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> >> name wendy
> >> status other
> >> age 30s
>
> >> Question - What is the difference between an electrical storm and a
> >> thunder storm? This question has been asked by a 10 year old whilst
> >> camping.
>
>Wendy,
>
>They could be the same. However, the term "electrical storm"
>arose from storms that had a lot of cloud-to-cloud (intercloud)
>and in-cloud (intra-cloud) lightning and not many cloud-to-ground
>strokes, resulting in not much thunder being heard.
>
>David R. Cook
>Argonne National Laboratory
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