Thunderstorms and Lightning

Thunderstorms can trigger feelings of illness in some people due to changes in air pressure, temperature, and humidity during the storm. These changes can disrupt the body's balance and trigger symptoms like headaches, fatigue, or aches and pains. Additionally, lightning and loud thunder can create stress and anxiety, which may also contribute to feeling unwell during a thunderstorm.

Hawaii experiences a variety of storms, including tropical storms and hurricanes during the hurricane season (June to November), and occasional thunderstorms and heavy rainstorms throughout the year. Tsunamis are also a potential threat to the islands due to their proximity to active earthquake zones.

Because the car is grounded, the lightning finds a path through the car to the ground, rather than through you.

You do not want to be touching the ground and car at the same time lightning strikes the car, then the lightning will go through you to the ground.

Almost nothing is done to help prevent lightning strikes. This is because if lightning does hit, then all it will do is scorch the struck part of the ship of kill electronic navigation. Lightning doenst strike ships much to begin with, however.

1. people getting struck by lightning
2. hail knocking you out
3. tornadoes that can make things worse in an thunderstorm
4. heavy rain creating floods
5. lightning creating fires in dry areas
6. thunder can cut out your hearings

Lightning arrestors are typically installed at the highest point of a structure to provide a path for lightning to safely discharge into the ground, thus protecting the structure from damage. They are commonly found on rooftops, towers, or any high points where lightning is likely to strike.

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Benjamin Franklin used a kite with a metal key attached to the string during a thunderstorm. The lightning struck the key, traveled down the string, and charged a Leyden jar or bottle that Franklin held. Franklin conducted this experiment to demonstrate that lightning is a form of electricity.

New York State's lowest recorded temperatures:

Albany (capital) -28F; Buffalo -20F; New York City -15F; record for state -52F in Old Forge on 2/18/79

New York State's highest recorded temperatures:

Albany (capital) 103F; Buffalo 98F; New York City 106F; record for state 108F in Troy on 7/22/26

Yes, hair can stand on end due to the electric field around us when we are about to be struck by lightning. This is a warning sign that the lightning is about to strike, and it's important to take cover immediately.

precipitation, downfall

There are 2 meaning to the word

Synonyms for meaning 1 include: acclaim, honour, acknowledge, cheer, applaud, salute, greed, address, welcome

Synonyms for meaning 2: sleet, hailstorm, shower, rain, storm, battery, barrage, bombardment, downpour, pelt, bombard

The distance between you and the storm is approximately 1 mile away. This is calculated by dividing the time difference between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunder (7 seconds) by 5, as it takes roughly 5 seconds for sound to travel one mile.

Well, the acceleration an object experiences under gravity is the same! This much is not dependent on the mass. So both balls will gain the same amount of speed every second while falling towards the ground.

They will fall at the same speed, as long as we assume there is no wind resistance, or external forces causing a noticeable acceleration.

A lightning rod is a metal rod installed on the roof of a building to intercept lightning strikes and safely conduct the electrical charge to the ground, thus preventing it from causing a fire inside the house. The rod provides a path of least resistance for the lightning to follow, protecting the structure by dissipating the potentially harmful electrical energy.

When a wave period increases, the distance between successive wave crests also increases. This means that waves will travel at a slower pace. A longer wave period generally indicates larger waves with more energy.

Wildfires may be started by lightning or by careless humans. They can become disasters when they rapidly move into developed areas, and firestorms can spread embers for several miles, overcoming firefighting efforts.

Wildfires naturally consume grass and brush, but can also involve trees, which may affect the wildlife within the area for several years. Some conifer seeds only sprout after a severe wildfire has melted their seed coats, increasing the chance that the seedlings will receive sunlight.

During the Coventry Blitz that occurred on November 14, 1940, around 568 people were killed and over 1,200 were injured. The bombing raid resulted in significant destruction to the city of Coventry in the United Kingdom.

One famous place in Delaware is the historic town of New Castle. It is known for its well-preserved colonial architecture, charming cobblestone streets, and picturesque waterfront area. Visitors can explore historic homes, museums, and shops while soaking in the town's rich past.

Most likely, the difference is only in what you're seeing.

Fork lightning is either cloud-to-ground lightning or cloud-to-cloud lightning beneath the bottom layer of the clouds. Since there aren't any clouds between you and the bolt, you're seeing the bolt itself.

Flash lightning is cloud-to-cloud lightning that occurs above the bottom layer of clouds. If you were in an airplane or otherwise had an appropriate vantage, it would be visible as a forked bolt just like other lightning; however, from the ground, the clouds between you and the bolt make it look like a flash. It's basically the same effect you get by putting a globe over a lightbulb: the light is diffused so it looks like it isn't coming from any particular source.

The occupants are at risk of electric shock if the lightning strike travels through the metal hull of the boat. It is safer for occupants to move to the center of the boat, away from metal surfaces, and avoid contact with any metal objects during a lightning storm.

nothing happens but thunder usually come after lightning strikes unless it hits an object or a person

2nd Answer:

Well . . . lightning does not strike the ground, but you cannot tell because it happens so fast.

First, the huge electrical potential that creates lightning bolts sends out feelers from the clouds. Most of these feelers don't progress any farther. But one or two of them reach the ground - a tree, a building, you. That creates a pathway between the ground and the clouds.

At that point, a huge discharge of electricity leaps from the ground back up to the cloud. Lightning does all its damage LEAVING the ground, not striking it.

Thunder always results from a lightning bolt.

Yes. Lightning provides the intense energy needed to combine atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen into nitrates. The rain then carries these nitrates down to the earth's surface enriching the soil. Acting as a fertilizer, nitrates in an indirect way helps make the grass green.

A line of longitude is also called a meridian.

Meridians are half-great-circles that join the Earth's North and South Poles.

So they represent one-half of a polar circumference of the planet.

The Prime Meridian runs through England (Greenwich) and is 0 degrees longitude.

In Communist China, you wore a red scarf in school to symbolize your allegiance to Chairman Mao Ze-dong.