S33k3R
05-28-2009, 02:01 PM
Ok...this is a bit out of left field...even for me :rolleyes:
Well, has ummm, anyone noticed that like maybe on the odd occasion, (or not so odd occasions as the case may be), that Street lights sometimes turn off when you walk under them?
Seriously.Happens to me a bit.
Now I know that there are about a thousand rational reasons why I'm just imagining this phenomena...but, I lived by the sea...by a large bay. Now theres a road that follows coast, with lots of street lights. I climbed a nearby hill, lit up my shisha pipe and sat and watched these damn streetlights for 2 solid damn hours.
Not one went out.
Then I went for a midnight stroll along said road...4 went out...all with me just about underneath them all.
WTF?
So I did some research, seems this is a relatively known thing...They are called SLIders, (Street lamp Interference)
Street light interference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light_interference)
Here some people tried to make a academic study of it
http://www.assap.org/newsite/Docs/sli.pdf
So I now know I'm not entirely nuts....just curious though, who else has noticed this?
Well, has ummm, anyone noticed that like maybe on the odd occasion, (or not so odd occasions as the case may be), that Street lights sometimes turn off when you walk under them?
Seriously.Happens to me a bit.
Now I know that there are about a thousand rational reasons why I'm just imagining this phenomena...but, I lived by the sea...by a large bay. Now theres a road that follows coast, with lots of street lights. I climbed a nearby hill, lit up my shisha pipe and sat and watched these damn streetlights for 2 solid damn hours.
Not one went out.
Then I went for a midnight stroll along said road...4 went out...all with me just about underneath them all.
WTF?
So I did some research, seems this is a relatively known thing...They are called SLIders, (Street lamp Interference)
Street light interference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light_interference)
Here some people tried to make a academic study of it
http://www.assap.org/newsite/Docs/sli.pdf
So I now know I'm not entirely nuts....just curious though, who else has noticed this?