Though the exact meanings are lost to us for all the different flowers and colors, we still use the rose to get our emotions across to the recipient. âThe single rose is, in essence, a symbol of completion, of consummate achievement and perfectionâ, says J. E. Cirlot in his âA Dictionary of Symbolsâ.
The plane didnât make an emergency landing or detour â it continued on to its destination of Denver, Colorado, where passengers got another shock: they found the lightning strike punched a hole through the nose of the plane.
A lightning bolt follows a very long, meandering path between the cloud and ground or between clouds. During each flash, every portion of the long lightning path simultaneoulsy emits an explosive sound - a shock wave. If you are an observer on the ground, you'll first hear a loud BOOM from the portion of the lightning stroke that was closest to you.