ed
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Oh and the storm-scope that tells you where the lightening strikes are goes mental and displays that there are strikes everywhere.
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ed
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Our aeroplane nearly got hit by lightening on Thursday. While we were in it. While we were 10,000 feet off the ground 
That wouldn't matter would it?
The lightening needs to hit the ground to transfer all the electricity through doesn't it?
There were problems with composite aircraft that meant that they would explode if they were hit by lightening while flying along. Of course that doesn't happen any more because of different layup methods are used now during manufacture on most composite aircraft.
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Lightening hit a big tree opposite my flat yesterday. Thought it was explosion at first as was so loud. Split the tree in half 
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Ben G
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Our aeroplane nearly got hit by lightening on Thursday. While we were in it. While we were 10,000 feet off the ground
watched a program and nothing happens when lightening hits a plane in the air... you usually don't even realise.
maybe your plane is shit and old?
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Scotty C
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FLOL at some of these replies 
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ed
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Originally posted by ed
Our aeroplane nearly got hit by lightening on Thursday. While we were in it. While we were 10,000 feet off the ground
watched a program and nothing happens when lightening hits a plane in the air... you usually don't even realise.
maybe your plane is shit and old?
No and no. We didn't get hit, we were just in really really shite weather and saw the flash of it happening.
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chrex
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wtf!? 'i was holding an umbrella, then i saw the lightning coming towards me.'
So...holding an umbrella (i would assume above his head), he saw the lightning (coming from the sky, and which travels though the air at 3x10^8m/s) heading towards him.
...hmmm...
[Edited on 15-08-2010 by chrex]
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Dan
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Ha, there was only 2 lighting strikes during the show that we saw, so times maybe close. Does seem a little skeptical though
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mattk
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lightning struck in our back yard while my dad and brother wer out there, they said it was a big flash and bang that left them deaf and blind for a good few seconds and it cracked one of the paving slabs, glad I want there
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