GREAT READS → DOWN TO A SCIENCE Issue 964 · June 7, 2023

What Causes Thunder and Lightning?   

The first thing you need to know is that it’s all about electricity

What Causes Thunder and Lightning?   
Hi, Kids,

This is Professor Mordy Maven, Thinker, Wonderer, and Figure-Outer of all things Science-ish. What that basically means is I try really hard to figure stuff out. I do the hard work so you don’t have to!

Last night I spent some time under my bed. I was there on a humanitarian mission, trying to comfort my little brother. He was terrified, and he needed my help. In case you want to know, I wasn’t frightened at all. At all!

I can’t blame the kid for being scared, though. There was a really crazy thunderstorm going on outside. Lightning was flashing and thunder was crashing and it was really, really loud and scary and… I mean it was for my little brother. Not for me, of course. I was totally cool about it.

“I skeered from da Kunda…” he kept saying. “So, so loud. Mordy, me so skeered!” Poor kid! I wrapped my arms tightly around his little body to comfort him.

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