Lightning Links

Here are some links to other places that you can follow to expand your knowledge.

Please note: While we have done our best to include only "reputable" sites, these sites are not part of, nor overseen by, either the Museum of Science or the Science Learning Network and we cannot guarantee any of the information contained therein.

Lightning and Weather:

A NASA site on lightning detection from space.

A source for current weather information.

Frozen lightning--part of the Dance of Chance, an exhibit about fractal patterns created by the Museum of Science and Boston University.

A group at Stanford doing research into very low frequency (vlf) radio phenomena.

Lightning Safety and Preparedness:

Lightning Protection from Lightning Technologies, a company specializing in designing and testing protection systems.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's site on preparing for a disaster.

Ben Franklin:

The Franklin Institute's extensive resource "Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man".

Some of his quotations (from Bartlett's).