Power of nature

Lightning fatality

• A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface! 
• One bolt of lightning is said to to have enough energy to power New York city for an entire year!
• If lightning struck you , it would suck!
• Lightning can kill people (3,696 deaths were recorded in the U.S. between 1959 and 2003) or cause cardiac arrest. Injuries range from severe burns and permanent brain damage to memory loss and personality change. About 10 percent of lightning-stroke victims are killed, and 70 percent suffer serious long-term effects. About 400 people survive lightning strokes in the U.S. each year