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Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - Zarathustra - 04-17-2008
This sounds like the stuff of a Bond film: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/200...a-lte041008.php
...or a blatant parody thereof.
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - NiteFox - 04-19-2008
Let's be fair, if you've got a laser powerful enough to trigger a lightning strike, its energy is better deployed by aiming it directly at whatever you want destroyed.
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - Jester - 04-19-2008
Quote:Let's be fair, if you've got a laser powerful enough to trigger a lightning strike, its energy is better deployed by aiming it directly at whatever you want destroyed.
Scott... you just don't get it, do ya?
-Jester
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - eppie - 04-21-2008
Quote:Scott... you just don't get it, do ya?
-Jester
zipp it zipp it zipp it
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - [wcip]Angel - 04-21-2008
Man-made lightning? It's good they already made Back to the Future, or else there wouldn't be much of a dramatic climax at the end of the movie.
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - Rhydderch Hael - 04-22-2008
Quote:Angel' date='Apr 21 2008, 10:14 AM' post='146760']Makes you wonder, though, if Doc Brown ever mulled over the possibility that the lightning bolt might just strike the clock tower at 10:04 and 38 seconds.
Man-made lightning? It's good they already made Back to the Future, or else there wouldn't be much of a dramatic climax at the end of the movie.
Or do I just go the Doc McKay route and mutter "Don't even get me started on that movie..."
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - Occhidiangela - 04-22-2008
Quote:This sounds like the stuff of a Bond film: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/200...a-lte041008.phpBen Franklin would approve. (I think)
...or a blatant parody thereof.
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - Nystul - 04-22-2008
So they were able to cause electrical activity in clouds during the middle of a thunder storm? Yes... that is truly remarkable! I think I did the same thing once by saying "Let's go ahead and finish the 9th hole."
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - kandrathe - 04-22-2008
Quote:This sounds like the stuff of a Bond film: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/200...a-lte041008.php
...or a blatant parody thereof.
![[Image: picturesghtningghtn01.JPG]](http://www.lightning.ece.ufl.edu/picturesghtningghtn01.JPG)
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LIGHTNING RESEARCH GROUP
I prefer the McGyver method with a spool of fine copper wire and a model rocket.
P.S. No Deebye! Don't do this at home!
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - --Pete - 04-24-2008
Hi,
Quote:So they were able to cause electrical activity in clouds during the middle of a thunder storm? Yes... that is truly remarkable! I think I did the same thing once by saying "Let's go ahead and finish the 9th hole."Did you have a one iron for protection? :lol:
--Pete
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - Nystul - 04-25-2008
Only a 3.;)
I have a few rules regarding club selection tailored to my swing:
1) Every golf club except putter hits the ball about 150 yards give on a full swing.
2) Whatever trajectory the club (excluding putter) is expected to provide is about 30 degrees greater than the actual expected trajectory.
Conclusion: With a 1 iron I would expect to hit the ball 150 yards with a subterranean flight path.
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - --Pete - 04-26-2008
Hi,
Quote:Conclusion: With a 1 iron I would expect to hit the ball 150 yards with a subterranean flight path.It's not for hitting the ball, it's for the Lee Trevino lightning protection scheme;)
--Pete
Trigger Lightning... with Lasers! - Nystul - 04-28-2008
Ha. I know I've heard that one before but it didn't come to mind.