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Does a tower bell ringing prevent thunderstorms?
Introduction
This is the beginning of an apparently physics-unrelated question which involves 1700-1800 Italian law, atmospheric processes, sound waves propagating through fluids, and lightning ...
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Why does moderately distant lightning sound the way it does: relatively quiet high pitched thunder first, and then much louder low pitched thunder?
Why does thunder, that is heard about five or ten seconds after the lightning is seen, start as relatively quiet high pitched 'crackling' thunder which is, about five or ten seconds later than that, ...
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How do bulk regions of clouds conduct charges into a lightning bolt?
It's easy to find explanations of the theories of charge accumulation in clouds during storms, as well as ones describing suspected processes leading to lightning channel formation. What I have yet to ...
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Why does lightning most often occur at night?
This is a question based on my experience. I cannot say that lightning (succeed by thunder) never occurs during the day, but it seems most likely to occur during the night. Maybe the humidity levels ...
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Why do nuclear bomb explosions create an array of visible electric discharges in the form of lightening in the upper atmosphere?
I've seen videos on the internet, showing nuclear bomb test explosions, and there appears to be a large amount of visible lightening discharging numerous times over the development of the mushroom ...
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Without seeing the lightning, can you tell how far away it struck by how the thunder sounds?
Is there any way to tell how far away a lightning strike is by how its thunder sounds? I thought one way might be by using the fact that higher frequencies travel faster than lower frequencies. Would ...
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Does an object's movement affect the likelihood of being struck by lightning?
Does the state of whether an object if moving or stationary affect the likelihood of it being struck by lightning?
I suppose some things that could be considered would be:
Whether the movement means ...
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How is the energy of a lightning calculated?
I was wondering how is the energy of a lightning measured? Is it based on the luminous intensity and/or the generated sound? What about the generated heat and energy spent in the production of ozone? ...
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Local real-time lightning tracker site?
Is there a site that tracks lightning strikes at a local level in real-time?
Google results for "lightning tracker" yield several sites, but none do this.
It seems easy enough to set up. Have ...
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