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Monday Musings
Florida Physics
I was out getting the mail today. Sun was out shining brightly, thunder. Thunder? Only in Florida have I seen clouds miles away and still get rained on. You don’t see that here in Tennessee. Not by me anyway. They get a lot of rainbows there. A lot of double ones. I actually saw a triple one once in Florida. I have no proof. Even if I had had a camera on me it would have been gone by the time I got over my shock and set the camera up.
Because they are below sea level and flat flat flat. Not sure how that works but it does. you can not put pipes below the surface because it is below the sea and that sea salt will eat through anything. Besides you can not make any flow unless it has elevation. They have more tornadoes than anywhere here in tornado alley. More lightning strikes, I lived there for about a year in the West Palm area, My niece and I were in the open garage leaning against the back end of a car, when… BOOM! Lightning came down at the speed of… well lightning and hit the pavement right at the end of the drive. That was too dang close for me and no I didn’t get a photo, yadda yadda yadda, We raced into the house.
Here in good ol’ Tennessee when it thunders you get immediately rained on or it could wait sometimes hours. It gives a multiple choice. Can I get the clothes dry on the line while the wind is blowing good or will it rain too soon? How do I…
