Martin Uman, an expert in lightning phenomena at the University of Florida, speculated that "any number of things" could make the brick wall collapse, including the vibration caused by thunder. Even though bricks are not electrically conductive - as Trump explained in his video - they can still be vulnerable to damage from lightning. Lightning is an electrical discharge that causes the air around it to heat and expand very quickly. There was a severe storm in the area around the time of the collapse, and a local station’s Doppler radar also indicated that lightning struck the block that afternoon. Toledo’s Fire and Rescue Department is attributing the cause of the collapse to a lightning strike, based on witness reports and evidence gathered from the scene. But the notion that bricks cannot be naturally damaged by lightning is wrong. We’re not in a position to weigh in on the intentions of the divine. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. The three and a half minute video shows Trump suggesting that, by reducing the mural to rubble, a "higher power" may have been conveying a message to "not worship false prophets" and heroize George Floyd. In his career as a building developer, he said, he had "never heard of a brick wall getting blown out by lightning." took to social media to speculate that the hand of God was involved in the mural’s ruin, saying in a widely circulated reaction video that "brick walls are not good conductors of electricity" and would not "blow out usually." The outer layer of brick wall came down, but the rest of the building remains intact. The mural was designed last summer amid the Black Lives Matter protests following George Floyd’s death. What are your thoughts on this story? Let us know by joining the conversation in the comments and please share this article if you’ve found it informative.A mural of George Floyd - painted on the exterior brick wall of a building in Toledo, Ohio- crumbled on July 13, likely after the building was hit by a bolt of lightning. The suspects then took some jewelry along with the complainant’s cell phone before they fled the scene in the black Ford Explorer.” As the suspects looked through the residence, they demanded to know where the drugs and money were and Complaint Henriquez advised them that there were no such things in the residence. This large suspect then proceeded to search the residence while another armed suspect guarded the complainant, who was struck in the head and side areas by this second armed suspect with his pistol after she screamed for help. “The largest of these suspects forced his way into the residence, placed a pistol against the complainant’s abdomen, and forced her into the living room area of the residence. His part in the robbery was detailed in a police officer’s report, as per Snopes: In 2009 he pleaded guilty to armed robbery after he and a group of others robbed a home while the family was inside. Ex-cop Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder recently and sentenced to 22.5 years behind bars.Įver since his passing, cities across the country have been erecting monuments to Floyd as a result of the protests and riots in the country.īefore his death at the hands of police, he was arrested nine times, mostly on drug and theft charges, and went to prison a couple of times. George Floyd died in police custody last year for using counterfeit money at a convenience store in Minneapolis. The lightning thing, that’s possible, but I know it didn’t just fall.” “When I did the mural, there was stuff on the wall that I couldn’t remove and that let me know how strong that structure was. James Dickerson, David Ross, Julian Mack, and Marie Dickerson pose for a photo in front of the recently destroyed mural of George Floyd painted by David Ross in Toledo. “It happens to the older buildings.” David Ross, the artist, who created the piece, says he thinks the mural was either demolished by an act of God or vandalism. However, Toledo City building inspector Hugh Koogan has said that the wall had been starting to crumble and likely just fell apart on its own. The Toledo Fire and Rescue Department attributed the damage to a lightning blast as per witness accounts and an investigation of the area. The piece was blasted apart during a storm after 5 pm authorities reported. The painting had been made on the side of an old bar, according to The Blade. A George Floyd mural in Toledo, Ohio was destroyed by a lightning strike last Tuesday.
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