EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon clears F-35 to fly in lightning after years-long hold
|
| |
Breaking Defense ^
| April 01, 2024 at 4:02 PM | Valerie Insinna and Michael Marrow
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has lifted lightning restrictions for the most widely used version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, allowing the Lockheed Martin jet to fly in thunderstorms for the first time since 2020, Breaking Defense has learned. The
Defense Department formally lifted the restrictions on March 19 after devising a hardware and software fix for the lightning protection system used aboard the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant, JPO spokesman Russ Goemaere said in response to a press inquiry. The F-35A had been prohibited from flying within 25 miles of lightning since June 2020, when damaged tubes were...
|
|
|
Don Day Says Women In Viral Video Lucky They Weren’t Fried By Lightning
|
| |
Cowboy State Daily ^
| March 06, 2024 | Andrew Rossi
Two women laughing and smiling in a viral video with hair standing straight up from static electricity were likely in the path of an imminent lightning strike and are lucky they weren’t fried If...the static electricity in the air makes your hair stand on end, a lightning strike isn’t a risk. It’s
imminent. Those were the circumstances behind a viral video filmed at the Horseshoe Bend Overlook in Arizona’s Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. A woman filmed her mother as her long hair stuck straight out from her head and static crackled from the end of her pointed finger on...
|
|
|
Another Biden Program Bites The Dust! Ford Halts 2024 F-150 Lightning Shipments (Jan Car And Light Truck Sales Down -0.7% YoY As M2 Money Growth Remains Negative)
|
| |
Confounded Interest ^
| 02/24/2024 | Anthony B. Sanders
Another Biden program bites the dust, this time his big push to encourage everyone to buy an electric vehicle (EV). Meanwhile, Biden keeps going on vacation (as if he REALLY cares about middle America). Cars and light trucks are seeing declining YoY sales in January (-0.7%) as M2 Money growth remains negative.
Automotive News was the first to report Ford Motor Co. halted shipments of all 2024 F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks for an undisclosed quality control issue just weeks after slashing production volumes for the EV model due to sliding demand. Last month, Ford announced plans to slash the...
|
|
|
Ford slashes prices of 2023 Mustang Mach-E and adds huge incentives for F-150 Lightning
|
| |
Electrek ^
| Feb 20 2024 - 7:00 am PT | Staff
Less than 24 hours after lowering prices of its 2023 Mustang Mach-E models in Canada, Ford Motor Company has followed suit in the US, reducing MSRPs of all trims to adapt to slower EV demand. Lease
programs offer additional discounts in the US, making the Mach-E more affordable than ever. Additionally, Ford has added new incentives for the F-150 Lightning. It’s been over four years since Ford first unveiled the Mustang Mach-E – an all-electric crossover SUV that took one of its most celebrated nameplates and adapted it for the EV age (met with a mix of love and hate)....
|
|
|
Inconvenient Truths About Electric Vehicles (Expensive, Battery Woes, Few Charging Stations) Ford Cuts Lightning Production As Dealers Stuck With Unwanted EVs
|
| |
Confounded Interest ^
| 01/20/2024 | Anthony B. Sanders
Al Gore, former Clinton VP and Senator from Tennessee, has made millions of dollars from his hysterical film about global warning called “An Inconvenient Truth.” For that, Gore (undeservedly) won a Nobel Prize. Then again, Obama won a Nobel Prize for Peace then proceeded bombing people. You
can’t make this stuff up. Well, here are 8 inconvenient truths about electric vehicles that Globalist Democrats like Obama, Biden, Gore and Kerry have been hawking like carnival barkers. EVs are more expensive EVs are inconvenient for anyone who needs a public charger EVs are inconvenient for anyone who drives long distances Insurance...
|
|
|
[Catholic Caucus] Lightning in Argentina and the Progressive Manifestation of Satan’s Influence Over Francis
|
| |
The Remnant Newspaper ^
| January 4, 2024 | Robert Morrison
[Catholic Caucus] Lightning in Argentina and the Progressive Manifestation of Satan’s Influence Over Francis “It is Satan who has been introduced into the bosom of the Church and within a very short time will come to rule a false Church.’’ (St. Padre Pio to Fr. Gabriel Amorth) By now, many of us
have heard about the apparent lightning strike in Argentina on December 17, 2023, Francis’s birthday. According to reports, lightning struck the statue of St. Peter at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás, destroying St. Peter’s key (one key was apparently already missing) and...
|
|
|
[Catholic Caucus] "Buenos Aires: lightning on the halo and keys of St. Peter. Bergoglio at the end of the road?"
|
| |
Pope Head ^
| December 27, 2023 | Andrea Cionci
[Catholic Caucus] "Buenos Aires: lightning on the halo and keys of St. Peter. Bergoglio at the end of the road?"I am reposting another article by Andrea Cionci that was originally published in Sfero.Well, from a faith perspective, how should we interpret the lightning bolt that struck the statue of St. Peter on
December 17th?Statue of Saint Peter, Buenos AiresOn Sunday December 17, 2023, lightning literally pulverized the key and halo of the statue of Saint Peter, located on the facade of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolas , north of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The news...
|
|
|
Ford cuts planned 2024 production of electric F-150 Lightning in half
|
| |
CNBC ^
| DEC 11 20236:08 PM EST | Michael Wayland
KEY POINTS * Ford Motor will cut planned production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup roughly in half next year. * It marks a major reversal after the automaker significantly increased plant capacity for the EV in 2023. * EV demand has been slower than many expected, as prices and interest rates
remain high. But sales of the F-150 Lightning have steadily increased this year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DETROIT — Ford Motor will cut planned production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup roughly in half next year, marking a major reversal after the automaker significantly increased plant capacity for the electric vehicle...
|
|
|
How to Navigate Apple’s Shift From Lightning to USB-C
|
| |
The New York Times ^
| 12th September 2023 | Brian X Chen
... To comply with recent European regulations, the iPhone 15, unveiled Tuesday, will abandon the Lightning connector that has been the method for charging iPhones for 11 years. In
its place will be a different oval-shaped connector: USB-C. For the average tech user, change isn’t fun. This all means that when Apple customers buy their next iPhones, they will no longer be able to plug in all the Lightning accessories they have collected, such as charging cables, speaker docks and earbuds. They will have to replace those with new products that use USB-C connectors to plug into the new iPhones....
|
|
|
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Sprite Lightning in High Definition
|
| |
NASA ^
| 2 Oct, 2023 | Image Credit & Copyright: Nicolas Escurat
Explanation: Sometimes lightning occurs out near space. One
such lightning type is red sprite lightning, which has only been photographed and studied on Earth over the past 25 years. The origins of all types of lightning remain topics for research, and scientists are still trying to figure out why red sprite lightning occurs at all. Research has shown that following a powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strike, red sprites may start as 100-meter balls of ionized air that shoot down from about 80-km high at 10 percent the speed of light. They are quickly followed by a group of upward streaking...
|
|
|
Search for missing F-35 Lightning II fighter jet continues after pilot ejects during 'mishap'
|
| |
FOX NEWS ^
| 9-18-23 | Andrea Vacchinano
U.S. military officials are searching for a missing F-35 jet after a "mishap" caused its pilot to eject on Sunday afternoon. Joint
Base Charleston said on Facebook that the aircraft was a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II belonging to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The pilot ejected safely and was transported to a local medical center. The base is working with Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort to help locate the missing aircraft. Emergency response teams have been deployed to find the jet.
|
|
|
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
|
| |
Youtube ^
| Richard Thompson
A love song for Saturday night.
|
|
|
Florida deputy injured after lightning strikes patrol vehicle....Officials said deputy is expected to be okay
|
| |
www.clickorlando.com ^
| Updated: Aug 6, 2023 / 04:10 PM EDT | by: Sara Filips
Florida deputy was injured after his patrol vehicle was struck by lightning on Sunday, law enforcement officials said. According
to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy was driving his patrol vehicle south on U.S. Route 331 South near Sherwood Drive when it was struck by lightning. Officials said the deputy was transported to a local hospital and “is awake and conscious and is expected to be okay.” His patrol vehicle was inoperable after the strike fried his electrical system, according to the release. Deputies said they also responded to a water rescue at Morrison Springs at 11:45 a.m. for...
|
|
|
The F-35 Lightning's Vulnerability To Lightning Is Both Ironic And Unforgivable
|
| |
Epoch Times ^
| 07/28/2023 | Mike Fredenburg
That the F-35 Lightning II has been prohibited from flying anywhere near lightning is ironic. That
the F-35 has been under development since 1994 and that the Pentagon “doesn’t have a path forward” to fix the F-35 is unforgivable.That a plane that’s supposed to be the foundation of American air supremacy has an Achilles heel so easily exploitable is a glaring example of how our military procurement system wastes taxpayer dollars while failing to provide the weapon systems needed to meet our national security needs.Yes, the F-35, the aging “wunder plane” that the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin have...
|
|
|
VIDEO: INTENSE Lightning Storm Broward County 07-16-23
|
| |
Rumble ^
| July 17, 2023 | DUmmie FUnnies
VIDEOA very INTENSE lightning storm started rolling into Broward County, FL a little after 5 PM on July 6, 2023. I
heard the roar of thunder in the distance at that time and checked LightningMaps.Org which revealed a chain of lightning strikes going off in the Everglades west of me. I immediately drove to a nearby location about 10 miles west of the Atlantic and just south of Tamarac and went up to the third floor balcony of a building. I set up my cell camera on a tripod and pointed it almost due west to catch the incoming lightning...
|
|
|
Lightning striking plumbing causing shock from water
|
| |
Does anyone know if the myth of lightning striking the ground causing a shock to someone say in the bathtub or washing in the sink is true? Supposedly
it could strike the metal pipes underground and travel up the line to connect with the bathtub you're in. I've found myself waiting for a storm to pass just in case, but it might be hogwash. On the other hand I know someone who saw a person struck by lightning and it killed the crap out of them. I'd hate to learn the truth of this from experience.
|
|
|
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Lightning on Jupiter
|
| |
NASA ^
| 25 Jun, 2023 | Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill
Explanation: Does lightning occur only on Earth? No. Spacecraft in our Solar System have detected lightning on other planets, including Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, and lightning is likely on Venus, Uranus, and Neptune. Lightning is a sudden rush of electrically charged particles from one location to another. On
Earth, drafts of colliding ice and water droplets usually create lightning-generating charge separation, but what happens on Jupiter? Images and data from NASA's Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft bolster previous speculation that Jovian lightning is also created in clouds containing water and ice. In the featured Juno photograph, an optical flash was captured in...
|
|
|
End game in the Ukraine war approaches with lightning speed
|
| |
Doctorow ^
| 20 June 23 | Gilbert
Today Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made an announcement that has not yet been carried in Western media but which is of the most grave nature. According
to the latest intelligence reports, Russia believes that the Ukrainian armed forces now intend to cover their failed counter-offensive in the Donbas by using US-supplied Himars multiple launch artillery and UK-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles, possibly in the longer range domestic version, to attack the Crimea. If this happens, says Shoigu, Russia will consider both the United States and Britain to have fully entered the war as co-belligerents. And Russia will immediately respond...
|
|
|
Six-year-old boy dies from lightning strike weeks after father was killed instantly in same blast
|
| |
New York Post ^
| June 17, 2023
A Texas boy has died after he was struck by lightning last month while walking home from school with his father. Grayson
Boggs’ death was the fifth lightning fatality of the year in the U.S. and the second in Texas. Matthew Boggs, the 6-year-old’s father, was the state’s first this year. It was just after 5 p.m. May 15 in the small Central Texas town of Valley Mills when the bus arrived to drop off Grayson from kindergarten and his 11-year-old brother Elijah.
|
|
|
Did a Church that Embraces LGBTQ+ People Burn Down After a Lightning Strike?
|
| |
https://www.msn.com ^
| June 4 2023 | unk
Amassive six-alarm fire ravaged a 160-year-old Massachusetts church, a blaze that the interim pastor believes may have been started by a lightning strike. An
automated alarm brought firefighters to the First Congregational United Church on Main Street around 3 p.m. Friday. Sign up for our Newsletters Firefighters did not see any fire or smoke when they first arrived at the church, but when they went inside, they discovered smoke inside the steeple. The flames spread quickly from there and grew in intensity.
|
|