Cellphones could warn of imminent lightning strike

[jimgilmour1]

Hi
Cellphones could warn of imminent lightning strike
Nokia have a patent out on this already!.

Nokia (US patent application 2007/0085525). Software will then interpret them, work out the distance to the lightning

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11883

Wow
Can lightning really strike twice!


Jim

[Nokia Ron]

Or you can just count the seconds after seeing the lightening and hearing it and divide by 5 (for Miles) or 3 (for kilometers) to see how far away it is.

Note when in an open field and it is down to a km you probably don't have time to run for cover.

PS cows are much more susceptible to electromagnetic forces and often die just from being in the proximity of a lightening strike without ever being hit.

Ron