25 Jul 06 20:03, DAVID WILLIAMS wrote to All:

Somewhere along the way, I've heard this about horizontal lightning; When
you hear 'rolling thunder' during a thunderstorm, it's caused by
horizontal lightning. It seems that there is far more horizontal lightning
in any given TS, than there is vertical lightning. A google search brings
up a lot of places that talk about it, some even get into mathmatical
calculations to back up their theory.


 DW> My sister, who lives in England, told me about something that
 DW> allegedly happened recently to a British kid who was on vacation on a
 DW> Caribbean island. Apparently, he was playing on the beach, in fine,
 DW> sunny weather. Without warning, he was struck by lightning and
 DW> killed. Allegedly, the lightning came from a storm "hundreds of miles
 DW> away" (my sister's words), and travelled more or less horizontally
 DW> for that distance.

 DW> My sister does have a credulous streak in her. Sometimes, she comes
 DW> up with really bizarre ideas. But she says this event was reported in
 DW> the British media. If so, it can't just be a figment of her
 DW> imagination.

 DW> Has anyone here heard of this event, or of something that might get
 DW> misrepresented this way? And does anyone have any knowledge of this
 DW> kind of long-range lightning?

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Roy
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