Perfect Tucson day for some interesting lightning facts

-A single bolt of lightning is around 50,000F or 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.
-The irrational fear of lightning is known as keraunophobia.
-There are two types of lightning, negative strikes and positive strikes. Positive strikes are 5 times more powerful than negative strikes.
-The odds of being struck by lightning in your lifetime is 1 in 3,000.
-Most lightning strikes average at 2-3 miles long and carry a current of 10,000 Amps at 100 million volts.
-Each second there are 50 to 100 Cloud-to-ground lightning strikes to the earth worldwide.
-The Empire State Building in New York is struck 24 times a year and was once struck eight times in 24 minutes.
-An average instance of lightning lasts about a quarter of a second and consists of 3-4 strikes
-The energy contained from a single lightning strike can power a 100 watt light bulb for 90 days.
-“Lightning never strikes twice” is just a myth, lightning can strike the same location many times. 
By The Churchill Specialist Contracting Team

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