Random Unthreadworthy Questions

[half-fast]

Swedish fish vodka, hmmm…

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Lightning isn’t dissipated by a lightning rod.

The rod dissipates the charges of the earth.

Lightning travels from ground to the clouds.

Interesting stats and maths about shower hazard is enlightening. Just don’t slip on the soap suds. That’s more dangerous.

Back in the day. Before WiFi. They always said don’t use your princess phone or telegraph during a storm.

Elaborate and explain your first three sentences here. Should be entertaining


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[Meadow Skipper]

Is Bob singing about the same woman or is it two different women?

Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’
I was layin’ in bed
Wond’rin’ if she’d changed at all
If her hair was still red
Her folks they said our lives together
Sure was gonna be rough
They never did like Mama’s homemade dress
Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough
And I was standin’ on the side of the road
Rain fallin’ on my shoes
Heading out for the East Coast
Lord knows I’ve paid some dues gettin’ through
Tangled up in blue

She was married when we first met
Soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam, I guess
But I used a little too much force
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out West
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best

Or is he just inscrutable?

No one tried to say a thing
When they carried him out in jest
Except, of course, the little neighbor boy
Who carried him to rest
And he just walked along, alone
With his guilt so well concealed
And muttered underneath his breath
"Nothing is revealed"

[KQ]

Elaborate and explain your first three sentences here. Should be entertaining

I got the last one - from NOAA

Does lightning strike from the sky down, or the ground up?
The answer is both. Cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning comes from the sky down, but the part you see comes from the ground up. A typical cloud-to-ground flash lowers a path of negative electricity (that we cannot see) towards the ground in a series of spurts. Objects on the ground generally have a positive charge under a typical thunderstorm. (The charge that builds up in a small area of the Earth’s surface and the objects on it is determined by the net charge above it since the Earth’s surface is relatively conductive and can move charge in response to the thunderstorm.) Since opposites attract, an upward streamer is sent out from the object about to be struck. When these two paths meet, a return stroke zips back up to the sky. It is the return stroke that produces the visible flash, but it all happens so fast - in a few thousandths of a second - so the human eye doesn't see the actual formation of the stroke. Natural lightning can also trigger upward discharges from tall towers, like broadcast antennas. For more information on cloud-to-ground (and other types of lightning) visit the Severe Weather 101: Lightning Types page.


https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/...lightning/faq/

[KQ]

This might answer the other two:

What happens to the ground when lightning strikes it?
What tends to happen when lightning strikes ground is that it fuses dirt and clays in to silicas. The result is often a glassy rock (called a fulgurite) in the shape of a convoluted tube. Fulgurite has been found all over the world, but is relatively rare. The color depends on the minerals in the sand that was struck.The shape in the ground is the shape of the path the lightning current followed in the ground. There is often damage to grasses along this path too.

Lightning traveling down a tree trunk turns water to steam. If it gets under the bark into the surface moisture of the wood, the rapidly expanding steam can blast pieces of bark and branches from the tree, and the wood along the path is often killed. The charge carried by the lightning is then dissipated along the surface of the Earth. If you are near something that was hit by lightning such as a tree or fence, this process can be very dangerous as all of this current does not get dissipated instantaneously. The lightning may hit a tree then branch off and hit something else, or after the current travels through the tree trunk, it can also travel through the immediately surrounding area, and into anything or anyone nearby. This process, however, is fairly quick, so the ground or whatever was struck does not remain electrically dangerous afterwards.

The lightning current can travel even farther through water, metal fences, power lines or plumbing. Lightning current may enter a building and transfer through wires or plumbing and damage everything in its path. Similarly, in urban areas, it may strike a pole or tree and the current then travels to several nearby houses and other structures and enter them through wiring or plumbing.


and if that doesn't answer it this will: https://science.howstuffworks.com/na...lightning7.htm

[Harry]

Hey Core Shot,

Did you know that light bulbs do not produce light ? It’s been proven that the way they really work is that light bulbs absorb darkness.

They don’t want you to know this.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

This might answer the other two:

What happens to the ground when lightning strikes it?
What tends to happen when lightning strikes ground is that it fuses dirt and clays in to silicas. The result is often a glassy rock (called a fulgurite) in the shape of a convoluted tube. Fulgurite has been found all over the world, but is relatively rare. The color depends on the minerals in the sand that was struck.The shape in the ground is the shape of the path the lightning current followed in the ground. There is often damage to grasses along this path too.

Lightning traveling down a tree trunk turns water to steam. If it gets under the bark into the surface moisture of the wood, the rapidly expanding steam can blast pieces of bark and branches from the tree, and the wood along the path is often killed. The charge carried by the lightning is then dissipated along the surface of the Earth. If you are near something that was hit by lightning such as a tree or fence, this process can be very dangerous as all of this current does not get dissipated instantaneously. The lightning may hit a tree then branch off and hit something else, or after the current travels through the tree trunk, it can also travel through the immediately surrounding area, and into anything or anyone nearby. This process, however, is fairly quick, so the ground or whatever was struck does not remain electrically dangerous afterwards.

The lightning current can travel even farther through water, metal fences, power lines or plumbing. Lightning current may enter a building and transfer through wires or plumbing and damage everything in its path. Similarly, in urban areas, it may strike a pole or tree and the current then travels to several nearby houses and other structures and enter them through wiring or plumbing.


and if that doesn't answer it this will: https://science.howstuffworks.com/na...lightning7.htm

You’re no fun, I wanted Core Shot to explain


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[old goat]

Is Bob singing about the same woman or is it two different women?

Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’
I was layin’ in bed
Wond’rin’ if she’d changed at all
If her hair was still red
Her folks they said our lives together
Sure was gonna be rough
They never did like Mama’s homemade dress
Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough
And I was standin’ on the side of the road
Rain fallin’ on my shoes
Heading out for the East Coast
Lord knows I’ve paid some dues gettin’ through
Tangled up in blue

She was married when we first met
Soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam, I guess
But I used a little too much force
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out West
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best

Neither. He's just putting words together in a way that sounds good to him. That's what he says his lyrics are about; people don't believe him.
My favorite-- Now, the rovin' gambler, he was very bored
Tryin' to create a next world war
He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said, "I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But, yes, I think it can be very easily done
We’ll just put some bleachers out in the sun
And have it on Highway 61"

[KQ]

You’re no fun, I wanted Core Shot to explain


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Sorry!

I find lightening fascinating esp. cloud to ground.

[Core Shot]

The charges originate in the cloud. But they need to go somewhere. A lightning rod isn’t there to attract the strike. At most it’s to give it a cleaner path.

You could debate diversion vs dissipation theory. Most favor diversion. But why do trees on open fields get hit? Why is it better not to stand under a tree?
And yet. People get hit in houses. Or even in cars with insulated rubber tires. Lightning is fascinating.

So I guess if you’re in the shower it’s best to have had a lightning rod installed that’s grounded away from your water pipes.
And don’t use your landline phone.

[KQ]

When it's 100+ degrees out is it really a good idea to go hiking? WTF?

[old goat]

The year I lived in Tucson I did a fair bit of day hiking in the Santa Catalinas and Tucson Mountains in 100 deg heat. Nothing extreme or too long. I started earrly so I wasn't in the full heat for that long. I took 4 liters of frozen lemonade and finished all of it. One advantage--when it's that hot the rattlesnakes stay out of sight.

[Brownski]

When it's 100+ degrees out is it really a good idea to go hiking? WTF?

I’m gonna stick my neck out and say usually a bad idea for most people. Maybe a sub 1 mile flattish hike to a swimming hole?

[m2711c]

spent the summer of my sixth grade year living in Tucson. my father was running a copper mine in Pima. the company had a condo for him in Tucson where we stayed. thought i was the only kid there for the first three or four weeks. never saw anybody around let alone kids my age. i’d ride my bike around in the parking lot for a few laps then jump in the fucking pool to keep from dying. turns out i was the only one stupid enough to be out in that fuckin’ sun at noon in july. all the other kids were smart enough not to come out of their condos until after eight or 9 o’clock in the evening and went back inside by eight or 9 o’clock in the morning. had to learn a whole different living schedule from teh upstates… once i got that time schedule sorted, turns out there all kinds of kids ta play with….



fact.

[Rideski]

Huh..I've mtn biked in upper 90 degrees countless times. 100 degrees many times. It's a dry heat here....

[Meadow Skipper]

Fixing this a little bit.

When it's 100+ degrees out is it really a good idea to fight fires? WTF?

BTDT

[mcski]

Back during the young and dumb years of HS, we’d regularly play basketball in 100+ heat like it was nbd. Not sure how no one stroked out but maybe we were so dumb the heat didn’t have any effect on our brains

[spanky]

I ordered an item via a third-party seller on Amazon earlier this week. The item shipped via USPS and I have tracking info showing it is at a nearby USPS hub.

I got this spear-phishing text message today. Random coincidence or shady seller?

[jm2e]

I would only communicate with them through Amazon


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[dunfree]

I get similar messages for packages I never ordered…..

with a USPS tracking number, if it’s real, you can complain to USPS directly who will have a postmaster or someone else deal with it

[KQ]

Fixing this a little bit.

BTDT

There is necessity and then there is elective stupidity

[Meadow Skipper]

There is necessity and then there is elective stupidity

I’m no stranger to either one.

[old goat]

I worked in a steel mill in Detroit several summers. They sent 4 of us plus a foreman who'd just graduated from ND to clean out the 40 foot coal bins over the No. 1 coke plant which was being decommissioned. It was 100 degrees and 100% humidity every day for two weeks. We'd blast the coal dust off the walls of the bin with compressed air, then they'd empty the bin into the coke ovens, which were still burning. Then we'd go back down and repeat. I don't know what the temp was but being over a working coke plant it was way over 100. One guy worked, one guy belayed, 2 guys and the foreman didn't do anything. Plenty of water. No one had any problems from the heat. I don't want to think about what my lungs look like--we had crap for respirators. It helped that there was a roof over the bins--being exposed to the sun is at least as important as the air temp.

[evdog]

When it's 100+ degrees out is it really a good idea to go hiking? WTF?

Gonna say no. At least, don't try to do a 14 mile out and back. The hikers got an air lift out. The mtn bikers who helped them and decided to ride out....one was not so lucky.

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/lo...1-854cdc220a95

[digitaldeath]

There needs to be more threads

U bums don’t create around here


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