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TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Greetings Infomaniacs,
Just like every summer in the Midwest, we have been hit with
plenty of rain showers and thunderstorms. When I was growing
up, my dad and I used to sit on the porch of our house to
watch the summer storms. He loved to watch the rain, and I
was always fascinated by the lightning and how it illuminated
the dark sky. I decided to research a few interesting facts
about lightning, and I'd like to share them with you today!
Enjoy!
Melissa
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet."
HINT: (1936-1992), American singer, songwriter, musician
and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty
songs.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
Lightning is a giant discharge of electricity accompanied
by a brilliant flash of light and a loud crack of thunder.
The spark can reach over five miles in length, raise the
temperature of the air by as much as 50,000 degrees
Fahrenheit, and contain a hundred million electrical volts.
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Some scientists think that lightning may have played a part
in the evolution of living organisms. The immense heat and
other energy given off during a stroke has been found to
convert elements into compounds that are found in organisms.
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Lightning detection systems in the United States monitor an
average of 25 million strokes of lightning from clouds to
ground during some 100,000 thunderstorms every year. It is
estimated that Earth as a whole is struck by an average of
more than a hundred lightning bolts every second.
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Lightning - Mother Nature´s Light Show
Since time immemorial man has been fascinated at the beauty
and destructive power of lightning. This is an amazing
video of one of the most powerful forces of nature;
lightning.
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=9520
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The odds of becoming a lightning victim in the U.S. in any
one year is 1 in 700,000. The odds of being struck in your
lifetime is 1 in 3,000.
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The rapid expansion of heated air causes thunder. Since
light travels faster than sound, the thunder is heard
after the lightning. If you see lightning and hear thunder
at the same time, that lightning is in your neighborhood.
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Ice in a cloud may be key in the development of lightning.
Ice particles collide as they swirl around in a storm,
causing a separation of electrical charges. Positively
charged ice crystals rise to the top of the thunderstorm,
and negatively charged ice particles and hailstones drop
to the lower parts of the storm.
(www.nationalgeographic.com)
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QUOTE: "Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet."
ANSWER: Roger Miller.
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