Don't stand under a tree in a thunderstorm
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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
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.
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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
</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