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=__** LIGHTNING!**__ =

= =  Lightning in numbers 5 - miles a strike can reach 50,000 (degrees farenheit)- Temperature air can reach due to lightning 3,696 - Deaths just in the US (1959-2003) from lightning 80 - Percentage of people that have been struck by lightning who are killed or experience long term effects 60,000 m/s- speed a lightning bolt can travel 16,000,000 - amount of lightning storms in a year in the world 25- The amount of times the Empire State Building is struck with lightning a //year// 4-5,000,000,000 - Cost to cover damage from lightning each year

Lightning in Science  More Facts
 *  Caused by major electrical charge differences developed in clouds, static charge, wind humidity, or atmospheric pressure. Scientists are still unsure of exact cause
 *  Rapid expansion of heated air (caused by the lightning) forms thunder
 *  Since light travels faster sound, lightning appears before thunder is heard
 *  There are positive and negative strikes, positive strikes are 5 times more powerful
 *  The air around the lightning bolt reaches temperature’s about 5 times of the sun!
 *  There is more energy in a big thunderstorm than an atomic bomb
 *  Benjamin Franklin was the first to prove lightning was electricity
 *  An average bolt could light up a 100-watt light bulb for almost 3 years!
 *  Lightning is actually pretty thin (about the size of a silver dollar) but because of it’s light, it appears larger
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman;"> The fear of lightning is “keraunophobia”.

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