61. USATODAY.com Lightning information index. Lightning creates thunder. By definition, a thunderstorm has thunder, which means it has lightning even if you don`t see it. How lightning reaches the ground. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/basics/wlightning.htm

OAS_listpos = "PageCount,AdOps1,Top728x90,Zaplet1,FloatBottom,Bottom728x90,VerticalBanner,Poster3,PosterBig,Links1,Links2"; Search How do I find it? Subscribe to paper Home News ... Weather Weather Cars Event tickets Jobs Real estate ... Online degrees Find a forecast: OAS_AD("PosterBig"); OAS_AD("VerticalBanner"); Resources: Lightning science and safety During every minute of every day, roughly 1,800 thunderstorms are creating lightning somewhere on Earth. Though the chances of being struck by lightning are estimated at 1 in 700,000, these huge electrical sparks are one of the leading causes of weather-related deaths in the USA each year with an average of 73 people killed; about 300 people usually are injured by lightning. The links below will take you to detailed information and graphics that explain what lightning is, how it forms, how it generates sound we know as thunder, and, most importantly how to play it safe around lightning. Other links take you to outside sites that have information on the science of lightning and strange kinds of lightning. USATODAY.com photo gallery helps explain lightning

62. Douglas Kiesling - The Weather Paparazzi | I Risk My Life For The Shot So You Do Lightning, and thunderstorm photography. http://www.lightningboy.com

@import "/modules/node/node.css"; @import "/modules/system/defaults.css"; @import "/modules/system/system.css"; @import "/modules/user/user.css"; @import "/modules/acidfree/acidfree.css"; @import "/modules/image/contrib/image_gallery/image_gallery.css"; @import "/themes/slash/slash_black/style.css"; Douglas Kiesling - The Weather Paparazzi I risk my life for the shot so you don't have to. Main Menu Daily Blog My Photo Gallery How To Photograph Lightning Links Page ... My Resume Page Store Stock Video Stock Video Catalog Hurricane Chasing Hurricane Blogs Hurricane Katrina DVD Latest image more User login Username: Password: Create new account Request new password Search To storm chase or not to storm chase, that is the question... Welcome Welcome to the home page of Douglas "Lightningboy" Kiesling, The Weather Paparazzi. This is my personal blog and photo gallery page. I'm am a freelance videographer for CNN, ABC News, The Weather Channel, Associated Press TV News, National Geographic Channel, and various other television networks around the world. I am also the founder of BNVN or Breaking News Video Network, Inc. For some of you, now your asking, "what the heck happened to Lightningboy.com?" While some of you are also asking what happened to all of the video that was on WeatherPaparazzi.com?

63. Lightning: Just For Kids Explains how lightning works, how much lightning there is and that it s dangerous. http://www.ucar.edu/communications/infopack/lightning/kids.html

Lightning: Just for kids NCAR Digital Media Catalog More on lightning Basics FAQ Newsstand Other links Here's how lightning works. Lightning is an electric current, and just like the electricity lurking in the outlets in your house, it can be deadly. Have you ever gotten a shock by shuffling across a carpet and then touching something made of metal? Then you've experienced the same process that makes lightning. Within a thundercloud, many small bits of ice bump into each other as they swirl around in the air. All those collisions create an electrical charge, just like the one that built up in you when you crossed the carpet. After a while, the whole cloud fills up with electrical charges (usually with a negative charge closest to the earth). Since opposites attract each other, that causes a positive charge to build up on the ground beneath the cloud. The ground's electrical charge concentrates around anything that sticks up, such as mountains, lone trees, people, or even blades of grass. The charge streaming up from these points eventually connects with a charge reaching down from the clouds, and zap!

64. Sky Diary KIDSTORM * Facts About Lightning How lightning happens, and lightning safety. http://skydiary.com/kids/lightning.html

home gallery data chasers ... Frequently asked questions Recognized for educational excellence by Surfing the Net with Kids check out our sponsor for cool storm chasing pictures TOPICS: lightning, step by step lightning safety lightning links Lightning, step by step Lightning is one of the most unpredictable forces of nature. It can strike from minor or major storms and can hit a target 10 or even 25 miles away from the parent cloud. There's no way to see it coming, because it happens so fast, and scientists are still trying to understand how it works. The most commonly accepted theory of how lightning forms is that, when ice and water particles collide in a cloud, they are charged. Lighter particles tend to be positively charged and end up near the top of the cloud, while negatively charged particles are near the bottom of the cloud. (Sometimes storms have inverted polarity, and some research has found there can be several layers with different electric charges in a cloud, but all that's too complicated to get into here!) Simplified lightning diagram In a typical storm, rain and ice particles collide, separating charge in the cloud. As a negative stepped leader descends from the cloud, positive charge is enhanced at the ground.

65. Franklin's Forecast - Lightning Look at the history of lightning, lightning in science and its detection. http://sln.fi.edu/weather/lightning/lightning.html

B r i g h t L i g h t F r i g h t One of the most powerful forces in nature, lightning was once magical, mysterious, and misunderstood. Historically, myth and legend accounted for lightning with stories of angry gods and heroes. Today, meteorologists uses lightning as a tool for analyzing and forecasting the intensity and movement of thunderstorms. While lightning is still a little mysterious, meteorologists now understand it and know how to prepare for it. Of course, every once in a while lightning does still put on a magic show. To understand a little of lightning's magic, take a look at Lightning History Lightning Science , and Lightning Detection

66. Human Voltage - NASA Science Scientists discuss the statistics, biology, and safety of when lightning strikes people. http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd18jun99_1.htm

Skip to Main Content Header Visit NASA.gov Connect ... Site Map Search Site Go! Home Big Questions Earth Heliophysics ... Science@NASA Headline News → Human Voltage Human Voltage Space Science News home Human Voltage What happens when people and lightning converge One of a series of stories covering the quadrennial International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, June 7-11, 1999, in Guntersville, Ala. June 18, 1999: Either lightning is attracted to testosterone, or men spend an inordinate amount of time outdoors swinging metal objects about. Men are struck by lightning four times more often than women. According to a study entitled "Demographics of U.S. Lightning Casualties and Damages from 1959 - 1994," by Ronald L. Holle and Raúl E. López of the National Severe Storms Laboratory and E. Brian Curran of the National Weather Service, males account for 84% of lightning fatalities and 82% of injuries. Men can take comfort in the fact that the actual number of deaths and injuries from lightning strikes has decreased in the past 35 years. Holle's team attributes 30 percent of the decrease in lightning deaths to improved forecasts and warnings, better lightning awareness, more substantial buildings, and socioeconomic changes. They attribute an additional 40 percent to improved medical care and communications. Recent Headlines October 29: A Swift Look at the Biggest Explosions in the Universe October 27: Leonids in the Crystal Ball October 26: Chandra Spies Structure of Huge X-Ray Jets October 25: Postmortems in the Sky The National Weather Service publication

67. Previous Photos Index Photos of lightning. http://strikeone.com.au/special/special.htm

By Michael Fewings To look at any of the photos in this section, just move the mouse over the appropriate titles and a thumb nail size image should appear Then follow to see a bigger size Note: It may take a short while to load all of the images. Thor One in Many The Road Fire Fury Other Side P.1 Other Side P.2 Suburbs The Hand Blue Top! Big Strike Close Two For One Fire Strike Storm of Dusk Tranquill Tree Nowhere Tracks Rain Central The Cave Reaching Lazy Lightning Island Storm Storm and Stubble Lakeside Not Quite Gregs First Willy Willy Grey

68. Lightning - The Introduction Static electricity and thunder are explained. http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/lightning/

Lightning is a powerful part of Earth's weather. A single bolt of lightning is hotter than the sun. And in the time it takes to blink, lightning can strike the ground five times. You can learn about these facts and more when you read through this lesson all about one of the most destructive forces of nature. Choose from the following pages: Static Electricity explains why you sometimes get shocked when you touch things, and explores the mysterious connection between static electricity and lightning. The Big Spark explains lightning, showing how tiny cloud particles help produce a huge electrical charge. Thunder is a section about thunder, naturally. Find out why lightning causes thunder, and how you can use thunder to tell how far you are from the lightning bolt. The Safety section covers lightning safety, from tips on how to avoid being struck to an interactive page where you can choose the best shelter. Experiments has a bunch of experiments with static electricity, since lightning is too dangerous to experiment with. They're still fun, but they won't fry you. The Quiz is a test to challenge your knowledge about lightning and thunder. You can take it online, and get an instant grade.

69. FEMA For Kids: Lightning Safety By Sabrina How to be safe inside and outside during a lightning storm. http://www.fema.gov/kids/sabrina.htm

Lightning Safety By Sabrina Hello, my name is Sabrina. I was hit by lightning, while taking a hike in the Grand Canyon. Believe me being hit by lightning is not fun! I want you to know how to protect yourself from lightning, so here are some basic lightning safety tips that can help you to be safer. Outdoor Lightning Safety Tips The very first thing to do is to make a lightning safety plan with your parents or your group and follow it. Before going on a long hike be sure to check the weather forecast for the day. When hiking: assign one person to look for big puffy clouds, that might be coming your way or growing. Have another person be in charge of spotting possible shelters all along the way in case you need them on the way back. A third person should watch and listen for lightning and thunder. (See "Flash to Bang" below) another person should be in charge of deciding when it is time to go back. If you are caught in a thunderstorm, try to find a low place to stay in until the storm is over.

70. A Lightning Primer From The GHCC Contains research on different types of lightning. http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/primer/

Home The GHCC Lightning Team A Lightning Primer LIS/OTD Gridded Data ... Detection Instruments A Lightning Primer Introduction L ightning, the thunderbolt from mythology, has long been feared as an atmospheric flash of supernatural origins: the great weapon of the gods. The Greeks both marveled and feared lightning as it was hurled by Zeus. For the Vikings, lightning was produced by Thor as his hammer struck an anvil while riding his chariot across the clouds. In the East, early statues of Buddha show him carrying a thunderbolt with arrows at each end. Indian tribes in North America believed that lightning was due to the flashing feathers of a mystical bird whose flapping wings produced the sound of thunder. T oday, scientific rather than mystical techniques are used to explain lightning with experimental procedures replacing intuitive concepts. Yet, we remain in awe of lightning which still shines with its mystery, and rightly so. Each year, lightning is responsible for the deaths of a hundred or so people, injuries to several hundred more, and millions of dollars in property damage, in the United States alone. W hile these are more than sufficient reasons for NASA to pursue lightning research, lightning has a direct effect on day-to-day operations as well. The avoidance of lightning strikes to a spacecraft during launch relies heavily on the ability of meteorologists to accurately forecast and interpret lightning hazards to NASA vehicles under varying weather situations. Severe hazards for NASA due to lightning have been well documented. One major incident occurred during the 1969 launch of the Apollo 12 mission when lightning briefly knocked out vital spacecraft electronics. Fortunately, the astronauts regained control.

71. Lightning Safety Quiz Short quiz to see how much you know about lightning. http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/safety.html

72. Learn About Lightning - For Kids - Richmond Power And Light Learn what lightning is, how it s made, and safety tips. http://www.rp-l.com/lightning.htm

Power Kids by Richmond Power and Light What is lightning? How is electricity made? Safety Tips Games ... Kid's Home Page What is Lightning? How it works: Electrical charges develop inside a storm cloud. Positively charged atoms go to the top of the cloud. Negatively charged atoms go to the bottom. If the negatively charged atoms become too crowded, they "jump" to another part of the cloud, to a different cloud, or to the ground. This jump causes a huge spark of static electricity called LIGHTNING ~~Warning ~~ DURING A LIGHTNING STORM, seek shelter in a house or large building. Stay away from windows and metal objects, such as radiators. DO: Get away from water. Stay low to the ground. Go to a ditch or other low area. (But watch out for sudden floods.) Stay under a large group of trees.

73. Lightning - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Learn about research and different types of lightning. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning

Lightning From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search This article is about the atmospheric electrical phenomenon. For other uses, see Lightning (disambiguation) Lightning striking a tower in Banská Bystrica Slovakia Florida thunderstorm in Ponte Verde Beach, Florida, United States. Lightning cloud-to-sea over Miramare di Rimini Italy Lightning animation depicting intercloud lightning in Toulouse, France. 3-second video of a lightning strike, Island in the Sky Canyonlands National Park , Utah, United States. Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder , which typically occurs during thunderstorms , and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms In the atmospheric electrical temperatures silica sand into glass channels known as fulgurites which are normally hollow and can extend some distance into the ground. There are some 16 million lightning storms in the world every year. Lightning can also occur within the ash clouds from volcanic eruptions , or can be caused by violent forest fires which generate sufficient dust to create a static charge How lightning initially forms is still a matter of debate: Scientists have studied root causes ranging from atmospheric perturbations ( wind humidity friction , and atmospheric pressure ) to the impact of solar wind and accumulation of charged solar particles.

74. National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI) Home Page. We Provide Expert Training Education, and research services relating to lightning hazard mitigation. http://www.lightningsafety.com/

Contact Us Site Map Search: About NLSI NLSI Business Services Lightning Incidents Personal Lightning Safety ... Email NLSI for schedule of our next Lightning Protection for Engineers workshop We teach. We consult. We research. National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI) is an independent, non-product advocate of lightning safety for both people and structures. We apply science, engineering and industrial organization to create lightning hazard mitigation programs. Personal Lightning Safety Structural Lightning Safety means using various exterior and interior defensive systems in a detailed, site-specific process. Result: Improved power quality assurance. NLSI provides objective assistance on many kinds of lightning problems, including experience with: Informative classes, lectures, seminars, and workshops On-site technical assessments, audits, and inspections As AHJ for a client, NLSI can base acceptance of a lightning protection system on compliance with NFPA or any other

75. Thunderstorms And Tornadoes Information about how lightning forms, safety tips, a story about ball lightning and an experiment to calculate how far away a storm is. http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/lightning.html

Do you know the basic ingredients for weather? Check here! How far away is that storm? These lightning safety tips can save your life! LOOK OUT if you see the lightning and hear the thunder at the same time! The storm is too close for safety! Do you know what to do if you are outside when this happens? Check the right boxes below: Climb a tree? Huddle together with your friends? Wait it out under a tree Go into a cave? Squat down low on your feet by yourself in the middle of an open area? Look here for more information on lightning safety. Read this Amazing story about ball lightning! Find out how lightning forms! Return to the Thunderstorm home page ... [Predict the weather!

76. Lightning Facts, Lightning Information, Lightning Videos, Lightning Photos - Nat Learn about the science and the stories behind the bolts that strike our Earth a hundred times every second. http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/lightnin

77. Weather Wiz Kids Weather Information For Kids Has safe experiments to learn about lightning, what causes lightning, and how it s related to static electricity. http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-lightning.htm

Lightning What is lightning? Lightning is a bright flash of electricity produced by a thunderstorm. All thunderstorms produce lightning and are very dangerous. If you hear the sound of thunder, then you are in danger from lightning. Lightning kills and injures more people each year than hurricanes or tornadoes; between 75 to 100 people. What causes lightning? Lightning is an electric current. Within a thundercloud way up in the sky, many small bits of ice (frozen raindrops) bump into each other as they move around in the air. All of those collisions create an electric charge. After a while, the whole cloud fills up with electrical charges. The positive charges or protons form at the top of the cloud and the negative charges or electrons form at the bottom of the cloud. Since opposites attract, that causes a positive charge to build up on the ground beneath the cloud. The grounds electrical charge concentrates around anything that sticks up, such as mountains, people, or single trees. The charge coming up from these points eventually connects with a charge reaching down from the clouds and - zap - lightning strikes! Have you ever rubbed your feet across carpet and then touched a metal door handle? If so, then you know that you can get shocked! Lightning works in the same way.

78. Texas Severe Storms Association - TESSA Homepage Non-profit organization founded to bring together amateur and professional severe weather scientists in an attempt to better understand dangerous storms through the collection and diffusion of knowledge. http://www.tessa.org/

TESSA The Texas Severe Storms Association Join us for the biggest event in Tornado Alley. The 2011 National Storm Conference Saturday, March 12, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at Colleyville Center - Colleyville, Texas The National Storm Conference is a full day of presentations from some of the top severe weather experts in the country. Storm spotters, chasers, forecasters, researchers, emergency managers and others gather at the conference for a day of learning and fun. It's free and open to the public, so come and join us for the biggest event in Tornado Alley! The National Storm Conference is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Arrive early, seating is limited. Conference Overview Directions and Lodging Become a Conference Sponsor or Vendor Give to TESSA and Severe Weather Education ... Alan R. Moller Severe Weather Education and Research Scholarship 2010 National Storm Conference Supporters NBC5 Weather Team Primary Sponsor Tempest Tours, Inc. Primary Sponsor 2010 Co-Sponsors: American Meteorological Society National Weather Association and the National Weather Service Vendors: AnythingWeather Stormtrack , Medical Reserve Corps.

79. Lightning And Atmospheric Electricity Research At GHCC Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity at the GHCC (NASA). Learn about LIS, OTD, LMS, and other space based lightning detection instruments designed, built, and maintained by the Lightning Team. http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/

Home The GHCC Lightning Team A Lightning Primer LIS/OTD Gridded Data ... Detection Instruments A Lightning Primer A historical essay on lightning research. This primer describes the characteristics of lightning and provides information on recent activities in lightning research. Field Campaigns and Ground Validation An overview of field programs in which the Lightning Team has participated, including a description of some of the instruments that were used. Dataset Information Access to data from the Lightning Team's experiments, information about the data, and links to other sources of lightning data. Space Research and Observations Learn about LIS, OTD, LMS, and other space based lightning detection instruments designed, built, and maintained by the Lightning Team. File Cabinet and Bookshelf Documents, reports, press releases, and an assortment of other information related to our research activities. Global Lightning Image Global lightning strikes from January 1998 to present day from the NASA/MSFC Lightning Imaging Sensor. NASA Contact: Jim Smoot Site Curator: LIS Webteam Lightning Imaging Sensor Optical Transient Detector Lightning Mapper Sensor ... Operational Linescan System

80. Lightning (storm Data, Deaths, Lightning Myths, And Safety Tips) — Infoplease. A short brief on lightning lore, statistics, and safety tips. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/lightning1.html

Site Map FAQ in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Spelling Checker Daily Almanac for Nov 2, 2010 Search White Pages Skip Navigation Home American Indian Heritage Month ... games, quizzes Editor's Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Veterans Day Daylight Saving Time Infoplease's Facebook page ... DK Daily Teach Search: Infoplease Info search tips Search: Biographies Bio search tips Share Lightning Zeus, park rangers, and the probability of being struck by lightning by Borgna Brunner Lightning Links Encyclopedia: Lightning Don't Become A Statistic Here are a few things to bear in mind if you don't want to become a victim of a "fiery flaming thunderbolt," as Homer called Zeus's favorite weapon: Avoid Florida Texas , and North Carolina Especially avoid these states in June (the worst month for lightning), followed by August, July, April, and September. open spaces, fields, and ballparks (location of 28% of deaths and 29% of lightning injuries) standing under trees (18% of deaths and 13% of injuries) boating, fishing , and other water-related activities (13% of deaths and 6% of injuries) golf courses, tractors or heavy road equipment, and telephone booths

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