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- From: dhoward@desire.wright.edu (sparky-desire)
- Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
- Subject: Re: Lightening
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.122402.3032@desire.wright.edu>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 17:24:02 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.053636.2727@eskimo.celestial.com>
- Organization: Wright State University
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- In article <1992Jul20.053636.2727@eskimo.celestial.com>, delisle@eskimo.celestial.com (Ben Delisle) writes:
- > o What caused it to go from suddenly striking miles away
- > to suddenly crashing right above me in less than a minute?
- > o Why did I feel like itching a second before the strike near me?
-
- while for the most part, lightning tends to strike the ground in
- the area directly below the cell, often c-g strikes originate in
- the upper part of the cloud, and tend to land well outside the
- actual storm. these are the ones that set fear into the hearts
- of the b.l.m. and forrest service meteorologists, as they tend to
- start fires.
-
- your itchy feeling was the electrostatic charge building up around
- you just prior to the strike. if you would have looked at the hair
- on your arms, you might have noticed it standing up. you are very
- lucky that it did not hit you. i've seen a lot of close strikes,
- but i've never had my hair stand up.
-
- --
- .sparky.
-