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Lightning Detector

Lightning detector device is required not only for scientist but also common people who live in high lightning risk area. In this region, you can see lightning any time like see a bird flying and hear a thunder sound like hear a bird singing. In 1894 the devices was invented by Alexander Stepanovich Popov and also stated as the first radio receiver in the modern era. Today lightning detectors grow rich as commercial industry by billion dollars prices and stay continues.
Thunderstorm or simply a storm is an earth's phenomena characterized by a lightning and strong sound effects or thunder. A cloud type named cumulonimbus assigned had accompanied with the thunderstorm. This natural assigned are commonly associated heavy rain, strong winds, sleet, hail or snow. All phenomenon which cause hail to fall are known as hailstorms.

I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.

Eden Ahbez

Lightning Table Contents

The Types of Lightning Detector
Lightning Detector Latest News
Personal Lightning Detector
How To Build A Personal Lightning Detector
Struck by Lightning Latest News
What A Big Problem If A Man Was Struck by Lightning
Roy Sullivan
Storm, A Female who Can Control Lightning
Homemade Lightning Detector by Direction from Techlib
Lightning Protection Latest News
Portable Lightning Detector
The StrikeAlert Lightning Detector in Action
Lightning on Flickr
Go to Other Lenses
Are You Live in High Lightning Risk Area?

The Types of Lightning Detector

Lightning detector devices have three primary types, they are:
1. Mobile systems using a direction
2. Ground-based systems using multiple antennas
3. A sense antenna in the same location (often aboard an aircraft), and space-based systems.

Mobile lightning detectors and ground-based systems calculate the direction and strength of lightning from the real location using radio direction-finding techniques together. This calculation completed by analysis of the characteristic frequencies emitted by lightning. Mobile systems estimate distance using signal frequency and attenuation.

Ground-based lightning detector systems using triangulation from multiple regions to calculate distance. These devices are applied by the National Weather Service in United States and the Meteorological Service of Canada. The organizations like forest fire prevention services and electrical utilities also use these tools.

Space-based lightning detectors devices, on artificial satellites, can locate bearing, intensities and range by direct observation.

More information about lightning detectors types can be found in Wilkipedia

Lightning Detector Latest News

Down on the Farm: A study in lateness: The inspiration for Snerdpoof's most recent study struck like a bolt of lightning while he sat in a pew in church. "It seemed that each Sunday, the same families would waltz in during the first hymn and march to the front pew," Snerdpoof said.
New Spring Rock Siren Bugs Old Town South Residents: The Park District is reconsidering the location of the park's eastern lightning-detection system; residents look to prove that the new horns are unnecessary. By Darren McRoy A map showing the supposed effective range of lightning-detection sirens in ...
SA homeowner says lightning hit roof, started fire: by KENS 5 SAN ANTONIO -- Quick-acting firefighters were able to snuff out a small roof fire that the homeowner says started when lightning struck her house. The woman told San Antonio firefighters that lightning struck her home in the 1700 block of ...
EMMC nurses approve three-year contract with 7 percent raise: She said she braved Tuesday night's lightning storm for only one reason. Staffing issues are her main concern, Mitchell said. ?Eastern Maine is not willing to really budge on our staffing and it's a big problem. ?It's not about money,? she added.

Personal Lightning Detector

These are three best choice of personal lightning detectors.

How To Build A Personal Lightning Detector

Can we build a personal lightning detector? And how? Yes, we can. Look at the schematic of basic lightning detector receiver. This picture and its explaining taken from this site.
Theory of operation:
For receiving energy from lightning, we need a 10 pF capacitor antenna and 2 series inductors form a resonant tank at about 300 kHz. The inductors act as a partner network, giving Q1 with a lower impedance version of the signal lightning received by the antenna. The 270k resistor lowers the Q of the resonant tank to prevent oscillation. Q1 amplifies the 300 kHz bursts and applies the larger signal to the base of a PNP transistor that forms a monostable "flasher" circuit with the last NPN transistor. When the RF signal pulls the PNP base voltage below the voltage on the 10 uF capacitor (plus about 0.6 volts) the PNP turns on, turning on the NPN. Since the NPN is connected to the base of the PNP through the 82 k resistor, the PNP turns on even harder. This regenerative action causes the circuit to turn on quickly and fully, pulling the "pulses" line to nearly zero volts. The circuit stays on until the 10 uF capacitor discharges at which point a similar reverse regenerative action causes the circuit to quickly switch off. The capacitor then quickly charges through the 1k resistor (in one of the lamp circuit options) and the diode and is ready for another pulse.
The full direction for build a personal lightning detector can be read on Techlib.

Struck by Lightning Latest News

Lightning Strike Changes Tea Family's Lives: By Hailey Higgins A Tea family continues to find problems in their house more than a month after it was struck by lightning. The Spade family didn't think twice about the danger of thunderstorms, until the night of April 28. They were in the car, ...
Man Struck By Lightning at Pines Country Club in Monongalia County: A man was nearly struck by lightning at the Pines Country Club golf course in Monongalia County just before 2 pm Tuesday, according to MECCA 911 officials. MECCA 911 received a call at approximately 1:49 pm reporting that a man had been struck by ...
Chris Colfer To Strike The Big Screen With Film Debut!: We are SO excited for Glee star Chris Colfer's film debut, Struck By Lightning ? a film he not only stars in, but wrote the script as well! The flick tells the tale of a high school senior Carson Phillips, played by Chris, who gets killed when ...
Hollande's plane struck by lightning en route to Germany to meet Merkel (+video): PARIS (Associated Press) ? French officials say that new President François Hollande's plane was hit by lightning en route to Berlin. They say no one was hurt but that the plane returned to Paris as a precaution. French Defense Ministry spokesman ...

What A Big Problem If A Man Was Struck by Lightning

What caused lightning hit in human body?

Very very a big problem.
A lightning strike can caused in a cardiac arrest (heart stopping) at the time of the injury. Even some victims might survive a few days later if they are resuscitated but have suffered irreversible brain damage.

According to the NWS Storm Data, over the last 30 years the U.S. has averaged 55 reported lightning fatalities a year. Due to under reporting, the figures are more realistically at least 70 deaths per year. Only about 10% of people who are struck by lightning are killed, leaving 90% with various degrees of disability.

What Are the Medical Symptoms?

Immediate symptoms of Lightning Injury: Most victims experience only some of the symptons below.

* Short-term memory
* Problems coding new information and accessing old information
* Problems Multitasking
* Slower reaction time
* Distractibility
* Irritability
* Personality change
* Inattentive
* Forgetfulness
* Intense headaches
* Ringing in the ears
* Dizziness
* Nausea and vomiting and other post-concussion types of symptoms
* Difficulty sleeping, sometimes sleeping excessively at first and then only two or three hours at a time

Delayed Symptoms

* Seizure-like activity
* Pain from back injury or headaches
* Personality Changes/Self-Isolation
* Irritability and embarrasment because they can't remember people, job responsibilities and key information
* Difficulty carrying on a conversation
* Depression

Friends, family and co-workers who see the same external person, may not understand why the survivor is so different. Friends soon stop coming by or asking them to participate in activities. Families who are not committed to each other break up.

Medical Testing

There are two kinds of medical tests:

* Anatomic tests take an x-ray, CT scan and MRIs or blood count measurement. These tests often come back normal
* Functional tests show how something is working and are more useful: PET scan, neuropsychological testing

Four Factors Necessary for Recovery

The four most important factors in overcoming disability from lightning injury, or from any illness or major injury for that matter are:

* Having a supportive family/friends network.
* Becoming your own advocate and learning as much as you can about this disability.
* Finding a physician willing to listen, read, learn and work with the survivor and their family.
* Having a sense of humor.

This factsheet courtesy Dr. Mary Ann Cooper- Associate Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Bioengineering University of Illinois at Chicago

Source: Lightning Safety

The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is
that the same place
isn't there the second time.

Willie Tyler

Roy Sullivan

The man who survived seven lightning strikes

Roy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 - September 28, 1983) was a park ranger in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia United States. Between 1942 and 1977, he was hit by lightning on seven different locations and survived all of them. For this reason, Sullivan gained a nickname "Human Lightning Conductor" or "Human Lightning Rod". Sullivan is recognized by Guinness World Records as the person struck by lightning more recorded times than any other human being. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 71 over an unrequited love.

Virginia, where he lived, averages 35 to 45 thunderstorm days per year, most of which fall in June, July, and August. Between 1959 and 2000 lightning killed 58 people and injured at least 238 people in Virginia. In the United States, 3239 people were killed and 13,057 injured by lightning in the same period. Most of those were males between 20 and 40 years old caught outdoors.

Here where and when the lightning hit him:

Strike 1
Sullivan's first strike happened in 1942 while hiding from a thunderstorm in a fire lookout tower. The tower itself was hit eight times and inside the tower "fire was jumping all over the place". Sullivan ran outside and was immediately hit by lightning.

Strike 2
The second strike occurred in 1969, when he was driving his truck, a lightning struck a nearby tree and deflected into his open window. He was knocked unconscious and his eyebrows were burned off.

Strike 3
The third strike happened in 1970 when lightning struck a power transformer and jumped to his left shoulder.

Strike 4
He was hit again in 1972 while working at a ranger station. His hair caught fire in the process.

Strike 5
By now, Sullivan was convinced that a "dark force" was trying to kill him and he always had a can of water in his truck in case he gets struck by lightning again. In August 1973, he was patrolling the park when he saw a storm cloud forming. He drove away, but according to Sullivan, the cloud kept on following him. Sullivan was struck again, and he said that he could see the lightning bolt run through his body.

Strike 6
In June 1976, Sullivan was struck for the sixth time, injuring his ankle.

Strike 7
In June 1977, Sullivan was struck for the seventh and final time while out fishing. The lightning bolt hit his head, and travelled down his body, burning his chest.

Source: Wikipedia

Storm, A Female who Can Control Lightning

Storm is a hero character from Marvel Comics

Her real name is Ororo Iqadi Munroe-T'Challa and yes, Storm is a heroin who possesses the psionic ability to manipulate weather patterns over limited areas. Unfortunately, not such as Roy Sullivan, she is only lives in imagination, in movie screen and in comic books. Strom can stimulate the creation of any form of precipitation such as fog or rain, induce lightning and other electrical atmospheric phenomena, disperse natural storms so as to create clear change, generate winds in varying degrees of intensity up to and including hurricane force, lower or raise the humidity and temperature in her immediate vicinity. With her hands, she can direct the path of certain atmospheric effects, such as bolts of lightning. Storm has also demonstrated the ability to manipulate ocean currents, though the extent of this ability is still unclear.

Read more information about Storm Marvel Comics Character in here
The picture is Halle Berry role as Storm in three first X Men movie

Homemade Lightning Detector by Direction from Techlib

This video shows how a guy build a personal lightning detector by direction found at Techlib.com. The circuit will detect lightning strikes some distance away and can use an indoor or external antenna (when storm activity is not nearby!). The unit indicates lightning activity by using a bright white LED which will flash upon detection of strikes. A meter will increment with strike activity and will deflect quickly with high strike activity or just a little when activity is low or strikes are infrequent. The unit also is fitted with a data port which can be used to drive external circuits such as a counter or computer data logger. The options are endless. This guy built this for a fun holiday project and have put this one down also as a success!

Lightning Protection Latest News

Here again the latest news about lightning protection

LBA Technology's portable lightning masts bring storm security to outdoor ...: LBA Technology has engineered a new lightning mast system to deflect dangerous strikes from facilities and field units in unprotected areas. PLP-30 lightning masts will protect against horrific and random cloud-to-ground lightning that streaks the sky ...
Lightning Safety Initiative Provides Critical Resources for Recreational ...: The Lightning Protection Institute (LPI) and the Lightning Safety Alliance (LSA) are joining forces to launch a lightning safety initiative to provide educational resources for outdoor recreational facilities. The "Safer Design for Safer Play" campaign ...
FACT CHECK: Oil stats belie tough enforcement talk: WASHINGTON ? In the three years since President Barack Obama took office, Republicans have made the Environmental Protection Agency a lightning rod for complaints that his administration has been too tough on oil and gas producers.
FACT CHECK: Oil stats belie tough enforcement talk: By DINA CAPPIELLO and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI In the three years since President Barack Obama took office, Republicans have made the Environmental Protection Agency a lightning rod for complaints that his administration has been too tough on oil and gas ...

THUNDER IS GOOD,
THUNDER IS IMPRESSIVE
BUT IT IS LIGHTNING THAT
DOES THE WORK

Mark Twain

Portable Lightning Detector

This video shows us how work a portable lightning detector-thunderstorm 10-20 km near to the this guy's area.

The StrikeAlert Lightning Detector in Action

This video show us how the StrikeAlert Lightning Detector - one of the best company in lightning detector - in action with a heavy thunderstorm.

Lightning on Flickr

the selection for my sister... by Adrian Dreßler

Psalm 23:4 Desktop Wallpaper Computer Background by UnlockingTheBible

St Louis River after the Storm by A_Stromquist

Final Fantasy XIII - Lightning and Serah by kimberlyac

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If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron.
Not even God can hit a 1-iron.

Lee Trevino

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nolaseo Jul 30, 2011 @ 11:36 pm | delete

An FYI, the chance of a lightning strike is greater if:
Your home sits on a lot of land and is thus isolated from other structures.
Your home sits in close proximity to tall trees.
Your home is in a populated neighborhood but is taller than the homes around it.
In any of these cases, proper Lightning Protection is warranted to keep your costly electronics safe.