Sarasota, FL Power Flashes and Heavy Rain – 1/4/2019

Squall line moves through Sarasota Florida during Friday afternoon rush hour causing power flashes, power outage, and heavy wind driven rain which snarled traffic with ponding water.
Shot Description

1) Wind driven rain over US 41 traffic in Sarasota county causes power flashes as wind driven debris from a bird’s nest (Osprey nest) shorts power lines and arcs. Power went out at the location at US 41 and Stickney Point Rd.
2) Close shot of the nest that shorted the lines.
3,4,5) Three long varied shots of rush hour traffic in heavy wind driven rain and ponding water on US 41 near Stickney Point Road.

SID: Brian Dombrowski

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