Some things about lightning you maybe didn’t know
- In 1998, lightning killed an entire football team in Congo whilst leaving the home side completely unscathed.
- Every second 100 lightning strikes hit the Earth producing as much energy per year as 75,000 megaton bombs!!
- On average, an airplane is hit by lightning once a year.
- Roy Sullivan, a former US park ranger has been hit by lighting seven times! Lightning has burned off his eyebrows, seared his shoulder, set his hair on fire, injured his ankle, and burned his belly and chest.
- One lightning strike carries 30 million volts?as much electricity as 2.5 million car batteries.
- A St. Elmo’s Fire is a type of lightning that clings to ships’ masts and makes them glow. It was named for a 4th-century Italian bishop, Elmo, patron saint of fire.
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