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How does lightning affect people?
Lightning can affect people in many ways, such as losing friends, family, houses, furniture etc. Lightning kills many people every year around the world and 74% of people that get hit by lightning have permanent damage for the rest of their life.
How do thunderstorms affect the society?
lightning is an amazin specticle for most people
Do people who have been struck by lightning carry an electrical charge and can they be touched?
People who have been struck by Lightning does not carry a residual charge. Lightning goes straight through the body and into the ground. There would be no electrical charge left and they would be safe to touch.
What happens when lightning strikes the ground?
I read a book by an electrical engineer who said, "When lightning strikes the earth. there is a positive charge in the earth from which sends runners up toward the base of a cumulonimbus cloud which has a negative charge. The negative charge sends out runners toward the runners of positive charge. When the two charges meet, the lightning charge goes toward the earth and the result is a bolt of lightning.
What is some natrally occurring electricity?
Lightening. The upwelling and downwelling of the wind causes charges to develop in the cloud. When the lowest point of the cloud has a lot of negative charge and the ground, trees, buildings, etc has a strong positive charge, the charges move toward each other (opposite charges attract) and therefore we see a lightening.
Is lightning a nature disaster?
Lightning itself is a natural phenomenon caused by the buildup of electrical charges in Earth's atmosphere. While it can be dangerous and cause wildfires or damage to property, it is not classified as a natural disaster on its own. However, when paired with other elements like dry conditions, lightning can contribute to natural disasters like wildfires.
Do we humans need lightning to live?
No, lightning has only negative effects on humans. The effects lightning can cause includes killing people and animals, damaging property, and destroying wiring that runs a home's electricity or even for a whole area. Lighting is also annoying to humans, we have to close pools, cancel sports practices, and not take showers and/or baths(preferably). Lightning to some people is a beautiful effect in the nature of the sky, however the damage it can cause is something that humans do not need to live with.
What have people done to control the forces caused by this natural event to lighting?
People have implemented lightning rods to control the forces caused by lightning. These rods are placed on top of buildings and are designed to attract the lightning strike and safely redirect the electrical charge into the ground, reducing the risk of damage or injury from a lightning strike.
What part of speech is the word lightning?
"Lightning" is a noun. Sometimes people try to use it as an adjective to mean "fast" (ex, "with lightning speed") but it really should be used as "like lighting" or "lightning-fast" or so on.
What object is commonly found at the tops of tall buildings to protect the people inside during an electrical storm?
A lightning rod.
What do you call a lightning bolt coming from the ground?
Lightning is an electric current. Within a thundercloud way up in the sky, many small bits of ice (frozen raindrops) bump into each other as they move around in the air. All of those collisions create an electric charge. After a while, the whole cloud fills up with electrical charges. The positive charges or protons form at the top of the cloud and the negative charges or electrons form at the bottom of the cloud. Since opposites attract, that causes a positive charge to build up on the ground beneath the cloud. The grounds electrical charge concentrates around anything that sticks up, such as mountains, people, or single trees. The charge coming up from these points eventually connects with a charge reaching down from the clouds and hit the highest point. There isn't any lightning that originates from the ground.
How does lightning occur?
Lightning is a powerful electrical discharge produced during a thunderstorm. The electric current is very hot and causes thunder. Sometimes it happens between clouds. Sometimes (in the rain) it goes from cloud to ground. If it goes from cloud to ground, it can strike a person. Around 2000 people are struck by lightning each year.
