Dennis Dennison
With all these post on Lightnig and lightning strikes, I began to think I should post a little on lightning, I am certain you are all familiar with the stuff I am about to say.
We all see lightnig stike the ground or cloud to cloud. We see many forks in and around a single maim bolt.
the true danger in lightning is not so much being strck by the main energy bolt, nor the associated bolts that travel with it.
This is because this is usually directed towards the highest object, or some area of high electrical discharge.
The danger for chasers lies in leaders stips that are present just before, during and after a strike such as can be seen here
in the next two images you can see a leader bolt hit the hood of the car
and then the true bolt strike ahead of the car just after
We all see lightnig stike the ground or cloud to cloud. We see many forks in and around a single maim bolt.
the true danger in lightning is not so much being strck by the main energy bolt, nor the associated bolts that travel with it.
This is because this is usually directed towards the highest object, or some area of high electrical discharge.
The danger for chasers lies in leaders stips that are present just before, during and after a strike such as can be seen here
![x082500leader1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fskydiary.com%2Fgallery%2Fchase2000%2Fx082500leader1.jpg&hash=afc7d7dbbf2c22552b3dfc547125679a)
in the next two images you can see a leader bolt hit the hood of the car
![p062396b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sky-chaser.com%2Fimage%2Fstplog%2Fp062396b.jpg&hash=43cb179ecde2b3eee7704a4049470d16)
and then the true bolt strike ahead of the car just after
![p062396c.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sky-chaser.com%2Fimage%2Fstplog%2Fp062396c.jpg&hash=756b6b53bb09f5ba1c288d3d557c3e40)