Questions about lightning and aurora borealis

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From: SOXYTHECAT@aol.com
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 23:18:40 PST 

From: SOXYTHECAT@aol.com
Message-ID: <5e.2ad6b03.27311dd0@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 02:18:40 EST
Subject: Questions about lightning and aurora borealis

Why does lightning turn? (Paul, I know you told me the other day but I have
forgotten averything I learned over the weekend. And is pushing a snowplow a
good metaphor for the "can't go any further in that direction so it's got to
turn" explanation?)

And why does it seek out underground cabels as well as tall things?

And was Benjamin Franklin's kite directly hit by lightning?
And, if so, why wasn't he in major pain?
Or was he?

Re: Aurora Borealis: What makes solar wind "blow"?

Thanks,
Regan Brooks

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