with buildings around?
and trees?
Ozius [ 07-23-2003: Message edited by: Ozimander ]
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Absolut Blindy had this to say about (_|_):
lighting struck the middle of a parking lot?with buildings around?
and trees?
It could have been a bolt that actually comes out of the ground and up the clouds, I forget what they are called.
Or, it could have been a part of a strand that hit a building
and then parts of it broke off from that strand.
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Ares had this to say about Knight Rider:
It could have been a bolt that actually comes out of the ground and up the clouds, I forget what they are called.Or, it could have been a part of a strand that hit a building
and then parts of it broke off from that strand.
Most lightening actually comes from the ground and goes up, contrary to popular belief.
Very few strikes of lightening actually come from the clouds and go towards the ground.
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Faelynn LeAndris had this to say about Tron:
Most lightening actually comes from the ground and goes up, contrary to popular belief.Very few strikes of lightening actually come from the clouds and go towards the ground.
the fact that it hit the ground infront of your boyfriend seems to me to be an act of God. Have you check him recently to see if he is the devil, spawn of satan or possibly izkiuruial, unlawful offspring of alucard?
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Absolut Blindy had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
Even so, electricity will always jump across the point with the least resistance in any system, which is why it usually "hits" high objects.the fact that it hit the ground infront of your boyfriend seems to me to be an act of God. Have you check him recently to see if he is the devil, spawn of satan or possibly izkiuruial, unlawful offspring of alucard?
I'll have to check that next week when he visits.
[ 07-23-2003: Message edited by: Absolut Blindy ]
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Mr. Parcelan said:
Sounds like your boyfriend angered the storm spirits. Nice work.
Or that someone on this board controls the storms and wants to scare Ares' boyfriend away from her. 
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Where's Waisz? probably says this to all the girls:
Or that someone on this board controls the storms and wants to scare Ares' boyfriend away from her.
Pttbh.. I like Parce's suggestion more.
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Ares spewed forth this undeniable truth:
Pttbh.. I like Parce's suggestion more.
Everyone likes Parcelan and his glorious suggestions.
One would assume the bolt would have struck the 100+ foot air-raid warning tower behind the stripmall, but noooooooooo... right down past it into the sewer grate. left a nice crater too.
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Absolut Blindy's fortune cookie read:
lighting struck the middle of a parking lot?with buildings around?
and trees?
Too bad you werent there to act as al ightning rod!
I'll be more careful next time.
Well, a bolt of lightning came down and hit a tree just as we were driving by. I felt all of my hairs stand on end and my mom said she did too. We also almost drove off of the road because the bolt coming down that close to you is kinda disorienting.
After that we pulled over for about 15 minutes and waited for the storm to lighten.
In other words, lightning just doesn't strike the ground near you, it will strike you directly or strike something taller or more conductive than you are.
It's not a bolt to or from the ground, it's many bolts up AND down along the same path. And since there's so much energy passing through the air, it instantly vaporizes anything in the air, and heats it up in the small timeframe that it's there to hotter then the surface of the sun (Which isn't saying much, since the sun's outer "atomosphere" is hotter then the surface..).
And Suddar, your car was probably the safest place to be. The air around was probably highly electrically charged after the bolt (Hence the hair standing on end), but the metal cage of the car would have protected you better then you think.
I love those places in mad scientist's labs where there's a cage of metal, and a large metal ball making arcs of lightning to it. You could operate super delicate electronic equipment inside that cage with absolutely no problems whatsoever. In fact, they've begun (with the Boeing 777 line) to wrap the cockpits of planes in a fine, fabriclike copper mesh, to protect it from most electromagnetic interference from portable devices and the odd bolt o' lightnin. 
Cloud to cloud lightning is also the most common; but did you know this? At any given second, there are at least 100 bolts of lightning striking the earth's surface (I think it's a lot more then that, but I forget the exact number), and if you tune your RADIO to a specific frequency.. you can, yes.. HEAR lightning.
I learned more from TLC and Discovery as a kid then any school. 
Good thing he is OK!
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Delphi Aegis had this to say about Knight Rider:
And Suddar, your car was probably the safest place to be. The air around was probably highly electrically charged after the bolt (Hence the hair standing on end), but the metal cage of the car would have protected you better then you think.
Yeah I realize that. I'm not dumb.
We only pulled over because of the storm, not the lightning. Lightning coming down that close just spoke to how bad the storm was, and we weren't in a hurry. We almost veered off of the road.
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Suddar said this about your mom:
Yeah I realize that. I'm not dumb.We only pulled over because of the storm, not the lightning. Lightning coming down that close just spoke to how bad the storm was, and we weren't in a hurry. We almost veered off of the road.
Yeah. Sorry. I didn't mean that you were. 
It's kinda cool driving in a storm, sometimes.. Especially those ones where it's really bright out, but the sky itself is SUPER dark.. Those just freak me out, since it shouldn't be possible!
