According to the news this morning it can reach 800F there.
That's 10 times hotter than a hot summer's day!

Col
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Col wrote:
According to the news this morning it can reach 800F there.
That's 10 times hotter than a hot summer's day!

Col

Unbroken sunshine too!

Paul.

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Paul Evans uknorthernerSPAMMEANDDIEYOULOWLIFESCUM2000@hotmai l.com
writes:
Col wrote:
According to the news this morning it can reach 800F there.
That's 10 times hotter than a hot summer's day!

Unbroken sunshine too!

Only on one side, though.
--
John Hall Weep not for little Leonie
Abducted by a French Marquis!
Though loss of honour was a wrench
Just think how it's improved her French. Harry Graham (1874-1936)

In message , Col
writes
According to the news this morning it can reach 800F there.
That's 10 times hotter than a hot summer's day!

Col

Yes, I heard that one too. The statement was made by a "scientist". I
hope the rest of the science behind the project is more soundly based
:-)

Norman.
(delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail)
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles
England

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In message , Col
writes
According to the news this morning it can reach 800F there.
That's 10 times hotter than a hot summer's day!

Col

Yes, I heard that one too. The statement was made by a "scientist". I
hope the rest of the science behind the project is more soundly based
:-)

Norman.


Nearly as good was the Rospa spokesman on Midlands Today giving advice about
safety in thunderstorms following the death of a 14 year old lad in these
parts.

"Get into a car, the rubber tyres will insulate the car" :-)))

Cheers

Ian

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"Norman Lynagh" wrote in message
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In message , Col
writes
According to the news this morning it can reach 800F there.
That's 10 times hotter than a hot summer's day!

Col

Yes, I heard that one too. The statement was made by a "scientist". I
hope the rest of the science behind the project is more soundly based
:-)

Norman.


Nearly as good was the Rospa spokesman on Midlands Today giving
advice about safety in thunderstorms following the death of a 14 year
old lad in these parts.

"Get into a car, the rubber tyres will insulate the car" :-)))

Cheers

Ian


Although a car makes a very good faraday cage taking the charge around the
occupants and exits to ground through the underside... a very safe place to
be even during a direct strike......

Les



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natural selection, the force that made us.... Soon we must look deep
within ourselves and decide what we wish to become." Edward O. Wilson
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"Les &/or Claire" wrote

Although a car makes a very good faraday cage taking the charge around the
occupants and exits to ground through the underside... a very safe place
to
be even during a direct strike......

I can vouch for that being good advice. Some 25 to 30 years ago I was
struck while diving over Cleeve Hill near Cheltenham. The lightning strike
did no harm, but the associated hail did minor damage to the roof.

Of course I was struck a few times during my professional flying career.
Damage, if any, is usually trivial being confined to static discharge wicks,
etc. OK, there have been isolated accidents caused by lightning strikes,
but the far greeter hazard is the downcurrents (microbursts) that sometimes
occur near severe thunderstorms.

I have to add that the only time I was struck in an aircraft was when
ATC/other traffic constraints gave me little choice where I had to fly. But
when I did have the option, eg refusing to take off into or near a storm, I
would do just that - stay on the ground. My company operations department
would occasionally moan that I had missed a "slot" and delayed the
passengers. Tough!

Jack

In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 3 Aug 2004 at 19:52:59, Col wrote :

According to the news this morning it can reach 800F there.
That's 10 times hotter than a hot summer's day!

I noticed that, too - aargh!

Something else that occurred to me is - WTF will it take 7 years to get
there? Mercury is what - 60m miles away, yet the Cassini mission to
Saturn covered at least 10 times that distance in 7 years.

Is it powered by a Sinclair C5 motor?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

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In article ,
Paul Evans uknorthernerSPAMMEANDDIEYOULOWLIFESCUM2000@hotmai l.com
writes:
Col wrote:
According to the news this morning it can reach 800F there.
That's 10 times hotter than a hot summer's day!

Unbroken sunshine too!

Only on one side, though.


Mercury rotates (slowly).


Cheers,

keith



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Iraq: 5 thousand million pounds, 60 lives, and counting...
The Politicians will now seek to blame the Spooks.

"Col" wrote in message ...

"That's 10 times hotter than a hot summer's day!"


No its only about three times as hot.

M