Let's just say that lightning just struck down in the middle of a corn field. What happened to the corn? Is it all blackened and lying on the ground? I would really like this information so I can describe it in my story that I've been working on since October.
I've already tried to look it up, but I got nothing. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
2007-06-09 14:02:23 · 5 answers · asked by Jessica 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Yes, it burns the crop where it falls and the surrounding area's crop also will be effected. Burning of the crop and the its effect on surrounding area depends on the severity of it.
2007-06-15 02:07:38 · answer #1 · answered by mak 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tried to find some pictures for you but I found none. I have seen lightning strikes on fields though. Sometimes the lightning will burn little channels into the ground in a sort of spider web pattern but just the radiating lines, no circles. I have seen tubes burned into the ground from the lightning, they go down like long carrot roots.
It normally does nothing to the corn. in a field it might blow up a stalk ot two but there is no areas that get flattened down or burned or anything like that.
If a tree gets hit that is different. It would likely split, have the bark blown off or the tree might even explode.
2007-06-09 22:26:26 · answer #2 · answered by U-98 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well Lightning puts nitrogen back into the ground. that is what miracle gro is made of. so where it struck yeah the corn would be blackened but around it the corn would be healthy. you are always very welcomed here but why did you not ask this question in the weather section. this question could have been answered in detail by a meteorologist or someone who is really familiar with the weather.
2007-06-10 01:51:03 · answer #3 · answered by Kristenite’s Back! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're trying to be factual, then you've gotten lots of answers already. But i think it might be neat if you went on a flight of fancy and described kernels of popcorn around the lightning strike.
Lightning normally looks for the path of least (electrical) resistance, so it could conceivably (unless there's science to the contrary) travel down a single stalk, that would essentially be vaporized in the heat of the lightning strike. That could be why one person said you see marks in the ground, but not market corn.
2007-06-15 15:14:05 · answer #4 · answered by steve s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is dry, the corn would burn and spread. If it was damp, the point of impact would be gone, the surrounding corn would be semi black, and the corn surrounding it would be fine.
Hope this helps!
2007-06-13 09:19:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋