|
How to calculate where lightning strikes.. (pg. 2)
|
View this Thread in Original format
| Ang ' ela_ie |
| Lightning mostly doesnt "strike" anywhere. Its usually cloud to cloud. In that rare case, though, youd have to define which part of the bolt causes the thunder, and the answer to that is the whole thing. So then what part of the bolt do you want to know how far youre away from? ;) 300 meters up? 500 meters up? You can use Pathags for that certain location but whats the point? :p |
|
|
| rjwilmsi |
| quote: | | Originally posted by ryo And the speed of sound is 343 m/s in vacuum, so it's actually a bit less in this case:p |
Umm, sound can't travel through a vacuum, so in a vacuum the speed of sound is zero! But you're right that the speed of sound is variable - factors such as the air density and temperature make a difference, but probably much less than 10 % most the time. |
|
|
| Zewad |
| 1.21 jigawatts... :D |
|
|
| Resnick |
| quote: | Originally posted by rjwilmsi
Umm, sound can't travel through a vacuum, so in a vacuum the speed of sound is zero! But you're right that the speed of sound is variable - factors such as the air density and temperature make a difference, but probably much less than 10 % most the time. |
i think its 273 + Deg Celcius, so at like 27 degrees, speed of sound is 300m/s... |
|
|
| Radagast |
| Use your Spidey-Sense. |
|
|
| enferno |
don't ask me how i know this
get a small radio, tue it to any channel, works best on SW or LW, and if it suddenly gets all staticy, hit the ground. |
|
|
| Ang ' ela_ie |
| quote: | Originally posted by enferno
don't ask me how i know this
get a small radio, tue it to any channel, works best on SW or LW, and if it suddenly gets all staticy, hit the ground. |
No joke you can get zapped real good with a CB, even in a car. They get all staticy and then bam! Fried. When we're chasing we have to be real careful...
Ouch! :p |
|
|
| ryo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
You can use Pathags for that certain location but whats the point? :p |
Nothing really, I was just bored:p
| quote: | Originally posted by rjwilmsi
Umm, sound can't travel through a vacuum, so in a vacuum the speed of sound is zero! But you're right that the speed of sound is variable - factors such as the air density and temperature make a difference, but probably much less than 10 % most the time. |
Oops, you're right ofcourse:D |
|
|
| paranoik0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Lightspeed: Instant
|
you suck at physics |
|
|
| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
No joke you can get zapped real good with a CB, even in a car. They get all staticy and then bam! Fried. When we're chasing we have to be real careful...
Ouch! :p |
so wait...you weren't ting...you are a storm chaser? i thought that next time i'n storm chasing in CO stuff was a loud of crap?!?! |
|
|
| enferno |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
No joke you can get zapped real good with a CB, even in a car. They get all staticy and then bam! Fried. When we're chasing we have to be real careful...
Ouch! :p |
small as not in CB, but as in a hand-held, receive only, no send. |
|
|
| Ang ' ela_ie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
so wait...you weren't ting...you are a storm chaser? i thought that next time i'n storm chasing in CO stuff was a loud of crap?!?! |
No no, dear. Ive been there 2 times already this summer. Good Denver Cyclone stuff popping up early June. :p What do you think I am? A liyah?! |
|
|
|
|
