2006-06-20 06:42:16 · 12 answers · asked by ckim93 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
when its ready it just has to go somewhere. It takes the path of least resistance trying to equalize its energy. It usually goes to ground.
2006-06-20 06:47:43 · answer #1 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Horizontal would mean that the lightning took place either from one cloud to another, or from a cloud to the surrounding air. Lightning may also occur within a cloud, or from a cloud to the ground. The majority of strikes occur within the cloud, with only about 20% occuring between cloud and ground.
2006-06-22 17:29:20 · answer #2 · answered by redbeard172 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. i was watching a show on discovery a few months back about lightning, and the showed a home movie at a baseball game in colorodo. the person running the camera was panning around the field to show how nice it was, not a cloud in the sky. as she was panning around the field she followed a man on a bike riding along the out field fence, when suddenly there was a bright flash, and he fell. it was dertermined that he was stuck by lightning. after doing some research they found that the nearest storm to the field was 85 miles away. so yes it is possible, very unlikely, but possible
2016-05-20 05:18:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the positive charges and negative charges spark. The lightning goes throughout a cloud to make the two connected
2006-06-20 11:19:51 · answer #4 · answered by Hurricanehunter 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Electircity, like lighting, likes to flow from one pole (+/-) to a pole of opposite charge. A buildup of ions in the atmosphere (pos and neg) creates an electrical flow, then when the negative ions outnumber the pos ions it looks for somewhere to go, usually a more positively (+) charged ground, but sometimes a group of negatively charged ions in the cloud find a more positively charged cloud closer than the ground and it shoots there instead of at the ground.
2006-06-20 06:50:41 · answer #5 · answered by Ruester 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horizontally usually means it is going cloud to cloud.
2006-06-20 06:47:33 · answer #6 · answered by Evilzebra 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that kind of lightning is either cloud-to-cloud or cloud-to-air lightning.Simple.
2006-06-20 07:02:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The + and - ions are just in the air instead of - ions coming up from the ground.
2006-06-20 06:45:44 · answer #8 · answered by Fat Guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes people clean up their act at the last minute and maybe God changes His mind.
2006-06-20 06:47:24 · answer #9 · answered by Rico Machiavelli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just simply cloud-to-cloud.
Better that than Cloud-to-ground.
2006-06-20 10:36:49 · answer #10 · answered by Michael R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋