Geography

Lightning Protection

Lightning Protection

Lightning can strike ground up to ten miles from a storm (Lightning out of the blue). There is an average of 2-3 miles between strikes. main objective of this lecture is to present on Lightning Protection. A strike can average 100 million volts of electricity. Current of up to 100,000 amperes and can generate 54,000 oF. Lightning strikes somewhere on the Earth every second and kills 100 US residents per year.