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Saporificpug t1_jecsn3y wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:50 AM

Reply to comment by BassBanjoBikes in Eli5: how does thunder and lightning happen? by Glubygluby

The polarity is flipped for majority of storms. Commonly the storm is going to be - and the Earth is +. Though rarely it is possible for them to be the opposite.