[thedoc (OP)]

Does lightning sour milk? My uncle was a dairy man and he said yes but I am a scientists and I just don't see it. However, we just had a series of storms go through and a half a gallon of milk soured. Humm. We never have milk sour. It is making me wonder.
Asked by Lynn


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[syhprum]

Thunder storms produce Nitrogen compounds that could well act as a stimulant for the milk souring bacteria.

[Bored chemist]

The sort of weather that stirs up a thunderstorm is also likely to stir up dust - which may well carry the sorts of bacteria that sour milk.