The Florida Gators were poised to kickoff their 2014 football season by playing Idaho at home last night. Unfortunately, just before the scheduled 7 p.m. kickoff, a thunderstorm approached Gainesville and multiple lightning strikes were seen within an eight-mile radius of their stadium, “The Swamp.” College football rules state that a game must be suspended […]
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Two Lessons In One Tweet
This is simple. I’m going to give you two lessons while only involving one tweet. Lesson number one: Lightning is “the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder.” However, lightening, […]
Odd Cloud Feature
Check out the following video, which showcases a rather odd cloud feature from a few days ago in Thailand. What appears to be a beam of light dances around atop this storm. What is happening? Basically, the electric field put off by this cell is altering every time the cell produces a lightning strike, causing […]