Thursday, July 31, 2025

as the planet warms from warming ocean sea waters worldwide will lightning bolts become stronger and more frequent?

I cannot say for sure because I'm not a scientist professionally.

However, just off the top of my head it is logical to me.

What creates lightning bolts?

Likely friction of various kinds creating static electricity.

When winds increase this static electricity is bound to increase too over time.

Which likely will kill more and more people.

For example, growing up I almost never met anyone who was struck by lightning and lived. However, by the time I was 30 I had met several people who had been struck by lightning. But, I also noticed that their lifespans seemed also to be shorter than most people as well.

I can remember being on a promontory rock at Chilao in the Los Angeles National Forest when I was about 10 years old and my father's hair (which was curly stood straight up on his head). So, being an electrician he knew that lightning was about to strike.

So, he said, 'Freddie! We need to get off this rock because lightning is about to strike when your hair goes straight up like that!" We had been laughing because each of our hair looked so funny and then my father got serious and told me we had to leave the top of the boulder or get struck by lightning.

A shocking record: Lightning bolt stretched 515 miles, crossed three states

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A shocking record: Lightning bolt stretched 515 miles, crossed three states

A U.N. agency certified a 2017 "megaflash" as the longest lightning flash on record, than 50 times the length of the average bolt.

A key U.S. inflation gauge rose last month as Trump's tariffs lifted goods prices

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A key U.S. inflation gauge rose last month as Trump's tariffs lifted goods prices

515 mile long Thunderbolt?

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A shocking record: Lightning bolt stretched 515 miles, crossed three states

Elon Musk gives millions to Republican super PACs ahead of the midterms

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Elon Musk gives millions to Republican super PACs ahead of the midterms

Despite publicly vowing to step back from politics, Musk has continued to direct money to the GOP and his own super PAC.

UCLA says it's losing some federal research funding

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UCLA says it's losing some federal research funding

The notice comes as the Trump administration has tried to exert pressure on universities over student protests about the war in Gaza.

Northeast remains drenched after severe storms, flooding

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Northeast remains drenched after severe storms, flooding

Significant turbulence leaves 25 hospitalized after Delta flight diverts

As the winds increase worldwide so do the wind shears which can lead to injuries or even deaths. If you fly on a passenger jet plane anywhere unless you are going to the bathroom always leave your seat belt on loosely no matter what after your plane takes off so you don't wind up like these 25 hospitalized people if your plane hits a wind shear.

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Significant turbulence leaves 25 hospitalized after Delta flight diverts

30,000 feet below the surface of the ocean, explorers find a flourishing ecosystem

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30,000 feet below the surface of the ocean, explorers find a flourishing ecosystem

The creatures were found in the ocean's deepest trench zone, where documentation of such marine communities is exceptionally rare.

Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, CAS

Morenci mine- This is an Open Pit Copper mine that used to be done underground until 1939 and still is in operation today

The open pit copper mine is now 4,450 feet deep in Morenci, Arizona:

My father took me there where he was born in 1916 I think it was 1957 or 1958.

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Morenci mine

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33°05′26″N 109°22′00″W

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Morenci Mine
Location
Morenci Mine 2012
Greenlee County, Arizona
Country	United States
Production
Products	Copper
Owner
Company	Freeport-McMoRan and Sumitomo Metal Mining
Website	www.fcx.com/operations/north-america

The Morenci Mine is a large copper mine located near Morenci, Arizona, United States. Morenci represents one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world, having estimated reserves of 3.2 billion tonnes (3.5×10⁹ short tons) of ore grading 0.16% copper.^[1] It is located in Greenlee County, just outside the company town of Morenci and the town of Clifton. Freeport-McMoRan is the principal owner and, since 2016, Sumitomo Group has owned a 28% interest in the mine.^[2]^: 76

Production

In 2016, copper production at Morenci was 848 million pounds (385,000,000 kg). In 2017, copper production at Morenci was 737 million pounds (334,000,000 kg). 3,300 people were employed there.^[3] As production declined, it was estimated in 2023 that the mine would be exhausted in 20 years.^[4]

The mine is served by the Freeport-McMoRan Industrial Railroad, which interchanges with Arizona Eastern Railway in Clifton. The railroad is used to bring chemicals (primarily sulfuric acid) to the mine, as well as ship out copper concentrate.^[5]^[6]

History

The mine was established as an underground mine in 1871 by the Longfellow Mining Company and was converted into an open-pit mine by the Phelps Dodge Corporation starting in 1937.^[2]^: 45 The earliest operations at Morenci Mine, then called the Longfellow Mine, used mules to transport ore carts.^[2]^: 18

In April 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Freeport McMoran agreed to pay $6.8M to settle federal and state charges pertaining to the outflow of acidic metal bearing waters from the Morenci Mine.^[7] According to the complaint, waters, soils, habitats, and birds were either injured or lost as a result of the hazardous substances.^[8]

Labor Disputes

The Morenci Mine has had a long history of labor disputes between mine workers and the various companies that have operated it.^[2]

One of the earliest strikes at Morenci was in 1903, when workers, who were predominantly of Mexican descent and not represented by a union at the time due to racial issues, went on strike for higher wages. The strike ended when a flash flood destroyed many of the miners' homes and caused 40–50 deaths, prior to an anticipated confrontation between strikers and the U.S. Cavalry.^[2]^: 25^[9]

The Morenci Mine was also central in the historic Arizona mine strike of 1983. From 1983 to 1986, workers at Morenci and three other mines went on strike due to layoffs impacting most of the workers at the mine following a large drop in the price of copper. Following the hiring of strikebreakers by Phelps-Dodge, striking union workers blocked the entrance to the mine,^[10] and engaged in sometimes violent confrontations with the strikebreakers.^[11] The early days of the strike involved large-scale armed intervention from the Arizona National Guard and Department of Public Safety, including armored vehicles and sharpshooters.^[10]^[2]^: 54 In 1984, workers at Morenci began voting to decertify the unions. The strike of 1983 completely failed in 1986 after the NLRB rejected appeals by the unions to halt the decertification.^[2]^: 54

A view of the Morenci Mine, Arizona 2022

References

"The Thirtieth Anniversary of the Phelps Dodge Strike". Cornell University Press. July 8, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2022.

External links

Morenci Copper Mine at Geology for Investors, June 16, 2021

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History

"Morenci Copper Mine, Arizona, United States of America". mining-technology.com. 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2013.

Briggs, D.F. (2016). History of the Copper Mountain (Morenci) Mining District, Greenlee County, Arizona (PDF) (Report). Arizona Geological Survey. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2022.

"Morenci Mine". Freeport-McMoRan. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2018.

Krauss, Clifford (January 27, 2023). "A Copper Mine Could Advance Green Energy but Scar Sacred Land". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 27, 2023.

Samuel, A (August 2, 2011). "Genesee & Wyoming Inc to acquire Arizona Eastern Railway". www.rail.co. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2022.

Kletzer, Ben (March 16, 2020). "Arizona Eastern Railway". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved September 29, 2022.

Freeport-McMoRan Corp. and Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. Will Pay $6.8 Million in Damages for Injuries to Natural Resources from the Morenci Copper Mine in Arizona

"Polluting Copper Mine|Fined $6.8 Million". www.courthousenews.com. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

Park, Joseph F. (1977). "The 1903 "Mexican Affair" at Clifton". The Journal of Arizona History. 18 (2): 119–148. ISSN 0021-9053. JSTOR 42678050.

O’Leary, Anna Ochoa (August 31, 2018). "On the Great Arizona Copper Strike, 1983-1986". UAPress. Retrieved September 28, 2022.

I got to thinking about the heat today:

And of how many people around the world don't have air conditioning (or food) worldwide.

And realized how vulnerable I was when my air conditioner in my car shut down and crapped out.

It made me think differently than I have for awhile where I felt I might not survive today because of the heat with no air conditioning.

Normally, I'm not usually afraid for my wife and my life very much simply because we live in very safe places (relatively speaking) where I don't have to worry very much.

But, it wasn't always like this for example, I remember living in Venice, California for several months in 1969 when I was 21 years old and I never really felt entirely safe living there or several other places I have lived as a young man.

However, when you are young often you just think either that you are immortal or that you are going to die soon. I often told people between 18 and 21 up to 25 that I would be dead by 25. I actually believed this then.

So, there are a lot of changes we all go through in life if we ever survive to 25 or 30. In some ways you don't even recognize yourself at all from 18 to 25 or from 18 to 30. At least I didn't fully recognize myself because I had changed so very much.

However, I'm very adaptable unlike many people I meet. Moving to another town or area has always been pretty easy for me. I think this started with my grandfather (my Dad's Dad) when he took Electrical Contracts all over the western States from Washington to Texas to California, to Arizona. IN fact, my father was born in Morenci, Arizona while my grandfather was wiring up places for workers to live near the open Pit Copper mine that might still be there in 1916.

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Thursday, July 31, 2025

as the planet warms from warming ocean sea waters worldwide will lightning bolts become stronger and more frequent?

A shocking record: Lightning bolt stretched 515 miles, crossed three states

A shocking record: Lightning bolt stretched 515 miles, crossed three states

A key U.S. inflation gauge rose last month as Trump's tariffs lifted goods prices

A key U.S. inflation gauge rose last month as Trump's tariffs lifted goods prices

515 mile long Thunderbolt?

begin quote:

A shocking record: Lightning bolt stretched 515 miles, crossed three states

Elon Musk gives millions to Republican super PACs ahead of the midterms

Elon Musk gives millions to Republican super PACs ahead of the midterms

UCLA says it's losing some federal research funding

UCLA says it's losing some federal research funding

Northeast remains drenched after severe storms, flooding

Northeast remains drenched after severe storms, flooding

Significant turbulence leaves 25 hospitalized after Delta flight diverts

Significant turbulence leaves 25 hospitalized after Delta flight diverts

30,000 feet below the surface of the ocean, explorers find a flourishing ecosystem

30,000 feet below the surface of the ocean, explorers find a flourishing ecosystem

Morenci mine- This is an Open Pit Copper mine that used to be done underground until 1939 and still is in operation today

Morenci mine

Morenci mine

Production

History

Labor Disputes

References

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I got to thinking about the heat today:

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NORTH AMERICA - Freeport-McMoRan

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