To: houeto
Yes, it is common. Simple static electricity--you have a moving mass of extremely fine dust, with particles rubbing against each other and knocking electrons loose.
It's no less eerie when you know why, though. Just consider a God who can control all that power. We can't.
9 posted on
04/19/2010 2:38:57 PM PDT by
backwoods-engineer
("It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself." --Jefferson)
To: backwoods-engineer
Just consider a God who can control all that power. We can't. You are so right.
11 posted on
04/19/2010 2:41:19 PM PDT by
houeto
(Get drinking water from your ditch - http://www.junglebucket.com/Jungle-Bucket-1.htm)
To: backwoods-engineer
“....you have a moving mass of extremely fine dust, with particles rubbing against each other and knocking electrons loose.”
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This is how explosions occur in combustible dust e.g. grain dust in grain silos.
14 posted on
04/19/2010 2:46:00 PM PDT by
353FMG
(What can Islam possibly contribute to America other than its destruction?)
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