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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: lightning bursts
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 22:08:54 EDT
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Summary: Could they be caused by inductance?


This thought occurred to me the other day, regarding bursts of lightning.
Could the surge of current from a lightning bolt set up trickle currents
nearby, which would provide a path for other lightning bolts?  I haven't
tried to compute the size of the currents which would be induced by a
lightning bolt, but this seems intuitively plausible to me.