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Top 10 questions  

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 Cause of  lightning

2

 Where lightning hits

3

 Hurricane spin

4

 How hot is lightning

5

 Jupiter's surface

6

 How rainbows form

7

 Ball lightning

8

 Hurricane energy

9

 Lightning hits a tornado
10  Orange night skies

Current Column:  A saintly light

st elmo's fire

Why would a lightning-struck tree glow after being hit? It is not on fire and does not give off heat, but glows. 

It was a dark and stormy night.  Chris emails he was walking in the woods  "a little after a thunderstorm" when he noticed the tree.  The tree, shattered by an earlier lightning stroke, stabbed the night like a broken pike.  An eerie glow extended ... Click to continue

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Hurricanes   

Do hurricanes stay near where they form?

When is the hurricane season?

How does the energy associated with hydrogen bonds fuel hurricanes?

Why do hurricanes spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere (and clockwise in the Southern)?

 

Tornadoes   

What would happen if a lightning bolt hits a tornado?

What do tornados sound like? 

Do tornados really skip?  It seems like they do, because one skipped over our house, but caused heavy damage on both sides of us. 

Do tornados spin differently in the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

What causes tornadoes?

 

Global  

Two identical aircraft leave from the same point along the equator, at the same time, flying the same speed, one heading east, one west. Which plane will arrive at its origin first?
 
Wind-chill

If the ambient temperature is 35° F with a wind chill factor of 25° F, will water freeze?

Does wind chill have an effect on inanimate objects? For example will the wind chill have an effect on concrete setting up?

 

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