Hurricanes, Tesla Coils, and (Electro-magnetic) Field

Effects

Dr. Eric Karlstrom

Earth’s Magnetic Field (NASA)

Electromagnetic spectrum

Electromagnetic force• Electromagnetic field exerts this force on

electrically charged particles. This is one of four fundamental forces.

• This force holds protons, neutrons and electrons together in atoms

• A changing magnetic field exerts an electric field, conversely, a changing electric field generates a magnetic field.

• What we observe as light is an electromagnetic wave, a propagated oscillatory disturbance in electromagnetic field.

Supercell- Florida

Lightning - East Sydney, Australia

Supercell- Oklahoma, 2002

Tornado and lightning

Lightning

Lightning over Oklahoma City

50,000’ lightning bolt in Oklahoma

North Carolina Twister

Waterspout over Florida Keyes

Circulation over Denver

Luminous phenomena- Blackwell, OK, 19855

Tornado in central Oklahoma

Sound, infrasound, seismology, and electromagnetic generation

Ball Lightning- Australia

Diagram of Supercell

Supercell cartoon

Cross-section of hurricane

Structure of hurricane

Typhoon size

Hurricane from space

Cyclone Catarina- 2004

Inside a Hurricane

Parts of a Hurricane

Hurricane Andrew destruction

House-cars-Katrina

Thunderstorm, Casper Wyoming

Tesla coil

Tesla coil

Nikola Tesla

Tesla’s Colorado Springs Experiments

Tesla’s Wardenclyffe tower

Field Effects: Plank through palm tree

Straw blown into tree

Tree impales car (or vise versa?)- upper tree foliage intact: Hurricane Andrew

Strange car behavior- Hurricane Wilma

Dancing cars

Field Effects- car levitation

Anomalous car behavior