Don't stand under a tree in a thunderstorm

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Re: Don\'t stand under a tree in a thunderstorm

I wouldn't have any beegebers left either, that's some spooky looking stuff.
 
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Re: Don\'t stand under a tree in a thunderstorm

When the lightning hits the tree, it vaporizes the sap,causing the explosion. I hear of several cases a year when lighting hit a tree with cows or horses under, killing some or all.

The funny thing about lightning; in the wild it's the proverbial 800lb gorilla, but there are sighs. There is usuallly a step-leader coming out of the object on the ground, trying to connect with the bolt coming from the thunderstorm. Its the increased charge from this step-leader that one feels if one is way two close where lightning is going to hit. And when they do, we know the result.

Steve
 
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Re: Don\'t stand under a tree in a thunderstorm

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( There is usuallly a step-leader coming out of the object on the ground, trying to connect with the bolt coming from the thunderstorm. )</font>

Perhaps that "step-ladder" is a multi-layer corona of positive ions getting ready to merge with that big bolt of negatively charged electrons hurling themselves down from the clouds. I suspect that once you see that, you gotta be pretty darn fast to dodge the "bullet." /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 

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