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Show Freak Thunder StormMade Storm StormMade Made Weird Spectacle SpectacleIn In the log tog of the British Brltlsh steamer steamerMora steamerMoral steamerMoravian Mora\ Mora Moral MoraIan \ Ian CipL C'1pt C1pt C'ipt Cipt ' ' . . A SImpson deq dest desirlbeda ( rlberI rlbed rlberIa rlbeda a thunder storm on OD December Decemher 30 301002 1002 . , just " within "Ithm Ithm range of ot Cape CapeVerde CapeVerde CapeVerde Verde lighthouse At 1 t 30 i 1 a ' m a awain a\vaim a vaim wain \ \ a1 m puff pu1 ! ' of dust ust ' liden I'lden Ilden laden wind came cameoff cameoff cameoff off the African shore . . . Lightning at atfirst atfirst atfirst first distant on the northeast northcast horl70n horl7on horizonbecame , became ' ' ilmost 'llmost llmost 'ilmost continuous " with "lth lth loud loudthunder loudthunder loudthunder thunder . All the stars were \ % visible ISlble isible ; only onlyupper onlyupper onlyupper upper clouds , , no cumulus , . In the sky skyCaptain skyCaptain skyCaptain Captain SImpson had never before beforeexperlenccd beforeexperienced beforeexperienced experlenccd experienced a severe seere se\ se \ ere thunder ctorm storm ctormwithout stormwithout ; stormwithout without cloud Charles Chnrles llt7hngh rithugh llt7hnghTalm'ln rithughTalm'in ritzhiighTalmin ? Talm'ln Talmln Talm'in Talmin ' ' who describes this frellk freak frellkthunder freakthunder freakthunder thunder storm In his Science Service Servicefeature Servicefeature Servicefeature feature "Why Why " the Weither We'1ther1 We1ther1 Neither ' ? ' goes on ' "For For " fully an hour the tbe sky was wasone wasone wasone one blaze of lightning , and wire wireropes wireropes wireropes ropes misthpads m'1sthpads m1sthpads m'isthPads ' ' . , yardarms , . , derrick derrickends derrickends derrickends ends etc " wore "ere ere were lighted up All the thest'1Ys thest'iys thestiys st'1Ys st1Ys st'iys stiys ' ' seemed to have ha\e ha e hate \ glow lamps lampsthree lampsthree lampsthree three to four feet apart and the themastbeads themastheads themastheads mastbeads mastheads and yardarms a n bright brightlight brightlight light at their extremities'The extremities extremities'The ' 'The The ' The most remarkable remarknble part of the thephenomenon thephenomenon thephenomenon phenomenon " was "as as the e\traordlnary e traordlnary extraordinary etraordlnarysound extraordinarysound extraordinarysound ' \ sound emitted throughout It was was.siys wassiys . , S'1Y8 S1Y8 s'iys siys ' ' the log , e\actlv e actlv e\3ctIv 3ctIv exactly \ ' like the noise - of the sparks sparlcs from the carbons oan otan ofan ot of o thou8'lnds an thou3sinds arc lamp ; ; or as IlS It several thou- thou thoui - 8'lnds 8lnds s'inds sinds ' ' of ot cicadas had taken talen " , up thelr theIr < thelrquarters theIrquarters quarters In the rigging , . or the cracke crack . 01 crack.ling crackling crackeling ling of burning grass or twigs"This twigs"This twigs , "This This " noise was not local ' near nenr the tha'bridge thabridge brIdge thebrIdge , but the officers ollicers reported It all nil Itall itnil over the ship . , even In the nelgh neigh . _ neigh.borhood neighborhood . : ' borhood of the noisy steering s1eermg eear gear g r . , " -Literary Literary - rLiterary gearLiterary Literary Digest . . , J |