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You made me learn. Congratulations for a fine observation.
Edgar Castro
Guatemala city,
Central America
Lat 14.5 deg N, Long. 90.5 deg West
> De: Bev <cloudbow_at_PRIMENET.COM>
> A: METEOPTIC_at_listserv.funet.fi
> Asunto: Lightning from blue sky
> Fecha: Jueves 13 de Agosto de 1998 8:36 PM
>
> I know this is probably a common occurrence, but it was the first time I
> saw it. Here in southern Arizona we are in the middle of our monsoon
season
> where we are almost guaranteed thunderstorms every afternoon. On our way
> home from work on Tuesday, my husband and I saw a large bolt of
lightning
> strike the ground from clear blue sky! There were a few very small white
> clouds floating around in the vicinity of the strike, but the
thunderstorms
> were many miles distant. The next day I read on the Web that lightning
can
> strike up to 10 miles from the parent cloud. This was an exciting first
for
> me. :-)
>
> Bev Parks
> cloudbow_at_primenet.com
> http://www.cloudbow.com
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