Blitzorduck Thoughts
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Blitzortung History...
The Untold Story...

Back about 1896, inspired by Hertz, Franklin, Galvani, Marconi, Popov, Volta, and others,
my Great-Great-GranDuck Tesla Drake discovered that when a lightning rod was connected to a frog's bottom,
and lightning was nearby, not only did the legs jerk, but the frog could ring a bell,
thus alerting folks of lightning in the area.
...the very first Blistered Tongue Lightning Detector system...

[Image: blitzortongue2.jpg]

...and Great-Great-Grandma opened the First Fast Food Fried Frog Leg restaurant.

Later, as the 21st Century arrived,
Dr. Egon Wanke began development of a private, low cost, experimental Lightning Detection System,
and by 2009 some of the first systems began appearing.
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However "Blistered Tongue' was apparently mis-translated into German,
(or perhaps because of the updated Frog Firmware and Controller design)
the system is now called "Blitzortung"...

...In recognition of Tesla Drake's pioneering work,
and the contributions of numerous frogs,
the first Blitzortung system was called "System Green".

And there you have it.
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Blitzorduck Thoughts - by Blitzorduck - 2017-10-12, 21:05
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by Blitzorduck - 2017-10-12, 21:06
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by mwaters - 2017-10-12, 21:47
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by mwaters - 2017-10-12, 21:57
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by cutty - 2017-10-12, 22:44
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by mwaters - 2017-10-13, 19:15
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by cutty - 2017-10-13, 20:58
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by mwaters - 2017-10-13, 21:02
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by readbueno - 2017-10-13, 22:11
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by Blitzorduck - 2017-10-15, 16:06
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by mwaters - 2017-10-15, 17:48
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by KY5G - 2017-10-16, 22:13
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by Blitzorduck - 2017-10-23, 16:19
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by Blitzorduck - 2021-05-10, 14:33
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by cutty - 2021-05-10, 14:52
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by cutty - 2021-05-10, 19:22
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by Eric.Wouters - 2021-05-11, 11:23
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by LiamJackson - 2021-05-31, 19:47
RE: Blitzorduck Thoughts - by Matilda - 2023-12-04, 06:27

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