BROWSING the weather forecast site www.nowcast.co.uk, John Poyner was somewhat startled to be presented with an advertisement for supermarket Tesco offering a “Thunder and Lightning Strike” – with free delivery. Had they been reading the article about artificial lightning from Tesla coils in this magazine on 24 June (p 36)?
British newspapers are notorious for going bananas over a bit of weather. They are not alone. Ian Stewart forwards a bulletin from the Bulgarian news agency at www.novinite.com: “The heat wave, which started sizzling in Bulgaria last week, will continue on Friday, to be followed by spells of showers over the weekend… Experts attribute the weird…
