Re: Very OT: things that fly by

Jim <jim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> _Technically_ lightning actually travels upwards - it's the return
> stroke we see that heads (mostly) downwards.

Yup. My dady told me that when I was just so high. But frankly, I've
never been able to see the progression myself. And down and outwards was
the way the pilot told it.

I was inclined to go along with his description... At the time I had a
certain investment in his African piloting skills. 
-- 
Peter