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Thunderstorms and Lightning

Also referred to as a lightning storm, a thunderstorm is a weather form wherein thunder and lightning are present. Thunderstorms, most especially if accompanied by heavy rains and downburst winds, pose hazards to people and the environment.

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What do you do during an electric storm?

Stay inside and whatever you do, don't touch anything metal. Metal is conductive and may pass the electric on to you, which will electrocute you.

Why can you hear the buzzing of your TV from far away but no one else can?

You have good hearing. Most TV's (tube type) will emit a 60 hz. buzz as well as a 15,734 hz. whine from the set. The loudness varies from manufacturer to manufacturer and age can also be a contributing factor.

It seems that once someone `tunes in' to these noises, they are always aware of them from that point on. Personally, I can't go into a store that has a lot of TV's running because the noise eminating from them becomes piercing to my ears, and after a few minutes I have to leave or deal with a splitting headache if I've been exposed long enough.

You aren't hearing things. Those noises are there with tube type TV's, and the LCD/plasma TV's have a set of noises all their own too.

If you can, just ignore them. It IS normal and usually nothing to worry about. Hopefully, the program you're watching is interesting enough (yes, I know THAT'S RARE these days) to distract your attention away from the noises.

Has a squall-line ever produced violent tornadoes?

Yes. Strong to violent tornadoes can sometimes occur near a formation called a bow echo. In some cases, the north side of a bow echo can develop a circulation similar to the mesocyclone of a supercell. One of the more unusualy cases came on April 4, 1981 when a bow-echo produced an anticyclonic F4 tornado that struck the town of West Bend Wisconsin.

What color eyes does Percy have?

Percy is described as handsome, with messy jet black hair, a "Mediterranean" complexion, and sea-green eyes like his father Poseidon. His mother notes that Percy looked just like his father, and his friend Hazel says that he has the looks of a Roman god.

Species: Greek Demigod; Roman Demigod

Relatives: Sally Jackson (mother); Poseidon (father)

Title: Son of Poseidon; Son of Neptune; Hero of Olympus

Nickname: Percy; Seaweed Brain

How do thunderstorms tornadoes and blizzards affect our electricity?

Blizzards, tornadoes, and thunderstorms can all cause power outages by damaging or destroying power lines.

Did Napoleon try to restore slavery in the American territories after he gained power. Please help me i really need this by tomorrow?

Napoleon restored slavery in all french colonies by the decree of may 1802. Slavery was abolished by the french revolution in 1794. However Napoleon was completely given to the slave holding aristocracy, especially his wife Josephine who owne several plantations in the Antilles. Napoleon was a slave holding aristocrat.

Do heavy thunderstorms cause powercuts?

Heavy thunderstorms, especially lightning strikes on electrical installations, often cause powercuts, bringing down cables, and poles, and tripping the system.

When big buildings get hit by lighting strikes why don't they burn down?

Or technology is very advanced that the structures are reinforced internally. We also have lightning rods, which attracts lightning and is a safe way to prevent lightning strikes

How does wind affect the severity of a storm?

Wind can affect the severity of the storm because it intensifies it. The stronger the wind is the stronger the storm will be. Wind storms can even happen without there being any rain.

What was the 'tiring house'?

The tiring house was what the dressing room was called during the Elizabethan era, when Shakespeare's plays were being written and performed.

Folk beliefs of thunder and lightning?

Folk beliefs related to thunder and lightning often include the idea that thunder is caused by the gods or spirits expressing their anger or displeasure, while lightning is thought to be a sign of divine intervention or communication. In many cultures, people have created various superstitions and practices to ward off the negative effects of thunder and lightning, such as carrying protective talismans or seeking shelter during storms. Overall, these beliefs reflect a sense of awe and fear towards the powerful forces of nature represented by thunder and lightning.

What does the loudness and the pitch of a guitar depend on?

Loudness for an acoustic guitar depends on how hard you pluck the string.

Loudness for an electric guitar depends on how loud the speaker setting is.

Pitch depends on which string you pluck, and which fret, if any, you are fingering. The tighter the string, the higher the pitch, in general. The shorter the section that is allowed to vibrate, the higher the pitch of that string.

Why were some high risk days for severe thunderstorms busted?

It relates to something called a cap, a layer of stable air that often forms a little more than a mile above the ground. This layer of air can prevent thunderstorms from rising up.

The cap is something of a double-edged sword for severe thunderstorms. In many severe weather outbreaks, the cap plays a crucial role in that it initially holds back storm formation, allowing the air below it to become highly unstable. When the cap weakens, the storms punch through and become very powerful due to the instability below.

However, in other instances the cap holds and the storms fail to develop.

So, busted high-risk days are often the result of meteorologists wrongly predicting that the storms will be able to break the cap.

Why do you see the flash of lightning before heaving the thunder?

Light travels through air about 873,000 times as fast as sound does. If lightning strikes two kilometers away, it takes the light 6.67 microseconds to reach you (a microsecond is a millionth of a second), but it takes the sound 5.83 seconds to reach you. You can use that difference to determine how far away a lightning strike is. If you start a stopwatch as soon as you see a lightning flash then stop it as soon as you hear the thunder, then divide the time in seconds by 2.91 km/s, the quotient is the distance of the lightning in kilometers (divide by 4.69 miles/s to get the distance of the lightning in miles).

Why can't you see thunder?

Thunder is our name for the sound made by lightning. The reason there is (usually) a delay between when you see the bolt of lightning and hear the thunder is that light travels more quickly than does sound. This is the reason that you can count seconds between seeing lightning and hearing thunder to figure out how close the lightning is to you. When the lightning is closer to you, the sound doesn't take as much time to travel to your ears and thus the gap between the lightning and thunder is shorter.

So you can't see thunder because it's merely a sound - but you can see the source of that sound.

Is the guy who plays Luke Castellan in the Lightning Thief gay?

No, that is a speculation, he is a good actor and he has a wonderful girlfriend :) .

Answer by Βασίλειος Β΄ Πορφυρογέννητος

What roles are left in The Lightning Thief movie?

The Lightning Thief movie has no more roles open. The movie has already been produced, and will be released onto DVD on June 29th, 2010.