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Lightning strike or lightning bolt is an electric discharge between storm clouds and an object. Lightning is a lethal element to thunderstorms. Lightning results from the build-up and discharge of electrical energy between positively and negatively charged areas storm clouds, or between charged portions of the storm and the ground. Lightning bolts can reach up to 20 km in length. The electrical discharges taking place between clouds are rather hazardous for outdoor people, especially if we are up on a mountain that is fully covered by clouds. 10 facts about lightning strike: 1. As many as 1 billion volts can be present in a single bolt 2. A lightning bolt is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun 3. A lightning bolt can have up to a billion volts of electricity 4. Lightning can strike without rain 5. Lightning strikes can explode a tree 6. The odds of being struck by lightning in your lifetime is 1 in 3,000 7. Men are over 4 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women 8. You can’t have thunder without lightning 9. Lightning-strike victims develop a strange rash 10. Lightning can – and often does – strike the same place more than once Lightning Danger: What You Need to Know to Stay Safe: - 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. - Stay in safe shelter at least 30 minutes after you hear the last sound of thunder. - Stay off corded phones, computers and other electrical equipment that put you in direct contact with electricity. - Avoid plumbing, including sinks, baths and faucets. - Stay away from windows and doors, and stay off porches. - Do not lie on concrete floors, and do not lean against concrete walls. If you are caught outside with no safe shelter anywhere nearby the following actions may reduce your risk: - Immediately get off elevated areas such as hills, mountain ridges or peaks. - Never lie flat on the ground. - Never shelter under an isolated tree. - Never use a cliff or rocky overhang for shelter. - Immediately get out and away from ponds, lakes and other bodies of water. - Stay away from objects that conduct electricity (barbed wire fences, power lines, windmills, etc.). What happens when your car gets hit by lightning? It’s important to note that electricity reacts differently to different materials. The outer shell of most cars is generally comprised of metal, but that isn’t always the case – convertibles or cars made out of fiberglass will not fare against lightning the way a metal car will. And there are other factors as well, like whether your car is wet or dry. Add the different energy levels a lightning can have and its typically capricious nature, and you can see why each lightning strike leads to different results. Still, since even today, most cars are comprised of mostly metal, if your car’s windows are closed and the engine is stopped, you are likely to be okay even if lightning strikes your vehicle. That’s because of a phenomenon called the “skin effect” – simply put, lightning has a very high frequency and this makes its currents to be carried out mostly on the outside of conducting objects. Things like copper wires and hollow-wall metal pipes carry most of the lightning on their outside and so do metal cars. lightning strikes house lightning accident Music: As We Go - The 126ers https://youtu.be/_NxPZ2-vKWo