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Anyway, I actually track thunderstorms with my lightning detectors, to know when a storm is coming, or leaving, or in the area (not guaranteed to come). Basically, lightning detectors have some type of technology, to detect lightning strikes far, or close. Everyone should have a lightning detector, especially, if you're going outside. By the way, if you don't have a lightning detector, you can use your AM radio, to be as a lightning detector. How does a AM radio can detect lightning? Well, basically its amplitude modulation (AM), so it can detect lightning strikes by a loud static spark sound. The lower volume of the static spark sound, the farther the lightning, the louder volume of the static spark sound, the closer the lightning. This is known as "Sefrics". Whether, theres lightning in the area, thats what you'll hear, if you have a AM radio. In order to listen to lightning strikes on a AM radio, tune to 520kHZ or 530kHZ which is best, for lightning detection.
Here are my lightning detectors. down below.
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Two are Acurite, one is homemade from a radio, and a Skyscan lightning detector, if you're wondering. I forgot to tell you that, because, since I ran out of space for the first post.
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When your hair starts to stand up the lighting is close..
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Really? lol I didn't know that, but only if your not super close to it, because lightning is a dangerous thing.
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When your hair stands up, be prepared to go inside or away from that particular area. Fast. That right there is usually a sign you're about to get struck... either that or tingling skin, or a metallic taste in your mouth. All VERY bad signs.
@Lightinglover8902, the AM radio trick is something I also learned years ago. I remember years ago when I was living with my parents, the power went out due to a severe squall line of storms that went through our area. These were not Supercell storms, but they were still very severe with winds of up to 80mph, and lightning that seemed never ending. I was listening to AM radio because there was a station that had our meteorologist on air talking about the storm. As I was listening, I could hear static with each and every lightning flash... and even the static seemed never ending. That's definitely one of the greatest ways to detect incoming storms, as well as incoming severe weather. The more lightning you hear/see, the more severe the storm.
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It's very rare that we get severe thunder and lightning storms over here.
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We don't get as many of the summer ones as we used to. Some years we would get one every evening and the power would go out. I remember one time I was looking out the bedroom window right as a bolt struck and all I could see was white. Several TVs blew out. Last summer lighting hit my neighbor's flagpole. It went right down the fence and you could see where the grass was dead around where it hit and the path. It blew out their neighbor's TVs also.
This fall we did have some bad storms at night when the cold fronts would come in. I'd wake up very late night/very early morning and there would be thunder so loud the windows were shaking and heavy rain.
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By they way , I do live near the Galveston Tx, coast line, which like (going to guess) I'll say 116 miles, from where I live. So we do get some thunderstorms, due to humidity.
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