The Buckets by Greg Cravens for February 01, 2022

Wow! Good questions, Eddie. That’s what you call motivated learning.

Dogzilla is probably wondering the same things.

Too bad Benjamin Franklin didn’t also invent the thunder-rod.

I repaired or replaced millions of dollars worth of equipment damaged or destroyed by lightning during my career in broadcast engineering. Now that I’m retired, I really enjoy watching a vivid lightning storm from my porch, particularly while drinking a whole beer.

I was going to try and answer Eddie’s questions, but the linked article answers the first question better than I could. The answer to his second question is, “no.”

https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-how-does-thunder-work-and-why-is-it-so-loud-110444

Aw, just tell him the angels are bowling! The flashes are their smiles when they get a lucky strike! He’s got enough imagination for a herd of small boys, so, that ought to keep his lil brain happily amused…scientific answers can wait til he’s a lil older.

Although I miss thunder storms, one of our mutts gets very nervous when she hears loud noises. The 4th of July, we can plan for and feed her a trank.

Thermal Expansion.

Granny used to tell us it was Dutchmen bowling in heaven

Physics is phunny like that

The sound is useful in determining the distance of the lightening. If it’s one or less, stay inside.

I just LOVE this kids question! This is a genius in the making.

Yes and not sure….

The Washington Post has a story today about how a few new satellites have documented evidence of massive lightning flashes—the record being 477 miles across the southern US. My reaction was, can you even imagine how many people could be hit at once if they’re outside in that!