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Top 10 questions  

1

  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

The deadliest tornado

Q:  What is the deadliest USA tornado?

A:  On the 18th of March in 1925, the Tri-state tornado raced across 220-miles of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing nearly 700 people, and leveling houses to their foundations.   This is the deadliest tornado and also the tornado that has killed the most people in any one town.  It killed at least 234 at Murphysboro, Illinois. 

Further Reading

A list of the 25 most deadly tornadoes, NOAA

(Answered July 4, 2009)

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