What is considered the most dangerous weather hazard of all and occurs just about every day in the U.S? The threat is so serious that every new home in North American is built with protection systems to minimize damage from a possible strike. If you guessed “lightning”, you were correct!
According to UL (Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.), “lightning is the visible discharge of static electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between the earth and a cloud”. Thunderstorms occur when warm and cold air masses meet.
When a lightning bolt strikes the ground, it emits an electrical current of about 100,000 amps. Compare this to your average home electrical panel that produces about 100 to 200 amps to run your home power needs. Once lightning strikes, it can produce incredible temperatures up to 50,000 degrees F. In fact, it’s the rapid heating and cooling of air around the lightning strike that produces the phenomenon known as a thunderclap. Not limited to thunderstorms, lightning can be caused by erupting volcanoes, hurricanes, forest fires, or nuclear explosions.
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