Local news reports in Aberdeenshire concerning last nights storm had several
eyewitnesses describing trees "sparking and flashing as if covered with
fairy lights!".......was this imagination or is this a possible phenomena in
a strong electrical storm? I guess it is possible if they become charged
enough, I have certainly heard of mountaineers reporting ice-axes sparking
and crackling during storms and similar tales from fishermen seeing it
around boat masts.

JP


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