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Some of the most dangerous things you believe about weather were taught to you by people who meant well. Your grandmother told you lightning never strikes the same place twice. Your uncle swore by opening windows during a...
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Learn how lightning forms, the science behind thunder, the types of lightning from negative cloud-to-ground to the rare and deadly positive bolt from the...
Every cloud you have ever seen, from the thinnest wisp of cirrus to the black anvil of a thunderstorm, began the same way: warm...
The sky above you is blue for the same reason a guitar string plays a higher note when you shorten it. Shorter waves, more...
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