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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re:High Altitude Sprites #90903 01/09/03 11:43 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 872 Birmingham, Alabama M milum old hand milum old hand M Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 872 Birmingham, Alabama Guinness Book of World Records 2003 Worst Lightning Strike Death Toll A total of 81 people aboard a Boeing 707 died when their plane was struck by lightning when flying near Elkton, Maryland, December 8, 1963. Longest Lightning flash At any one time, about 100 lightning bolts per second hit the earth. Typically, these bolts are about 5.5 miles long. However, in 1956 meterologist Myron Ligda (USA) used radar to record a lightning flash that covered a horizontal distance of 93 miles inside clouds. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Question wingy594 01/03/03 06:28 PM Re: Question Rubrick 01/03/03 06:49 PM Re: Question Alex Williams 01/03/03 08:55 PM Re: Question wwh 01/03/03 09:20 PM corruscations plutarch 01/04/03 01:26 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/04/03 01:37 AM Re: lightning sjm 01/04/03 08:39 PM Re: lightning Rubrick 01/07/03 11:01 AM Re: lightning bonzaialsatian 01/07/03 05:18 PM Re: lightning wwh 01/07/03 07:19 PM Re: lightning magimaria 01/08/03 04:15 PM Re:High Altitude Sprites wwh 01/08/03 05:59 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/08/03 06:09 PM Re:High Altitude Sprites magimaria 01/08/03 06:49 PM Re:High Altitude Sprites dxb 01/09/03 09:44 AM Re:High Altitude Sprites magimaria 01/29/03 03:23 AM Sprites and elves Jackie 01/29/03 12:34 PM Re: Sprites and elves magimaria 01/30/03 04:04 PM Re: Sprites and elves Jackie 01/30/03 05:56 PM Re:High Altitude Sprites milum 01/09/03 11:43 AM Re:Noiseless Flashing Clouds wwh 01/09/03 01:51 PM Re:Heat Lightning Faldage 01/09/03 02:10 PM Re: Question consuelo 01/04/03 07:20 PM Re: Question wsieber 01/06/03 02:09 PM not so fast there.. tsuwm 01/06/03 03:02 PM Re: not so fast there.. wsieber 01/07/03 07:53 AM Re: Question Lightning wow 01/30/03 05:04 PM Re: Question Lightning wwh 01/30/03 05:57 PM Re: Question Lightning dxb 01/31/03 08:49 AM Re: Question Lightning Capfka 01/31/03 10:58 PM Re: Question Lightning wwh 01/31/03 11:15 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 846 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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