Re: [STORMREPORTS] Lightning Bolts From Blue

From: Jesse Ferrell (CASI) (j{at}weatherwatchers.org)
Date: Sat Jul 08 2000 - 21:56:26 EDT


Yeah that'll happen sometimes. There is a statistic that lightning can
strike 5 or 10 miles or something, outside of the storm. Saw a nice
picture once (in a weather calendar or something) of a strike coming
straight out of the side of a Cb then heading straight down, miles away.

kn4lf{at}webtv.net wrote:
> y; clear sky to ground forked
> lightning twice and moderate rainfall from a clear sky twice. There were
> no nearby clouds or cumulonimbus at the times of occurence.
> My friend and fellow CASI member Joe Dube of Tampa also witnessed the
> events which occured in NE Tampa. I said to Joe how do you defend
> yourself from a bolt from the blue? no way. It's kind of creepy. In 34
> years of observing lightning and thunderstorms, I've only observed a
> bolt from the blue one other time.
>

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"Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings 
in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead   || ICQ No. 136832 ||

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