sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Jun 14, 2010 11:48pm
I know there's a lot of Cincinnati/Dayton Chatterers...so I thought you guys would be interested in hearing that the giant Jesus statue on I-75 near Middletown got struck by lightning tonight during the storm and was on fire!
$500,000 up in smoke...literally!
http://livewire.wlwt.com/Event/Stormy_Monday
Pictures and video of the damage should be up by tomorrow according to that live blog.
RIP Big Butter Jesus
$500,000 up in smoke...literally!
http://livewire.wlwt.com/Event/Stormy_Monday
Pictures and video of the damage should be up by tomorrow according to that live blog.
RIP Big Butter Jesus
Mooney44Cards
Posts: 2,754
Jun 14, 2010 11:50pm
Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani!
Jughead
Posts: 1,261
Jun 15, 2010 12:15am
NOOOOOOOO! Not Touchdown Jesus!
Jughead
Posts: 1,261
Jun 15, 2010 12:20am
It's pretty well gone....
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Jun 15, 2010 12:20am
Tough to see in this first picture...but that's the statue being engulfed by flames.
And now...just the metal framework is standing.
And now...just the metal framework is standing.
D
dave
Posts: 4,558
Jun 15, 2010 12:21am
omg no more giant jesus. can you imagine what that would have been like seeing the strike while driving on NB-75. I think I would have shit my pants.
killdeer
Posts: 1,538
Jun 15, 2010 12:21am
WHAT!!!!!????????????
the Devil is playin' hardball tonite, and we ain't shinin'
Big Butter Jesus will rise on the third day.
the Devil is playin' hardball tonite, and we ain't shinin'
Big Butter Jesus will rise on the third day.
Mooney44Cards
Posts: 2,754
Jun 15, 2010 12:25am
Its Robo-Jesus now......looking for Sarah Conner......
dwccrew
Posts: 7,817
Jun 15, 2010 12:26am
Sweet Cream Jesus! Can't believe it's not Jesus!
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Jun 15, 2010 12:31am
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Jun 15, 2010 12:32am
^^^^^^^^^^ Big Butter Jesus was in South Africa for the World Cup?!
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Jun 15, 2010 12:35am
sherm03;389988 wrote:^^^^^^^^^^ Big Butter Jesus was in South Africa for the World Cup?!
That's where it has been coming from the whole time
killdeer
Posts: 1,538
Jun 15, 2010 12:35am
LJ;389987 wrote:BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
if He is responsible for that buzzin' horn work...I'm glad he got sizzled.
That constant bee-buzz at the WC is drivin' me nuts.
killdeer
Posts: 1,538
Jun 15, 2010 12:38am
Jughead;389973 wrote:It's pretty well gone....
what the heck was it made out of that it disappeared like that??..
marshmallow?
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Jun 15, 2010 12:40am
http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=12649244The [statue] is made out of wood and Styrofoam, covered over a steel framework anchored in concrete. This is covered with a fiberglass mat and resin exterior.
Mooney44Cards
Posts: 2,754
Jun 15, 2010 12:41am
killdeer;389991 wrote:what the heck was it made out of that it disappeared like that??..
marshmallow?
Probably not much. Metal frame with some wood supports and some type of plaster-like material.
edit: by plaster-like I mean styrofoam
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
Jun 15, 2010 12:46am
aka the most flammable shit on Earth. That thing had to have went FAST.
killdeer
Posts: 1,538
Jun 15, 2010 12:47am
^^^marshmallow would of tasted better.
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MontyBrunswick
Jun 15, 2010 12:50am
Big Butter Jesus? It will always be Touchdown Jesus.
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
Jun 15, 2010 12:50am
better picture from the news
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Jun 15, 2010 12:55am
dlazz;390007 wrote:Big Butter Jesus? It will always be Touchdown Jesus.
Yes...Big Butter Jesus. Heywood Banks made it popular with his song.
Touchdown Jesus is in South Bend. That statue was Big Butter Jesus.
killdeer
Posts: 1,538
Jun 15, 2010 12:55am
that seems like a big fat message from Heaven to me....
"stop telling people to give money to the rich man who stands at the altar with the big house and the horses and the poorly executed big butter jesus statue"..........
or maybe that's just my interpretation.
"stop telling people to give money to the rich man who stands at the altar with the big house and the horses and the poorly executed big butter jesus statue"..........
or maybe that's just my interpretation.
dwccrew
Posts: 7,817
Jun 15, 2010 12:57am
killdeer;390011 wrote:that seems like a big fat message from Heaven to me....
"stop telling people to give money to the rich man who stands at the altar with the big house and the horses and the poorly executed big butter jesus statue"..........
or maybe that's just my interpretation.
My interpretation is that steel is an electrical conductor that most likely attracted the lightning. No signs from God, just mother nature being a bitch.
CinciX12
Posts: 2,874
Jun 15, 2010 12:58am
Lolz. I always thought it was hilarious it was right beside that flea market.
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MontyBrunswick
Jun 15, 2010 1:01am
CinciX12;390015 wrote:Lolz. I always thought it was hilarious it was right beside that flea market.
I thought it was hilarious because it was so absurd and ridiculous looking.
The fact that it got struck by lightning and burned is all the more funnier.