Re: [TCML] Lightning on Sunday evening

[DC Cox <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The "gust front" that is pushed along ahead of the storm pushes some of the
charged ions along with the wind.  These can form a horizontal conductive
path, the energy flows thru it, and then, at the end, it does the step
leader thing down to the ground.  Normal range is around 7-10 miles max.

Coming to Tesla Fest 2009 on Aug 29th?

Regards,

DC




On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Jim Mora <wavetuner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi DC,
>
> I was lucky enough to catch this. People were up on a bluff in Colorado
> banging golf balls which was in my opinion the height of stupidity- a
> little
> like fishing out on the ocean in a storm. All climbing in Yosemite is
> warned
> of this extreme danger. Not that I do mach of that these days ;-^)
>
> It was interesting to see the leader growth we know very well and the
> extremely high speed photography that captured the return path.
>
> We also saw a dreaded bolt "from the blue" which can travel 25 miles from a
> cloud hidden by relief features. This is I think is the dreaded positron
> bolt! Way more energy!
>
> Jim Mora
>
> I have a few close hits in the Midwest!
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [TCML] Lightning on Sunday evening
>
> On Sun evening, Raging Planet Series, Discovery  ---  Lightning!     It's
> after the section on tornadoes.
>
> One hr. of the best lightning videos and photos in the world.
>
> Dr. Resonance
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