Essay by Eric Worrall
The Guardian has resorted to interpreting evil omens and portents, to try to bolster their push for climate climate action.
How lightning killed nine Queensland cattle in one strike – and what it has to do with climate change
Experts say lightning strikes 1.5bn times a year, but global heating is causing them to shift further away from the equator
Natasha May Thu 17 Mar 2022 16.39 AEDT
Nine cattle were struck by lightning and killed in central Queensland earlier this month during an incident experts say could become more common with climate change.
Grazier John Ellrott said a heatwave that was affecting his property at Morinish and the surrounding Rockhampton region on 7 March culminated in a dry electrical storm. The next day Ellrott discovered his cows dead in a heap in a paddock.
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Bluff grazier Cathy Hoare also lost two cows and two calves at her Rockyview property 80km away.
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How common is it?
Mark Collins, chair of Ag Force’s Ag Business Committee, said the occurrence was not common, but does happen.
He lost 10 head of cattle 20 years ago in a severe electrical storm.
However, he said it’s unusual to have severe electrical storms in central Queensland at this time of year, since they typically occur through spring to early summer.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/17/how-lightning-killed-nine-queensland-cattle-in-one-strike-and-what-it-has-to-do-with-climate-change
What can I say – back in the old days the ignorant and superstitious blamed witches for mysterious cattle deaths, so I guess there is a kind of cultural symmetry to some people today attempting to blame the carbon demon for anything unusual which happens.
The Guardian is trash and has been so for many years.
Lightning can and will kill many species of animals, humans or otherwise when exposed and close together.
Highest Mortality Due to Single Direct Lightning strike was 21 back in 1975.
The lightning flash that killed 21 people in a hut in Manica Tribal Trust Lands in eastern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe] on 23 December 1975: With regard to this event, the primary sources of information consisted of (a) a news release from the Reuters News Service for 24 December 1975 and (b) a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records for 1977.
https://wmo.asu.edu/content/world-highest-mortality-lightning-single