dry lightning

[James Smith]

If meteorologists eschew the term dry lightning, I
would say it is because it is undefined and imprecise,
as evidenced by this discussion.

--- Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

...
> Perhaps meteorologists are eschewing the term
> because it seems to imply some outmoded caloric
> theory of its nature.
>
> JL

James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.



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