[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Cumulous over St. Petersburg

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Cumulous over St. Petersburg
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1187371961.shtml


   [1]cumulousstpete 

   On a hot summer day, clouds like this stalk the coast of Florida
   constantly, sending out occasional deluges and lightning storms. It's
   no surpise that [2]Florida is our nationâs lightening capital

   That link above has a lightening safety quiz. I got this question
   wrong:

   If you can hear thunder, are you within striking distance of
   lightening?

   I said no, but the answer was yes. "Lightening can strike more than 10
   miles from the rain area in a storm, and thatâs the distance youâre
   able to hear the thunder from the storm."

   Unfortunately, in St. Petersburg, during a typically hot summer day
   you hear thunder on and off all dayâ¦

References

   1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/29136804@N00/1148955517/
   2. http://www.gainesville.com/article/20070721/SUNFRONT/70720018/-1/news