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You’ve Been… THUNderSTRUCK!
Whoa. Somebody got ahold of an extremely high-speed camera and captured footage of a lightning bolt, from cloud-borne inception to final strike. Dig it: I love how the initial bolts meander slowly until one of them makes contact with the ground, at which point the entire charge of the strike takes that path in a…
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Curse You, Hurricane Schwartz!
Dear Weather Channel, Is it normal to see lightning in Pennsylvania in late January? ‘Cause, you know, that’s exactly what I saw last night. Heard thunder too. My contention is that the answer is “no, it’s not normal”. Is there anything you can do about this, what with your Doppler 10,000 radars and all? Signed,…