The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is a community service and work-based job training program for older Americans. Authorized by the Older Americans Act, the program provides training for low-income, unemployed seniors. Participants also have access to employment assistance through American Job Centers. SCSEP participants gain work experience in a variety of community service activities at non-profit and public facilities, including schools, hospitals, day-care centers, and senior centers.
Lightning and Thunder. Lightning is the spark caused when electricity that has built up in a thunderhead discharges. One theory is that air in motion rubs particles of ice and rain moving downward against particles moving upward. As the particles rub together they become charged with static electricity.
A flash of light in the sky caused by an electrical discharge between clouds or between a cloud and the Earth's surface. The flash heats the air and usually causes thunder. Lightning may appear as a jagged streak, as a bright sheet, or in rare cases, as a glowing red ball. Our Living Language : As storm clouds develop, the temperature at the top of the cloud becomes much cooler than that at the bottom.