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a vertical empire of water and rage that mistakes the sky for unfinished business
means A thunderhead is a tall, towering storm cloud (a cumulonimbus) whose anvil-shaped top signals a brewing thunderstorm.
from A plain English compound of "thunder" and "head" — the "head" being the swelling crown of the cloud, much as a foaming "head" tops a beer or a wave. "Thunder" descends from Old English "þunor," tied to the storm-god Thunor (Norse Thor) and a cousin of Latin "tonare," to thunder. The naming logic is simply visual: sailors and farmers watching a cloud build its great rounded head and knowing the noise that would follow.
- tall order
- Can tower over 12 miles into the sky
- heavy hitter
- Holds water weighing as much as a million elephants
- anvil shape
- Flat top forms where it hits the stratosphere
- inner speed
- Updrafts can roar past 100 mph
- voltage factory
- Forges a billion volts before each strike
thunderhead mountain — 11,423 ft peak in the great smoky mountains national park, tennessee
thunderhead press — independent publisher founded 1986 in chicago specializing in poetry