Urban sledders in San Jose got quite a startle when lightening struck a utility pole causing a loud explosion as they shred a neighborhood street. The SF Gate reports the video was filmed intersection of Bolero and River View Drive on February 4th, 2019 during a hail storm that actually looks a lot like snow. The lightning caused an outage cutting power to 422 customers. Gnar:

Hail and sledding in South San Jose
by u/rudylishious in SanJose

Here’s another angle of the strike:

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