All About Lightning

"The bolt can be over five es (eight kilometers) long". The irrational fear of lightning (and thunder) is astraphobia. 100 MILLION Number of Lightning Deaths by State from 2000 to 2009 The Lightning DEATHS RANK OF STATE VOLTS IS THE ELECTRICAL 2000-2009 POTENTIAL BY LIGHTNING Alabama DEATHS 6 45 14 UNITED STATES Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Thunder Number of 412 ghtning Deaths in USA 7 21 The air particles quickly expand and contract at a rate faster than the speed of sound creating rapidly moving sound 6 8 24 19 is not confined to thunderstorms. IS A GIANT DISCHARGE OF ELECTRICITY ACCOMPANIED BY A BRILLIANT FLASH OF LIGHT AND A LOUD CRACK OF THUNDER. Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. 27 waves known as Thunder. 38 46 47 Florida 70 The current in a lightning bolt is as high as 30,000 amperes, about 150 times more than ordinary house current of 200 НОT AIR Georgia 20 4 Hawaii 48 Idaho 42 amps. НOT AIR Illinois 9 16 Indiana 4 27 lowa 4 28 One grinder generates One lamp consumes Kansas 32 Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland 9 17 200 VOLTS 150 VOLTS 11 11 25 26 29 20 33 12 16 39 40 43 49 14 34 22 5 50 8 30 51 6. 35 31 7 5 COLD AIR COLD AIR 5 Victims of lightning do not retain the charge and are not "electrified." Missouri It is safe to help them. Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi 8 3 Lighter particles O tend to be positively charged and end up near \the top of the cloud, while negatively charged particles are near the bottom of The most 11 commonly accepted theory of how lightning forms is that, when ice and water particles collide in a cloud, 12 HOT AIR Montana Nebraska Nevada 2 LIGHTNING IS NOT CONFINED TO THUNDERSTORMS The study or science of lightning is called fulminology, and someone who studies lightning is referred to as a fulminologist. they are charged. Each bolt has the potential to be as strong as a billion volts with temperatures as high as 54,000. New Hampshire 10 3 7 New Jersey New Mexico Rubber shoes will not give you any meaningful protection from lightning. New York North Carolina North Dakota the cloud. 17 FIRST PHASE SECOND I PHASE THIRD PHASE Ohio Oklahoma 13 4 CHANNEL- Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island 13 3 4 НOT AIR 20 M SECOND RETURN THIRD RETURN COLD AIR The Fourth of July South Carolina is historíchily one of the most deadly times of the year for lightning in the U.S. In summer, especially on a holiday, more people are outside 14 FIRST RETURN South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont 3 36 13 3 18 11 27 9 2 41 PÒINT OF IMPÁCT Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 10 15 THERE ARE 16 MILLION LIGHTNING STORMS The Empire State Building is designed to serve as a lightning rod for the surrounding area. It is struck by lightning about 100 times per year. 52 It is the operating range a beam on the surface land. 1 44 7 23 IN THE WORLD EVERY YEAR. 3 37 FIXT 1 SOURCE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "The bolt can be over five es (eight kilometers) long". The irrational fear of lightning (and thunder) is astraphobia. 100 MILLION Number of Lightning Deaths by State from 2000 to 2009 The Lightning DEATHS RANK OF STATE VOLTS IS THE ELECTRICAL 2000-2009 POTENTIAL BY LIGHTNING Alabama DEATHS 6 45 14 UNITED STATES Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Thunder Number of 412 ghtning Deaths in USA 7 21 The air particles quickly expand and contract at a rate faster than the speed of sound creating rapidly moving sound 6 8 24 19 is not confined to thunderstorms. IS A GIANT DISCHARGE OF ELECTRICITY ACCOMPANIED BY A BRILLIANT FLASH OF LIGHT AND A LOUD CRACK OF THUNDER. Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. 27 waves known as Thunder. 38 46 47 Florida 70 The current in a lightning bolt is as high as 30,000 amperes, about 150 times more than ordinary house current of 200 НОT AIR Georgia 20 4 Hawaii 48 Idaho 42 amps. НOT AIR Illinois 9 16 Indiana 4 27 lowa 4 28 One grinder generates One lamp consumes Kansas 32 Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland 9 17 200 VOLTS 150 VOLTS 11 11 25 26 29 20 33 12 16 39 40 43 49 14 34 22 5 50 8 30 51 6. 35 31 7 5 COLD AIR COLD AIR 5 Victims of lightning do not retain the charge and are not "electrified." Missouri It is safe to help them. Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi 8 3 Lighter particles O tend to be positively charged and end up near \the top of the cloud, while negatively charged particles are near the bottom of The most 11 commonly accepted theory of how lightning forms is that, when ice and water particles collide in a cloud, 12 HOT AIR Montana Nebraska Nevada 2 LIGHTNING IS NOT CONFINED TO THUNDERSTORMS The study or science of lightning is called fulminology, and someone who studies lightning is referred to as a fulminologist. they are charged. Each bolt has the potential to be as strong as a billion volts with temperatures as high as 54,000. New Hampshire 10 3 7 New Jersey New Mexico Rubber shoes will not give you any meaningful protection from lightning. New York North Carolina North Dakota the cloud. 17 FIRST PHASE SECOND I PHASE THIRD PHASE Ohio Oklahoma 13 4 CHANNEL- Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island 13 3 4 НOT AIR 20 M SECOND RETURN THIRD RETURN COLD AIR The Fourth of July South Carolina is historíchily one of the most deadly times of the year for lightning in the U.S. In summer, especially on a holiday, more people are outside 14 FIRST RETURN South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont 3 36 13 3 18 11 27 9 2 41 PÒINT OF IMPÁCT Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 10 15 THERE ARE 16 MILLION LIGHTNING STORMS The Empire State Building is designed to serve as a lightning rod for the surrounding area. It is struck by lightning about 100 times per year. 52 It is the operating range a beam on the surface land. 1 44 7 23 IN THE WORLD EVERY YEAR. 3 37 FIXT 1 SOURCE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "The bolt can be over five es (eight kilometers) long". The irrational fear of lightning (and thunder) is astraphobia. 100 MILLION Number of Lightning Deaths by State from 2000 to 2009 The Lightning DEATHS RANK OF STATE VOLTS IS THE ELECTRICAL 2000-2009 POTENTIAL BY LIGHTNING Alabama DEATHS 6 45 14 UNITED STATES Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Thunder Number of 412 ghtning Deaths in USA 7 21 The air particles quickly expand and contract at a rate faster than the speed of sound creating rapidly moving sound 6 8 24 19 is not confined to thunderstorms. IS A GIANT DISCHARGE OF ELECTRICITY ACCOMPANIED BY A BRILLIANT FLASH OF LIGHT AND A LOUD CRACK OF THUNDER. Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. 27 waves known as Thunder. 38 46 47 Florida 70 The current in a lightning bolt is as high as 30,000 amperes, about 150 times more than ordinary house current of 200 НОT AIR Georgia 20 4 Hawaii 48 Idaho 42 amps. НOT AIR Illinois 9 16 Indiana 4 27 lowa 4 28 One grinder generates One lamp consumes Kansas 32 Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland 9 17 200 VOLTS 150 VOLTS 11 11 25 26 29 20 33 12 16 39 40 43 49 14 34 22 5 50 8 30 51 6. 35 31 7 5 COLD AIR COLD AIR 5 Victims of lightning do not retain the charge and are not "electrified." Missouri It is safe to help them. Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi 8 3 Lighter particles O tend to be positively charged and end up near \the top of the cloud, while negatively charged particles are near the bottom of The most 11 commonly accepted theory of how lightning forms is that, when ice and water particles collide in a cloud, 12 HOT AIR Montana Nebraska Nevada 2 LIGHTNING IS NOT CONFINED TO THUNDERSTORMS The study or science of lightning is called fulminology, and someone who studies lightning is referred to as a fulminologist. they are charged. Each bolt has the potential to be as strong as a billion volts with temperatures as high as 54,000. New Hampshire 10 3 7 New Jersey New Mexico Rubber shoes will not give you any meaningful protection from lightning. New York North Carolina North Dakota the cloud. 17 FIRST PHASE SECOND I PHASE THIRD PHASE Ohio Oklahoma 13 4 CHANNEL- Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island 13 3 4 НOT AIR 20 M SECOND RETURN THIRD RETURN COLD AIR The Fourth of July South Carolina is historíchily one of the most deadly times of the year for lightning in the U.S. In summer, especially on a holiday, more people are outside 14 FIRST RETURN South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont 3 36 13 3 18 11 27 9 2 41 PÒINT OF IMPÁCT Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 10 15 THERE ARE 16 MILLION LIGHTNING STORMS The Empire State Building is designed to serve as a lightning rod for the surrounding area. It is struck by lightning about 100 times per year. 52 It is the operating range a beam on the surface land. 1 44 7 23 IN THE WORLD EVERY YEAR. 3 37 FIXT 1 SOURCE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC