dry lightning

[Jonathan Lighter]

All electricity is equally dry, but according to Rick Reichmuth, _Fox & Friends_ weekend meteorologist, "dry lightning" is the kind that starts a wildfire by striking dry leaves. I don't have the precise quote, but it sounds as though it's a recognized term.

  Kind of a poetry thing.

  JL


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