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The odds of being struck by lightning for over the period of 80 years have been roughly estimated as 1:10000. [12] If the lightning strikes were independent events, the probability of being hit seven times would be (1:10000) 7 = 1:10 28 or 1 in 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1 in 10 octillion). These numbers do not quite apply to ...
A lightning strike or lightning bolt is a lightning event in which an electric discharge takes place between the atmosphere and the ground. Most originate in a cumulonimbus cloud and terminate on the ground, called cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning.
According to local legend, the thunderstorm was the result of a visit by the devil who had made a pact with a local card player and gambler called Jan Reynolds [2] (or Bobby Read, according to the tale recorded at the Tavistock Inn, Poundsgate). The deal was that if the devil ever found him asleep in church, he could have his soul.
New data shows Texas saw the highest number of lightning strikes in the U.S. last year.
Government announces £3,827 in compensation for families of each killed in lightning strikes Record 61,000 lightning strikes in two hours kill 12 people Skip to main content
Lightning crackled in the sky above Pamplona on July 1, as a thunderstorm took hold throughout the southern Pamplona region, local media reported.Spain’s state meteorological agency tweeted that ...
It caused the largest and most rapid rise in carbon-14 levels ever recorded. [33] 993–994 CE [34] [31] [35] It caused a carbon-14 spike visible in tree rings which was used to date Viking archaeological remains in L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland to 1021. [36] 1052 CE found in carbon-14 spike [37] 1279 CE found in carbon-14 spike [37]
Fastest ever recorded: 484±32 km/h (301±20 mph) (3-second gust); calculated by a DOW (Doppler On Wheels) radar unit in the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado between Oklahoma City and Moore, Oklahoma, USA, 3 May 1999. Recently, the wind speeds were re-examined and adjusted to a maximum official wind speed of 321 mph (516.6 km/h).