Re: LF: "Kugelblitz"

["John Currie" <john.currie@ns.sympatico.ca>]

Hi all I think that might be what we call  " ball lightening here" 73 de John
VE1ZJ

Dick Rollema wrote:

> To All from PA0SE
>
> Uwe, DJ8WX wrote:
> .
> > ah, whats "kugelblitz" on english? flash of lightning biting its tail?
>
> Well, I don't know what it is in English (couild not find it in a
> dictionary) but what your wife saw could have been what in Dutch is called a
> "bolbliksem".  It is a rather rare phenomenom and is described as a ball of
> fire, perhaps some 30cm in diameter, that slowly moves along overhead lines
> or other objects and after several seconds explodes. It can cause extensive
> damage in its surrounding, sometimes over a larger area than a "normal"
> stroke of lightning would do.
>
> 73, Dick, PA0SE