to someone who was standing on the tracks 3 miles south of the village at the moment that bolt struck down;
The part of the lightning that runs horizontal would be a streak flashing high up directly overhead...
...And at the same time, the lightning striking down just a few hundred feet west of the tracks.
Where that bolt hit is out in the middle of nowhere.
I think who ever would have been there when that bolt struck would be running for something to get under real quick.
That Angolan anthro-animal who just had lightning flash overhead and strike a few hundred feet away would be shouting, " OH UAU! MERDA SAGRADA!" (Oh wow! Holy shit!).
In seeking shelter from the storm, three miles back to the village is a long way running on foot.
With a lot of lightning popping overhead on the way back to the village, that animal might set a new world's record for the three mile run.
There are some interesting videos about how a lightning bolt forms;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MUYsIjTKvk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Awp-3CxSU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66lqGmC-mLY