Electric Hurricanes
 
 Three of the most powerful hurricanes of 2005 were filled with mysterious lightning.
 
 January 9, 2006: The boom of thunder and crackle of lightning generally mean one thing: a storm is coming. Curiously, though, the biggest storms of all, hurricanes, are notoriously lacking in lightning. Hurricanes blow, they rain, they flood, but seldom do they crackle.
 
 Surprise: During the record-setting hurricane season of 2005 three of the most powerful storms--Rita, Katrina, and Emily--did have lightning, lots of it. And researchers would like to know why.
 
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/09jan_electrichurricanes.htm?list827442
 
 
 
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