1960: Tornadoes do occur in the mountains a Boy Scout encampment in NM's Philmont Scout Ranch discovered. Although only 100-yd wide and a track of merely 2 miles long, 34 were injured and some of their camp gear was blown 14 miles. The Scout Ranch chapel was destroyed. I wonder if they get a badge for that.
1987: Since South America is in the S Hemisphere, June in that part of the world is often colder than the N Hemisphere. This is because of the 23 1/2 Deg. tilt of the earth's axis and that part of the world is further from the sun, and as a result the suns radiation is weakened. Results of very intense and grant funded research that has been recently released (and much to the chagrin of the global warming experts who conducted it), suggests a strong link exists between the sun and temperature. Precisely what this link is is presently unknown and grant moneys are being pursued to research this phenomenon. Nevertheless, I digress. Santiago, Chile set an all-time June maximum temperature of 80 Deg. F (providing even more incontroversial proof of global warming).
1996: One of the more obscure lightning saftey tips includes not touching metal objects that could conduct electricity. A lightning bolt struck a clothsline. Part of the electrical charge flowed through a metal dog leash that was attached to it, and a dog having the misfortune of being chained up at the time, acted as ground. No word on how much of the dog was left.
1996...ouch.
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What a novel concept. Publishing random weather facts in the guise of a thread. It's a new phnomenon at FR. Seems related to modern art in a way. A mix of colors leaving the observer to raw whatever meaning they can from the "art". Call it modern thread art.
What a novel concept. Publishing random weather facts in the guise of a thread. It's a new phnomenon at FR. Seems related to modern art in a way. A mix of colors leaving the observer to raw whatever meaning they can from the "art". Call it modern thread art.
I live at 9000' and yes, tornadoes can occur up here. In 10 years though, I've only heard of 1 and it struck at 10,000'.
Dang.
Roy Sullivan biography Roy Cleveland Sullivan was a Forest Ranger in Virginia who had an incredible attraction to lightning... or rather it had an attraction to him. Over his 36-year career as a ranger, Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times - and survived each jolt, but not unscathed. His seventh strike put him in the Guinness Book of World Records. Lightning strikes: In 1942, the first lightning strike shot through Sullivan's leg and knocked his big toenail off.
In 1969, a second strike burned off his eyebrows and knocked him unconscious.
In 1970, another strike left his shoulder seared.
In 1972 his hair was set on fire and Roy had to dump a bucket of water over his head to cool off.
On August 7, 1973, another bolt ripped through his hat and hit him on the head, set his hair on fire again, threw him out of his truck and knocked his left shoe off.
On June 5, 1976, a sixth strike in 1976 left him with an injured ankle.
On June 25th, 1977, the last lightning bolt to hit Roy Sullivan sent him to the hospital with chest and stomach burns.
His wife was also struck once, when a sudden storm welled up as she and her husband were out hanging wash on the back yard clothesline. On September 28, 1983, Roy Sullivan died at age 71, reportedly of a self-inflicted gunshot wound over troubles unrelated to lightning.