On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:24:42 -0500, Tim Daneliuk
wrote:

Just bear in mind that lightning is an electroSTATIC phenomenon not
electroMAGNETIC one. It's been way to many years since I actually
had to know anything about this stuff, but IIRC, the behaviors
of electrostatics are governed by rather different mathematics
than electromagnetics (which are described by Maxwell's Equations).
So ... what you see at the museum is not exactly the same thing
under discussion here. It's still fun to watch though

It is, and thanks for the clarification.

Maxwell's equations wouldn't mean much to me, but I'm currently
reading:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/067003441X/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful/104-7024228-0566367?ie=UTF8&n=283155#customerReviews




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