Inference and Implication from a Lightning Observation
Department of Chemistry & Physics, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 1200
North University Drive, Pine Bluff, AR 71601, USA
Citation: Miah M Adel, Inference and Implication from a Lightning Observation, American Research Journal of Physics, Volume 2, 2016; pp:1-16
Abstract
Abstract: Lightning is a dangerous natural phenomenon which cannot be replicated artificially because of
the enormous strength of the event. Its observation reveals information on why a particular object and not
others on the ground will be hit. It is observed that lightning hits tall, towering trees, animals, metal objects,
animals carrying metal objects, electric wirings, plumbing lines, etc. Date trees, coconut trees, and palm trees
are all alike. The lightning incident described here finds a small date tree is more favorable than other much
taller trees of the same family and metal-capped tall temples when all these potential subjects are present in a
congested place. This favoritism is likely due to the sap-abundance in date trees. Also, it shows that side flashes
in the form of whitish patches of light from around the lightning-hit spot can travel over long distances across
water bodies. The patches of white flash give burning sensation on the skin. It reinforces the conclusion that
side flashes from lightning can jump/fly from the lightning spot to try to pass through human or other animal
subjects to the ground. So, it is not safe to stand near or under a tree or near a water body during lightning.
Overpopulated agricultural tropical countries like Bangladesh where every inch of land is used for production
and where lightning takes a heavy toll for upstream water piracy-related climate change and shortage of
trees should grow abundantly date trees which absorb moisture from deep underground and do not obstruct
agricultural production around it.
Keywords: Lightning, cumulonimbus cloud, electrons, expansion, condense, landscape, date tree, tree roots
