Lightning
Links:
 Lightnings Damage Photos - NLSI |
| Overview of thunderstorms and their life cycle |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) |
| Types
of thunderstorms single cell, multicell clusters, multicell lines and supercells |
| Theatre
of electricity: Experiments of Benjamin Franklin,
Video-clip |
| Observation from out of space, Experiments |
| World-wide weather forecast, Satellite photographs |
| National Lightning
Safety Institute: a non-profit consulting,
education and research organization. |
Lightning - Breath-takingly beautiful but also dangerous!
A lightning strike no thicker than a few inches has the power to illuminate 1,000,000 100 Watt bulbs.
Lightning is formed in thunderclouds. These can have a height and diameter of several miles. Heavy up winds inside a thundercloud separate positive and negative charges. This leads to an electrical discharge, commonly known as lightning.
The frequency of lightning increases the closer you get to the equator and/or the higher the altitude.
Every second there are 2,000 thunderstorms and 100 lightning strikes worldwide
(see also NLSI Safety Issues "Lightning Safety for Campers and Hikers" - http://www.lightningsafety.com).
The total damage amounts to millions of US Dollars.
Most accidents happen because of ignorance or simply due to incorrect behaviour during a thunderstorm. Protect yourself and your family.
| Brochure "DEHN protects" PDF [1.2 MB] DS 509 |