Entries from September 2008

September 30, 2008

Shocking Sites

Interesting websites I’m looking at today…

NewJerseyWeather.com has a live lightning detection map for New Jersey that is updated every five minutes.
Boltek makes the Storm Tracker and LD-250 lightning detectors, which are installed around the world. Here a country map is provided with the actual strikes per minute.
Struckbylightning.org provides a quickly updated lightning incident data report.
The [...]

September 29, 2008

Electric Discharge

The saying opposites attract is definitely true in some instances. Perhaps it’s the difference that sparks an instant attraction.  Sometimes the difference can create something exciting – like two diverse people beginning a new relationship and sometimes the difference produces a dangerous act of Mother Nature.
Lightning is quite simply the action of opposites attracting. According [...]

September 25, 2008

Labor of Love and a Nuisance

Perhaps the hardest part of dealing with grief is having to do it everyday. Everyday you are quickly reminded that yes, life is indeed short and yes, that person you once loved day in and day out is no longer here. My best friend, Lee Weisbrod, got struck by lightning and passed away on July [...]