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Why doesn't lightning stop when it starts raining?
According to my understanding, lightning happens because the clouds get charged due to friction from the moving clouds and the ground gets polarized by the nearby charged clouds. And the two opposite ...
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Why do my lights become brighter during a thunderstorm?
Today, during a thunderstorm, the lamps in the room suddenly flickered and then gradually became brighter in less than a second. The lamps remained brighter than normal for a few seconds before ...
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Noise heard simultaneously with lightning
During a recent thunderstorm in an urban area, I saw lightning strike within about half a mile, estimated as such because I heard the thunder about 2 seconds after I saw the strike. What surprised me ...
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Can rails on the ground or blimps in the air be positioned to collect lightning?
This question was inspired by Ben Franklin key on a kite string. There's A Place On Earth That Experiences 1.2 Million Lighting Strikes A Year. In a small area of northwestern Venezuela, where the ...
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Is it dangerous to use the water tap/bathe/shower during a thunderstorm?
As the title says, is there any danger in touching the water tap or sitting in a bath tub etc. inside the house during a thunderstorm?
I heard that it is dangerous, as the lightning could hit some ...
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