Re:Lightning Strike Kills More Than 300 Reindeer in Norway
by Udik on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @03:03AM
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You do, and on lightningmaps.org you can even watch on the map the thunder front traveling at the speed of sound. Disappointingly, though, it appears that the lightnings positioning isn't reliable enough to actually predict when you'll be reached by the thunder, let alone go out there and look for a nice piece of fulgurite!
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Re:Lightning Strike Kills More Than 300 Reindeer in Norway
by thaumasiotes on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @04:25AM
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Do what the guy does in Sweet Home Alabama: go off into the wilderness, put up some big metal rods, and after a thunderstorm check the rods for lightning strikes.
Re:Lightning Strike Kills More Than 300 Reindeer in Norway
by buro9 on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @05:15AM
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Or go build your own lightning field like Walter de Maria
https://artappreciation101.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/demar...
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2...
Of which there is a great description if Geoff Dyer's latest book White Sands.
Re:Lightning Strike Kills More Than 300 Reindeer in Norway
by ablation on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:23AM
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Is that actually the thunder front travelling at the speed of sound? My understanding of how Blitzortung works (and similar sites like Lightningmaps.org) is that animation was just a visual cue to draw the eye rather than trying to replicate the time between a strike and the sound.