Watched an interesting program on Nikola Tesla, on History Channel yesterday. Nikola's why not? attitude coupled with Texas-size ideas really impressed me - he conceived some grandiose projects like harnessing power from lightning and Niagara Falls, and wireless transmission of electricity across the globe! I didn't know until yesterday that Tesla was the inventor of radio and not Marconi; I think my school books said otherwise.
The funny part is, as we were watching this program involving lightning and Tesla, there was this spectacular lightning display going on, right in our backyard. KXAN reported a tornado sighting near Lakeline Mall which is not very far from where we live. So, for the first time, we obeyed (and really felt like obeying!) the TV warnings based on Live Doppler Radar, and spent a few minutes in the bathroom while the storm was passing Round Rock. Here are some photographs (that I found on the Internet) from yesterday's storm in Austin area. Heard that some large oaks were uprooted by the wind, many windows were broken, and about 11,000 folks in Austin area will be without power through Sunday.
The funny part is, as we were watching this program involving lightning and Tesla, there was this spectacular lightning display going on, right in our backyard. KXAN reported a tornado sighting near Lakeline Mall which is not very far from where we live. So, for the first time, we obeyed (and really felt like obeying!) the TV warnings based on Live Doppler Radar, and spent a few minutes in the bathroom while the storm was passing Round Rock. Here are some photographs (that I found on the Internet) from yesterday's storm in Austin area. Heard that some large oaks were uprooted by the wind, many windows were broken, and about 11,000 folks in Austin area will be without power through Sunday.
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