LIGHTNING

LIGHTNING FACTS

• Lightning- Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge during an electrical storm between electrically charged regions of a cloud .

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• There are many types of lightning; cloud to ground, cloud to cloud, heat lightning, ball lightning, and many more.
• The picture shown is ball lightning.

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• Around one quarter of lightning is from cloud to ground.
• When lightning strikes the ground it seeks out the shortest route to The something with a positive charge, this might be a tree, a tall building or if they’re very unlucky, a person.
• Thousands of people are struck by lightning every year.

LIGHTNING SAFETY

• NO PLACE outside is safe when thunderstorms are in the area!
• If you hear thunder, lightning is close enough to strike you.
• When you hear thunder, immediately move to safe shelter: a substantial building with electricity or plumbing or an enclosed, metal-topped vehicle with windows up.

INDOOR LIGHTNING SAFETY

• Stay off corded phones, computers and other electrical equipment that put you in direct contact with electricity.
• Stay away from windows and doors, and stay off porches.
• Avoid plumbing, including sinks, baths and faucets.

OUTDOOR LIGHTNING SAFETY

• Immediately get off elevated areas such as hills, mountain ridges or peaks
• Never lie flat on the ground
• NEVER take shelter under a tree.
• Stay away from lakes, rivers, and ponds.
• If you're outside during a lightning storm get in a ditch and make yourself as small as you can get.

FUN FACTS

• The average temperature for lightning is 20000 degrees celsius.
• You are more likely to be struck by lightning than to be eaten by a shark.
• Lightning strikes within 1 to 2 micro seconds.