Electrical Storms 



This is the season of sudden 

 >Iectrical storms of mucli inten- 

 ilty wliich sometimes bring 

 ieath along with their destruc- 

 ive power. Some good advice 

 ;omes to us today from Connecti- 

 wt 0. W. Apicer, president of 

 he Bartlett Tree Expert com- 

 jany, suggests that valuable 

 lees 50, 75 or 150 feet tall on 

 rour suburban or country place 

 lecome lightning targets during 

 he summer. These, he said, can 

 )e turned into giant lightning 

 ■ods which will protect both the 

 rees and the surrounding areas, 

 I loosely-woven copper condu^ 

 or can be extended from th^ 

 lee-top down the forks an 

 ilong the trunks, then grounded 

 leep in the soil beyond the 

 iranch spread. A lightning bolt 

 triking such a tree is carried 

 larralessly into the ground. 



During a thunderstorm, he ad- 

 rises, keep away from all tall 

 rees, wire fences, beaches and 

 Deposed hUltops. If you're near 

 m isolated tree, lightning may 

 ump from it to your body. Or it 

 nay enter your body after strik- 

 rg the ground. Or you may be 

 lurt if a tree explodes under a 

 ightning stroke. Trees along a 

 itream or lake are more apt to be 

 lit than those in dryer soil. Oaks, 

 !lms, pines, ashes, poplars and 

 naples — in that order — are 

 itruck more frequently than any 

 ither trees. Tall trees are choice 

 argets for lightning bolts be- 

 ause they offer the shortest dis- 

 Bnce between cloud and ground. 



A negative electrical charge 

 juilds up in a cloud during a 

 itorra. An equal positive pharge 

 B built up on the ground. Thi 

 two attack each other. As th' 

 negative charge moves with th 

 cloud, the positive charge race; 

 along the ground beneath it. The 

 positive charge sweeps up trees 

 and buildings to meet the nega- 

 tive charge coming down from 

 the cloud. That is why forks of 

 lightning may be seen moving 

 up from a tree as well as reach- 

 ing down from the sky. 



All this is good advice. It is 

 well to remember these points 

 when vacationing or out on a 

 picnic when a sudden storm 

 liurets upon your group. Some- 

 ilay it may save a life. 





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Jail and Church Targets 



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 Crops Thus Far Ur 

 River Rises Slowly 



Northampton, May 10— The mo 

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.ightning Strikes 

 'orth Adams Horn 



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 The TfiSPflflfW^strlke of th^ 

 year was reported here to'day. 



The bolt struck the home of Mr 

 and Mrs. John Simmons during 

 a near cloudburst, setting: (ire to 

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Fire Loss Runs High 

 From Severe Storm 



Lightning, which accompanied 

 this vicinity early last Thursday 

 area, or\g_j:es ulting in a $12,000 

 uption for 



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Lightning is a major cause of farm fires. It strikes without warn- 

 ing. Losses are usually disastrous, and crippling. If your buildings 

 are high, isolated, located on a hill or high ground, or in an area 

 where electrical storms are severe and frequent, you should consider 

 protection from lightning. 



Nearby metallic objects, such as ventilating heads, barn tracks, 

 television aerials, fences and wiring with poor or inadequate grounds, 

 may increase your hazards. 



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j^e hope of malun||gilw m 

 roads n^^ttlggif0tKMffans,t man's 

 most elusive natural foe, scientists 

 of General Electric Company con- 

 ducted their eighth summer of 

 lightning research high atop New 

 i 'York's Empire State building this 

 1 I past season. Complete photographic 

 records and electjjcal measure- 

 ments were obtained on all light- 

 ning strokes striking the National 

 Broadcasting Company's antenna 



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 den thunderstorm which swept 

 Norwich shortly after 10 a. iri. 

 Thursday. 



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 in Norwich was struck by a bolt; 

 of lightning, which apparently 

 struck a television guy wire and 

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