So the fictional radiation storms in Fallout 4 are kinda spot on.
Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms
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Re: Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Connected in series, obviously.
Not paralleel?
You might enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywaTX-nLm6Y
Re: Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's fair but the average person kinda knows how much (work/light/heat) a single AA battery can do/produce, but not what a substation can do.
I would posit that no person on earth has personal experience of 100 million AA batteries in a single circuit.
Well, now I have a goal!
Re: Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms
#44the phenomenon of "red sprites", massive discharges of electricity upwards into the ionosphere that counter every single lightning strike, are only now being observed and photographed.
these energy ejections are SO powerful, they temporarily cause miniature aurora displays for a split second, by ionizing the same layer of the atmosphere where they appear. it's amazing to see photos of it.
Re: Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms
#45Positively charged particles end up at the top of the storm while negatively charged particles drop to the bottom, creating an enormous electric field that can be as strong as 100 million AA batteries stacked end-to-end. Or put another way, 150 MV. What's with this media obsession with using obscure non-SI units?
In my neck of the woods it's called "journalist units": three soccer fields, five blue whales etc.
Somebody even created a website to facilitate conversion but unfortunately the TLS certificate has expired and Cloudflare now blocks access.
Article in Danish: https://ing.dk/artikel/lynch-nu-kan-ogsaa-journalister-faa-s...
Re: Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms
#46Positively charged particles end up at the top of the storm while negatively charged particles drop to the bottom, creating an enormous electric field that can be as strong as 100 million AA batteries stacked end-to-end. Or put another way, 150 MV. What's with this media obsession with using obscure non-SI units?
That's as strong as 175,000 electric eels!
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Re: Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms
#47Re: Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms
#48Positively charged particles end up at the top of the storm while negatively charged particles drop to the bottom, creating an enormous electric field that can be as strong as 100 million AA batteries stacked end-to-end. Or put another way, 150 MV. What's with this media obsession with using obscure non-SI units?
If all of those 100M AA batteries were laid out flat, they would cover over 13 football fields (70000 sq m), including the Chargers home stadium.
Thus we arrive at a new unit: electric-football-fields
Re: Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms
#49Re: Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms
#50Positively charged particles end up at the top of the storm while negatively charged particles drop to the bottom, creating an enormous electric field that can be as strong as 100 million AA batteries stacked end-to-end. Or put another way, 150 MV. What's with this media obsession with using obscure non-SI units?
In my neck of the woods it's called "journalist units": three soccer fields, five blue whales etc. Somebody even created a website to facilitate conversion but unfortunately the TLS certificate has expired and Cloudflare now blocks access. Article in Danish: https://ing.dk/artikel/lynch-nu-kan-ogsaa-journalister-faa-s...
The worst are the money units! Instead of writing "40 millions dollars", they often omit the number, like "millions of dollars".
This means they only use three values: millions, billions, and thousands.
My best guess for why is that it's a way to not be wrong. If you print "40 millions", and it turns out to be 39, you've lied, which is considered far more bad than being vague.