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EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER…

EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER…. Interesting Lightning Facts. What causes lightning?. Lightning is caused by nature’s need to balance positive and negative electrical charges in two regions. Lightning carries both the negative charge out and the positive charge back. Amazing Facts.

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EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER…

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  1. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER… Interesting Lightning Facts

  2. What causes lightning? • Lightning is caused by nature’s need to balance positive and negative electrical charges in two regions. • Lightning carries both the negative charge out and the positive charge back.

  3. Amazing Facts • _______ thunderstorms are taking place somewhere in the world at this moment. • Lightningstrikes the earth _______ times each second. • Lightning heats the air to more than _______ degrees Fahrenheit. • Lightning travels at a speed of _______ miles per second.

  4. Don’t stand under a tree. • Oaks are the most dangerous trees in the forest during a thunderstorm. • 45 to 60 times more likely to be struck • high moisture content attracts lightning • Beeches are the safest trees in the forest.

  5. Struck by Lightning • Only 20% of persons struck by lightning die. • However, 70% of those struck by lightning suffer serious long-term effects, including: • Memory loss • Attention deficit • Sleep disturbance • Fatigue • Depression

  6. Weird Science • The sudden intense heat from lightning can literally blow the clothes off a person. • A soldier was sealed into his sleeping bag when lightning struck and welded the zipper. • Alternate plates in a stack of 12 were shattered when a house in Iowa was struck by lightning. • A bolt of lightning that struck a windowpane created an almost perfectly circular 2-inch hole.

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