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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 7 Sep 1996.
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alt.ascii-art · 2 messages · 7 Sep 1996 - 8 Sep 1996
Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 7 Sep 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
Max Erick Busse-Grawitz (bu...@spectrospin.ch) wrote:
>Bob Pebly wrote:
>> 
>> I went out flying at the beach this evening after some thunderstorms
>> rumbled through the area.

[...snip...]


> Just one remark (but I think you already know it): It's exactly 
> those singularities that attract flashes, so don't try these 
> experiments BELOW a thunderstorm...  


I remember reading sometime somewhere long ago that lightning
has been known to strike from a cloudless and clear blue sky !


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Kite Trouble - DAVID S. ISSEL


[ Any resemblance to Dr Kyte in the above picture 
  is purely coincidental. ]


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            MOTTO:   " Only fly your kites indoors. "
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Bye,

Diane Wenner <pix...@netcom.com> ASCII art 8 Sep 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
Colin Douthwaite (cfb...@southern.co.nz) wrote:
: Max Erick Busse-Grawitz (bu...@spectrospin.ch) wrote:
: >Bob Pebly wrote:
: >> 
: >> I went out flying at the beach this evening after some thunderstorms
: >> rumbled through the area.

: [...snip...]


: > Just one remark (but I think you already know it): It's exactly 
: > those singularities that attract flashes, so don't try these 
: > experiments BELOW a thunderstorm...  


: I remember reading sometime somewhere long ago that lightning
: has been known to strike from a cloudless and clear blue sky !


:          ____
:        _(    )   __
:       (___(__)  /  \
:         /_ /_   \  /
:          /_ /   /\/
:           //   / %     @@@@
:           /   / %     @@@@~@
:              /       @@@~@@@@
:    !!       /         @@@@@@@
:  O_       _/           @@_@
:  /X_,    /              ||
:   <     6              _||_
: """""""""""""""""""""""""""""
: Kite Trouble - DAVID S. ISSEL

Hi,

Yes, it does happen!  That where the expressions "It struck me right out 
of a blue sky", "It hit me right out of the blue", and similar expression 
come from.

Diane

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