Lightning In Hawaii = zero lightening rods

[Kapohocat]

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Originally posted by waynesb

OK, I know that Van de Graff does not refer to a Zeppelin, and Faraday is not a busy exposition schedule, but generator and cage don't compute with this nincompoop! Anyone care to explain?

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Two magnets turned backwards. The roof (because of above explanation) repels the charge .... to a certain point...

Thats the valley girl explanation.

[mella l]

hahahah Cat I love it!

mella l

"Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and wrong....because sometime in your life you will have been all of these."

[Les C]

Growning up in Honolulu, I don't recall that bolt lightning was ever an issue there. We "always" saw "sheet" lightning, which was probably flashes from bolts that didn't involve the ground. I do recall the impressive displays of bolt lightning in recent winters on the East side BI. I wonder if the island size and elevations make a difference as to how a thunderstorm develops and affects whether lightning will make a connection between the ground and the cloud?