Travis
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Post by Travis on Jul 2, 2024 10:07:22 GMT -8
Fascinating map, Travis. Interesting to me that no part of the Rocky Mountains has as high a density as NE Kansas where I live.... I thought of that, too, specifically eastern Kansas. In my vicinity, the Black Hills seem to get more lightning than the higher elevations of the Bighorns. Regardless, it still seems a good idea to be down from the high peaks by afternoon.
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BigLoad
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Post by BigLoad on Jul 2, 2024 12:30:42 GMT -8
I remember it being: don’t make eye contact, talk in a firm voice and make yourself as tall as possible. Quite right Stewy, quite right. The map is interesting. Shows where I live in southern Arizona has more lightning activity than the rest of the Rockies. I’ve had a blue/white bolt hit 15’ in front of me in northern Arizona while backpacking and here in southern Arizona I was enjoying a lightning storm while under my porch and saw a bolt hit a roof three houses away on the curving circle lane and explode into a vicious house fire instantly. Looks like Florida is top of the heap with east Texas and Oklahoma for electrical craziness.
When I camped in the saddle by Humphreys, I was poking around in the dirt and noticed that there were dozens of fulgurites all around me. That place gets totally zapped on a regular basis.
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swiftdream
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Post by swiftdream on Jul 2, 2024 13:28:33 GMT -8
Quite right Stewy, quite right. The map is interesting. Shows where I live in southern Arizona has more lightning activity than the rest of the Rockies. I’ve had a blue/white bolt hit 15’ in front of me in northern Arizona while backpacking and here in southern Arizona I was enjoying a lightning storm while under my porch and saw a bolt hit a roof three houses away on the curving circle lane and explode into a vicious house fire instantly. Looks like Florida is top of the heap with east Texas and Oklahoma for electrical craziness.
When I camped in the saddle by Humphreys, I was poking around in the dirt and noticed that there were dozens of fulgurites all around me. That place gets totally zapped on a regular basis.
OMG, Humphies is one wicked place to be in lighting activity. That is the first place cumulus build up to towering heights and then comes the lighting. I canceled a hike up there once because of that and have read accounts of those caught up in it. Run downhill I guess? On the lightning map there is a purple diagonal across where the Mogollon Rim is. That leads over to Humphries, one of the ancient alto volcanoes up there.
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