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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Where is the Safest place to be during a storm?
Have you ever wondered where is the safest place to be during lightning? I have. Especially at the moment, I work on a mine site and the season of massive thunderstorms has just started. So far I haven't been struck by lightning, but a few people up here have come very close. We even had a dump truck struck by lightning once. So where do you think the safest place to be during a lightning storm is? Let me know what you think.
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What Is Thunder? Answer.
So have you ever wondered what thunder is? If you have then you may have been told that thunder is the sound that lightning makes. Well in simple terms thunder is lightning so who ever told you that was right. Here is the slightly more complex answer.
Lightning is actually a massive bolt of electricity arcing from the clouds to the earth. When lightning moves through the air it super heats the air around the bolt of electricity. Super heating air causes it to expand and then smash into the air around it really quickly. This air smashing around cause massive vibrations which we hear as thunder. When a lightning bolt is really close we hear the big Clap of thunder which then rumbles away. Yet when lightning is far away we normally just hear a bit of a rumble. The rumbling sound comes from the intial Clap of thunder bouncing off the clouds and the ground as it moves towards us. That is why when Lightning is close it rumbles away, because the initial clap is bouncing off the clouds and the ground as it moves away from us.
So in a nutshell that is what thunder is.
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Lightning is actually a massive bolt of electricity arcing from the clouds to the earth. When lightning moves through the air it super heats the air around the bolt of electricity. Super heating air causes it to expand and then smash into the air around it really quickly. This air smashing around cause massive vibrations which we hear as thunder. When a lightning bolt is really close we hear the big Clap of thunder which then rumbles away. Yet when lightning is far away we normally just hear a bit of a rumble. The rumbling sound comes from the intial Clap of thunder bouncing off the clouds and the ground as it moves towards us. That is why when Lightning is close it rumbles away, because the initial clap is bouncing off the clouds and the ground as it moves away from us.
So in a nutshell that is what thunder is.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
What is Thunder?
This is any easy one, Well sort of. So who knows what thunder is? If you have a good idea of what thunder could be post it here in the comments. I will post the fully explained answer later for everyone who isn't too sure. Remember post your answer if you know it.
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