Storm's a Brewin'

[LGA777]

Here is my LGA Gridlock shot as promised from Thursday evening about an hour before the **** "really hit the fan".

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5741720


Cheers

LGA777

[Mellyrose]

Ron, you have the coolest shots of anyone, in my opinion. That single photo represents damn near every type and airline that flies in and out of LGA everyday. Amazing. It's my wallpaper on my laptop now. :)

[fly.mcs]

Ron, again a great shot! That night was pretty amazing, but it's amazing how backed up LGA was. You say they were departing runway 13; the line-up goes all the way down to the other end (runway 31) and then wraps around!! Nice shot.

[USAF Pilot 07]

It's my understanding that lightning STARTS at the ground, or from whatever object is being "struck".

That's only one kind of lightning.

There are three kinds of lightning:
- Clound to Ground
- Ground to Cloud
- Cloud to Cloud

90% of lightning strikes that impact the ground are Cloud to Ground lightning. This happens when there are positive ions at the base of the clouds and negative ions at ground level. When the attraction of these ions gets too strong, they release their energy in the form of a lightning bolt. Since positive travels to negative, it travels from the cloud to the ground, hence why it is called Cloud to Ground lightning.

Ground to Cloud lightning is the same, but reversed (positive ions on the ground, negative in the clouds) but is much more rare because it is more difficult to obtain negative ions in the cloud base.