Chapter 6
Natural Wonders » Trap Lightning in a Block

reeze a charge screaming through solid plastic-or printer toner-to see how electricity moves. There are many unusual things to see around Newton Falls, Ohio-the Wal- Mart with hitching posts for Amish buggies, the Army base with helicopters and tanks proudly arranged on hills-but I was here for the most unusual thing of all: the local Dynamitron.

I was here to make frozen lightning.