At 05:16 p.m. 20/08/02 -0400, Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com wrote: >Is the following true or false? I've heard in the past that lightening >(the actual energy and "charge") actually goes from the ground up, and >it's just the visual aspect that appears to go from the sky down. Is that >true? What exactly is taking place here? Clouds can be charged positively or negatively. That is so truth that you can see lightning from one cloud to the other. If there is a positive cloud as respect to ground and it breaks the air (ionizes the air), negative particles will go up to the cloud and positive particles will come down to the earth. The net effect is positive charge coming down. On the other hand if the cloud is negatively charged, with respect to ground, then the net effect is negative charge coming down or positive charge going up. The visual effect of light starting up or down is hard to see. Once it starts the stream happens very quickly. It will depend on where the air molecules fail first (due to the high voltage present) and it can be at the pointed building tower or just by the cloud. Best Regards, Rafael el cayuco chief Mexico *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 20 2002 - 15:34:10 PDT
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