REAL Weather

[poliphilo]

I remember sitting in a car on a Kentucky hillside (the tyres will earth the power if a bolt hits us, right?) watching the lightning strikes get nearer and nearer as the storm swept up the valley towards us.

I remember rain in Philadelphia. The air pretty much displaced by water. The force of it and the roar of it.

I remember a huge thunderhead sailing over the fields (in Kentucky again) all lit up from inside by frequent lightning- like a citadel at war- and how I waited till it was almost directly overhead before I ran for the house.

This is prompted by jackiejj writing about hurricane Frances. Heigh-ho; we don't get weather like that in Britain.

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[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

(the tyres will earth the power if a bolt hits us, right?)

I've been wondering about this.

What if you have steel-belted radials (isn't that standard these days?) and the tires are wearing thin? What if the steel is exposed? Wouldn't it act as a ground?

I once worked with a man whose car was struck by lightning. He said he just saw a blue glow all around his hood for a second. No other effects. Guess his tires were new...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Well, our car wasn't hit- even though it was standing exposed on top of a ridge- so I never got to find out.