Re: EMP technology?


Damon Hill wrote:
> Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:11sdgio90nnbt22
> @corp.supernews.com:
>
> > I assume that in a case like that the lightning arcs to the ground from
> > one of the wheel hubs or from the car's underbelly, assuming it doesn't
> > just head through the water on the tires.
> > I once had an odd thing happen during a severe lightning storm; I was
> > driving the car with the radio on when suddenly the radio station faded
> > out to be replaced by a squeal that rapidly increased in frequency and
> > volume- then a lightning bolt struck nearby and the radio reception went
> > back to normal. This was repeated around three or four times, with each
> > squeal being punctuated by a nearby lightning strike. Rain was very
> > heavy at the time this happened. Has anyone else had this happen to them?

AM or FM? I often listen to the AM band during a thunderstorm.
An AM radio receiver is a great lightning detector. In fact, the
National Lightning Detection Network in the U.S. is based on
triangulating data from a nation-wide array of radio receivers. The
Network can pin down the location of cloud to ground strikes
within 500 meters or so. See: "https://thunderstorm.vaisala.com/";
for details

- Ed Kyle

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