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Started by Landon J Wood
Mon, 26 Sep 1994 18:48
Lightning
Author: Landon J Wood
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 18:48
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 18:48
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I really doesn't matter how one phrases the phenomena .... attraction or replusion of charged particles....statisticaly certain conditions are very highly correlated to lightning strikes. Being a tall object, especialy metal is very effective : lone trees, golphers with metal clubs, irrigators carrying metal pipes in fields, etc. Interestingly, at least one peak in the Cascade Mnts of Oregon is struck so many times on its highest spire that rock has a thin layer fused material.I have forgotten the name of this mineral.. fulginite . ?? something like that. Ofcourse the very highest correlation is with metal radio antennas sited on the highest peak in an area. One station on STeen's Mnt in Oregon has dozens of aluminium cables of 10-20 meters in length radiating away from the base of the antenna. I asume it is struck repeatedly during electrical storms. Smiles :) Landon -- ----------------------------------------------- lwood@ednet1.osl.or.gov | Landwood@aol.com
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