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Subject: lightning over ocean

Date: Fri Jul 26 14:43:31 1996
Posted by: Victoria Neff
Grade level: 7-9
School/Organization: Mack
City: Ann Arbor State/Province: MI
Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
Message:
We notice that the weather channel reports far fewer
"lightning incidents" over the ocean than over the land.
Clearly there are fewer people to report such incidents,
but it raised the question "Are there more lightning
strikes to land than there are to ocean?"

Thanks!

Re: lightning over ocean

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