has anyone seen people strike by lightning and turn into the flash?
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My next door neighbour did and now i never get to see him anymore as he moves so quick..being the flash and all.
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North western sky.? In the USA.? Me and my work mate saw two bright lights in the western sky at 8pm off the coast of western australia. About 2 hours ago. They looked like fireballs and went horizontally then went out of sight. It lasted for about 20 seconds.
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Lightning and thunder actually occured the same time. Only light travels faster than sound, so we see lightning before hear thunder.\n\nLightning is actually negative charges (electron) which jump to positive charges. How this charges formed?, Well, simply by the cloud moving in the sky.\n\nCloud 'rub' against air particle and positive and negative charges formed. Negative charges tend to appear at the botom or cloud while positive charges tend to appear at the top.\n\nWhen two clouds collide, the negative charges 'jump' to the positive charges (massively). This produces light and sound,, like normal spark, (only its a giant spark in the sky),\n\nSometimes lightning is dangerous becoz some positie charges 'dropped' to the ground, and the eloctron jumps to the ground, (a human standing there will be Bad Luck)
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Here's a website that will explain it for you....http://science.howstuffworks.com/lightning5.htm
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A lightning before death
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According to one teen in London, definately no.\n\n"==\nIn the British Medical Journal, they highlight the case of a teenager left with severe injuries after being struck by lightning when talking on her phone.\n\nThe metal in the phone directs the current into the body, they say.\n\nA 15-year-old girl was struck by lightning while talking on her phone in a large park in London during stormy weather. \n\n...\n\nWhen a person is hit by lightning, the high resistance of human skin causes the lightning charge to flows over the body - often known as an 'external flashover'.\n\nBut some of the current can flow through the body. The more that flows through, the more internal damage it causes.\n\nConductive materials in direct contact with the skin such as liquid or metal objects increases the risk that the current will flow through the body and therefore cause internal injury. \n=="\n\nSo, best thing to do when your in a thunderstorm is to hold off calling your friends to tell them. Well, that and get inside.
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Yes I have and it was the coolest thing in the world.  I was about 8 and lived across the street from my school.  The tornado came and tore apart my school.  I stood on the front pourch laughing and cheering till it changed track and I had to dive for cover.  I was fine.  It was the coolest thing I ever saw.  I have always been fansicnated with them.  Especially after that.
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From a distance, lightning will come before the thunder.  But at the point of the bolt, they occur at the same time.\n\nFrom the source below:\n"Actually, they do occur at the same time. The time difference that you sense is due to the way sound and light travel. Light travels extremely fast (300,000,000 m/s). In fact, it is faster than anything else. Sound travels at a measly 343 m/s through air. Therefore we can see light in an instant, but it takes a while to hear thunder."
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i have seen something odd twice. the first one when i was a child. i woke in the night and for no reason felt compelled to go into the kitchen and look out of the window, when i did there was a round light in the sky which was stationary. after a few seconds it zig zagged with incredible speed,, 3 or 4 times bfore shooting off. i was facsinated at the time and could not believe my eyes, and for many years i doubted my own experience until one day i read about someone who spoke word for word about what i had seen in a magazine and i have never doubted myself since. this is true and those doubting thomases out there will always scoff, but i say to them scoff away it is of no consequence to me. i would love to know of any other genuine sightings.
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At a guess I would say it was St. Elmos Fire.... No, not the movie... St. Elmos Fire is Ball Lightning. While not a whole lot is known about ball lightning it is very cool. I wish I had more information for you.
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ride the lightening!\nGod Bless
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Lightning causes thunder because a strike of lightning is incredibly hot. A typical bolt of lightning can immediately heat the air to between 15,000 to 60,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That's hotter than the surface of the sun!  \nA lightning strike can heat the air in a fraction of a second. When air is heated that quickly, it expands violently and then contracts, like an explosion that happens in the blink of an eye. It's that explosion of air that creates sound waves, which we hear and call thunder.  \n\nWhen lightning strikes very close by, we hear the thunder as a loud and short bang. We hear thunder from far away as a long, low rumble.  \n\nLightning always produces thunder. When you see lightning but don't hear any thunder, the lightning is too far away from you for the sound waves to reach you.  \n\nLight and sound will always move at different speeds. And lightning will always produce thunder because of a strike's high temperature. So no matter what, you will always see a flash of lightning before you hear thunder.
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no, its a myth.  lightning is attracted to tall objects and metal objects (like lightning rods) so these get hit more often.
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If you study the details of lightening, u will find that there are some strikes that are between the clouds. Some hit the earth. There is some detailed mechnisms described in books. There u will find terms like pilot leader, streamers, etc.\n\nWhen the lightning occurs, the air gets ionised. So, even if u capture a  Lightening in your tower, the air will become an ionised conductor, so the charge will go to thwe ground. \n\nThe strike from ground occurs as well as the strike from the cloud. \n\nAbove all it is not feasible.\n\nThank you.
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A lot of static electricity in the air can cause "dry lightning".  I assume that is what happened.
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Lightning is electricity. When the clouds build up too much electrons and the voltage between the cloud and the ground is great enough to cause air to break down and conduct, you get lighting. Its like a spark.
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Ball lightning?  Was it anything like this:\n\nhttp://www.metacafe.com/watch/131601/ufo_in_xinjiang_of_china/\n\nMe and a friend saw something like this back in February.  My friend was staring directly out the window, thinking about Asian chicks, when it popped out of the clouds right in front of his eyes.  It was a bright ball, had whispy filaments all over it, and when it "popped" it went out with a big double-strobe-flash.  I saw it out of the corner of my eye and when I turned to focus on it, it flashed out and filled the car with a bright, blue light.  It was strong enough to make my friend go "AaaAarGghhH!"\n\nIf you want to get crazy with it, I think this is what our ancient ancestors meant when they said the stars would fall from the Heavens.  Imagine a whole lot of ball lightning raining down on your city.  That'd be some shit to see right there.  Read some of my questions and best answers.