Tomorrow is my birthday. Since it is summer, I figured a nice night under the stars having a beer or two with a fire and good friends would be the perfect way to celebrate. However, The Weather Channel has a different plan for me. With thunderstorms predicted from 9 pm on, it looks like my [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 9, 2009
14-year-old Boy Struck in Oregon
While it is thundering and lightning in Northern New Jersey, I was informed of an interesting story that occurred in Oregon two days ago.
Austin Melton, a 14-year-old, was struck by lightning while attempting to get a closer look of a thunderstorm that knocked out the lights at a basketball game he was attending at La [...]
June 2, 2009
Is Lightning to Blame with Air France Flight 447?
Yesterdays surprising disappearance of Air France Flight 447 has led to many speculations regarding the actual cause for the vanishing act.
Perhaps the most interesting speculation to me is that lightning was the culprit. It should be no surprise that airplanes get struck by lightning often. However, the last time an airplane was struck down by [...]
