Subj : Re: Wegman's To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Jul 02 2019 15:04:40 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-Jun-2019 11:37 <=- BM>>> Yes, it does rain, but normally not for essentially two-plus months BM>>> constant. Have downspout extensions to carry the water further from BM>>> the house, had one added to the sump pump's drain. Works fine for BM>>> normal conditions and generally pretty good for those more extreme BM>>> conditions. NB>>> Works well enough, then.... :) BM>> Yes. No legal way to run the water off the property. The yard has BM>> been soggy before, will be soggy again; just deal with it. At least BM>> the house is on a slight rise as opposed to a slight depression! NB>> That is a good thing... :) BM> And the water has stopped seeping in to the basement -- well, the BM> channels around the periphery and into the sump pit; the yard has BM> dried out -- mostly as still damp from the rain. Progress, for sure.... :) BM> The Mississippi is finally back below flood stage after 96 days (!) BM> -- mathematically that's 26%, or just over a quarter of the year! Just crazy.... But very good that finally it is below flood stage finally... :) BM>>>> Suppose something to do with the change in charge levels in the cloud. NB>>>> Or perhaps with how much moisture was caught in the passing cloud NB>>>> that was ready to come out.... or both.... ;) BM>>> Possibly. I would guess a correlation between charges of the water BM>>> molecules -- lower the charge differentials with a lightening BM>>> discharge, the rain molecules aren't able to 'hold on' to each other, BM>>> gravity wins and rain falls! NB>>> Could be.... I'll admit I've never thought of it quite that way.... BM>> I'm not sure how accurate it is but seems to follow the Millikan Oil BM>> Drop Experiment: charged particals suspended in an electric field. NB>> And would that also apply to rain without any thunder NB>> accompaniment...? BM> My guess is yes, though also have gravity involved in there somehow. I only vaguely remember my early schooling on such things... been a long time ago... BM> ...Well, looked up 'Thundersnow' in Wikipedia, mainly because that BM> source generally doens't get overly technical in this sort of topic. BM> The only thing I found relative to electrical charges was at the very BM> end: BM> Finally, there is a greater likelihood that thundersnow lightning BM> will have a positive polarity, which is associated with a greater BM> destructive potential than the more common negatively-charged BM> lightning. BM> I was looking for some correlation between lightening and release of BM> the snow, which in warmer months would be rain. But it looks like there might not really be a correlation, since it's different polarities... and thundersnow is very rare.... More often, we just get snow.... just like we often just get rain (even very heavy rain) without any thunder/lightning.... :) ttyl neb .... Do not use elevator in case of fire. Water works best. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .