enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. St. Elmo's fire - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo's_fire

    Illustration of St. Elmo's fire on a ship at sea Electrostatic discharge flashes across the windscreen of a KC-10 cockpit.. St. Elmo's fire (also called witchfire or witch's fire [1]) is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn [2] in an atmospheric electric field.

  3. What you should know about the St. Elmo’s fire phenomenon ...

    www.aol.com/causes-st-elmo-fire-phenomenon...

    Pilots evacuating in preparation for Hurricane Idalia observed bright blue light outside their aircraft, an event called St. Elmo’s fire. Here’s what causes it.

  4. Sailors' superstitions - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailors'_superstitions

    The electrical discharges at the mastheads of ships were read as a sign of his protection and came to be called "Saint Elmo's Fire". [36] [37] Thus, Saint Elmo's Fire was usually good luck in traditional sailor's lore, but because it is a sign of electricity in the air and interferes with compass readings, sailors sometimes regarded it as an ...

  5. Blizzard - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard

    Luminous Blizzard of 1817. January 17, 1817. In Massachusetts and Vermont, a severe snowstorm was accompanied by frequent lightning and heavy thunder. St. Elmo's fire reportedly lit up trees, fence posts, house roofs, and even people. John Farrar professor at Harvard, recorded the event in his memoir in 1821. [19] Great Snowstorm of 1821.

  6. Rob Lowe recalls people dressing up as his “St. Elmo’s Fire ...

    www.aol.com/rob-lowe-recalls-people-dressing...

    Related: St. Elmo's Fire actors look back at movie that defined a generation Lowe had been in several movies (starting with The Outsiders) by the time of St. Elmo's Fire, but the Joel Schumacher ...

  7. History of electromagnetic theory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_electromagnetic...

    Lightning and other manifestations of electricity such as St. Elmo's fire were known in ancient times, but it was not understood that these phenomena had a common origin. [11] Ancient Egyptians were aware of shocks when interacting with electric fish (such as the electric catfish) or other animals (such as electric eels). [12]

  8. What you should know about the St. Elmo’s fire phenomenon ...

    www.aol.com/news/causes-st-elmo-fire-phenomenon...

    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

  9. Rob Lowe Says ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ Sequel Is in ‘Early Stages’

    www.aol.com/entertainment/rob-lowe-says-st-elmo...

    Rob Lowe says a sequel to St. Elmo’s Fire is in the works. Lowe, 60, teased the project during an interview with Entertainment Tonight on Monday, July 29. "We've met with the studio and I have ...