According to FSU the odds of a floridian being struck by lighting at some poing in their life is 1 in 3,000
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Although many lightning flashes are simply cloud-to-cloud, there are as many as 9,000,000 reported lightning strikes that damage buildings, trees, and other objects every year.Worldwide, it is estimated that of an annual 1.4 billion lightning bolts, 25% (more than 350 million) will strike the Earth's surface or objects on the surface. The vast majority of these strikes, however, occur in the tropics, and in unpopulated areas.100 times per second;Lightning can strike over a thousand times in one storm. So, lightning strikes the earth over a million times a day.Globally, 8,640,000 lightning strikes per day. See the related link for more information.
Yes, and it will likely kill you or cause severe damage to the brain/nervous system.In the USA alone every year, on average about 90 people are killed by lightning strikes. However, this figure also varies. In 2008 there were 329 people struck in the United States, with 302 injured and 27 killed. There is no safe place outside during a lightning storm. Of those killed, 7 were under trees, 3 were on the beach, 2 were swimming and one was camping near a tent.You can get struck by lightning if you are holding a Lightning Rod, for example an umbrella is made of mental on the part you are holding. Lightning Rods actually attracts lightning. Never be under a tree either.A word of Advice: Never hold something metal during a lightning storm, it is best to be inside.If you search the statistics about lightning strikes, you shall see that in the united states the place with the most is the state of Florida. None of the strikes has been in the water opposed to the myth. The only time lightning seems to hit the sea is to end hitting a floatin boey.Yes a lightning can strike you assuming you are at the specific time in the specific place. The statistics imply that it is more probable to get hit by a lightning than to be bitten by a shark or die in an airplane accident.
Many people (not necessarily scientiest or meteorologists) think that lightning will not strike the same place twice. So they say that it is rare for lightning to strick twice, meaning twice at the same place. This term is used to imply something that is rare.
One candidate for the "lightning capital of the world" is the state of Florida. Its location just north of the Tropic of Cancer, between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, produces more thunderstorms than any other US state. The city of Tampa, on the Gulf Coast, received an astounding 50,000 lightning strikes in one month. (June, 1994) One nickname for the city is "lightning capital of the nation." Johannesburg, South Africa (one of the three capitals) also has a claim on the title. Lightning kills more than 260 people a year in South Africa. The world location that receives the most lightning is actually the small landlocked country of Rwanda, near Lake Victoria in west Africa. Despite being only 1/6th the size of Florida, it receives more than twice as many lightning strikes per year.
Lighting is most frequent in thuderstorms, so the largest percentage occur in tropical climates. There are nearly as many in the ocean as on land, and they are particularly numerous during tropical storms.
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A person's skin does not literally thing before lightning strikes. Many people do get freaked out when it is storming.
Yes, many people have survived lightning strikes.
Lightning strikes about 100 times per second.
About 3,000 fires a year are started by lightning strikes.
About 3 000 bushfire per year are started by lighting strikes.
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About 3000 brush fires per year are started by lightning strikes.
If a lightening bolt transfers twenty three coulombs to earth how many electrons are transferred?
Although many lightning flashes are simply cloud-to-cloud, there are as many as 9,000,000 reported lightning strikes that damage buildings, trees, and other objects every year.Worldwide, it is estimated that of an annual 1.4 billion lightning bolts, 25% (more than 350 million) will strike the Earth's surface or objects on the surface. The vast majority of these strikes, however, occur in the tropics, and in unpopulated areas.100 times per second;Lightning can strike over a thousand times in one storm. So, lightning strikes the earth over a million times a day.Globally, 8,640,000 lightning strikes per day. See the related link for more information.
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For 2008 NOAA reports that there were 296,499 "Cloud to Ground" strikes in Wisconsin, which is very near the average number of strikes reported from 1996-2008 of 302,5321 strikes per year. From 1992-1995 the National Lightning Detection Network lists that there were almost 22 million strikes in the United States per year. Additionally, for the period 2000-2009 there were 7 deaths caused by lightning strikes in Wisconsin. For the reporting period from 1959 to 1994 there were 194 injuries from lightning strikes reported.