Interesting Facts on Lightning

STUFF vou DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT LAGHTN NG LIGHTNING HOTSPOTS 70%*ebal ightning ecurain the trpic' of 10% of all people struck by lightning were in Florida at the time. The Empire State Building is struck 24 times per year on average. It was once struck 8 times in 24 minutes. In July 2007, 30 people were killed by lightning in the remote village of Ushari Dara in northwestern Pakistan Above the Catatumbo River in Venezuela lightning flashes several times per minute 160 nights of the year. The small village of Kifuka is the most struck place on earth with 158 strikes per square kilometer per year. Singapore has one of the world's highest rates of lightning activity. 68 COWS were killed by a single lightning strike at a farm near Dorrigo, New South Wales POSITIVE LIGHTNING X 10,000,000 10 CAN TRAVEL 43X Roy Gullivai THE AIR THE HEAT OF THE SURFACE MILES immediately round a AHEAD OF A LIGHTNING BOLT OF THE SUN STORM | holds the Guinness World Record for getting struck by lightning. As a park ranger, he was hit 7 times and survived. 1972 - Lightning struck Roy at a ranger station, setting his hair on fire. 1970 - A bolt jumped from a power transformer near Roy's house and seared his left shoulder. August 1973 - A bolt struck Roy's right side and blew his shoe off while he was trying to run away from a storm. July 1969 - Roy was hit by a bolt that ricocheted off a tree and entered his truck while he was June 1976 Fleeing a suspicious stormcloud, Roy was hit by lightning. driving. April 1942 - Roy was hit while hiding from a thunderstorm in a lookout tower, receiving a half-inch burn the length of his right leg. June 1977 - A bolt struck Roy while he was fishing. He then proceeded to fight off a bear with a stick. Sources: http://en.wikipedla.org/wiki/Lightning#Ball_lightning http://en.wikipedia.org/wikl/Roy Sullivan, http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2005-12-12-lightning_x.htm, http://thunder.nsstc.nasa.gov/images/HRFC_AnnualFlashRate_cap.jpg; http://www.angelfire.com/ct2/lightning/interesting_facts.htm; http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0623_040623_lightningfacts.htmi OCTOBER 31, 2005 3 cows were paralyzed but made a full recovery STUFF vou DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT LAGHTN NG LIGHTNING HOTSPOTS 70%*ebal ightning ecurain the trpic' of 10% of all people struck by lightning were in Florida at the time. The Empire State Building is struck 24 times per year on average. It was once struck 8 times in 24 minutes. In July 2007, 30 people were killed by lightning in the remote village of Ushari Dara in northwestern Pakistan Above the Catatumbo River in Venezuela lightning flashes several times per minute 160 nights of the year. The small village of Kifuka is the most struck place on earth with 158 strikes per square kilometer per year. Singapore has one of the world's highest rates of lightning activity. 68 COWS were killed by a single lightning strike at a farm near Dorrigo, New South Wales POSITIVE LIGHTNING X 10,000,000 10 CAN TRAVEL 43X Roy Gullivai THE AIR THE HEAT OF THE SURFACE MILES immediately round a AHEAD OF A LIGHTNING BOLT OF THE SUN STORM | holds the Guinness World Record for getting struck by lightning. As a park ranger, he was hit 7 times and survived. 1972 - Lightning struck Roy at a ranger station, setting his hair on fire. 1970 - A bolt jumped from a power transformer near Roy's house and seared his left shoulder. August 1973 - A bolt struck Roy's right side and blew his shoe off while he was trying to run away from a storm. July 1969 - Roy was hit by a bolt that ricocheted off a tree and entered his truck while he was June 1976 Fleeing a suspicious stormcloud, Roy was hit by lightning. driving. April 1942 - Roy was hit while hiding from a thunderstorm in a lookout tower, receiving a half-inch burn the length of his right leg. June 1977 - A bolt struck Roy while he was fishing. He then proceeded to fight off a bear with a stick. Sources: http://en.wikipedla.org/wiki/Lightning#Ball_lightning http://en.wikipedia.org/wikl/Roy Sullivan, http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2005-12-12-lightning_x.htm, http://thunder.nsstc.nasa.gov/images/HRFC_AnnualFlashRate_cap.jpg; http://www.angelfire.com/ct2/lightning/interesting_facts.htm; http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0623_040623_lightningfacts.htmi OCTOBER 31, 2005 3 cows were paralyzed but made a full recovery STUFF vou DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT LAGHTN NG LIGHTNING HOTSPOTS 70%*ebal ightning ecurain the trpic' of 10% of all people struck by lightning were in Florida at the time. The Empire State Building is struck 24 times per year on average. It was once struck 8 times in 24 minutes. In July 2007, 30 people were killed by lightning in the remote village of Ushari Dara in northwestern Pakistan Above the Catatumbo River in Venezuela lightning flashes several times per minute 160 nights of the year. The small village of Kifuka is the most struck place on earth with 158 strikes per square kilometer per year. Singapore has one of the world's highest rates of lightning activity. 68 COWS were killed by a single lightning strike at a farm near Dorrigo, New South Wales POSITIVE LIGHTNING X 10,000,000 10 CAN TRAVEL 43X Roy Gullivai THE AIR THE HEAT OF THE SURFACE MILES immediately round a AHEAD OF A LIGHTNING BOLT OF THE SUN STORM | holds the Guinness World Record for getting struck by lightning. As a park ranger, he was hit 7 times and survived. 1972 - Lightning struck Roy at a ranger station, setting his hair on fire. 1970 - A bolt jumped from a power transformer near Roy's house and seared his left shoulder. August 1973 - A bolt struck Roy's right side and blew his shoe off while he was trying to run away from a storm. July 1969 - Roy was hit by a bolt that ricocheted off a tree and entered his truck while he was June 1976 Fleeing a suspicious stormcloud, Roy was hit by lightning. driving. April 1942 - Roy was hit while hiding from a thunderstorm in a lookout tower, receiving a half-inch burn the length of his right leg. June 1977 - A bolt struck Roy while he was fishing. He then proceeded to fight off a bear with a stick. Sources: http://en.wikipedla.org/wiki/Lightning#Ball_lightning http://en.wikipedia.org/wikl/Roy Sullivan, http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2005-12-12-lightning_x.htm, http://thunder.nsstc.nasa.gov/images/HRFC_AnnualFlashRate_cap.jpg; http://www.angelfire.com/ct2/lightning/interesting_facts.htm; http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0623_040623_lightningfacts.htmi OCTOBER 31, 2005 3 cows were paralyzed but made a full recovery