Cast Member struck by lightning....
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:53 pm
I dont have much on the details... but yesterday ( Aug. 1 ) we had a sever storm come accross property with multiple cloud to ground strikes on property.
A female cast member was walking to her car during the storm and opened her umbrella up. a bolt of lightning struck her umbrella and shocked her. Reports that I have heard state that she survived and will be ok.
The Doctor
-=-Lightning Facts-=-
* The maximum distance you can hear thunder is as short as two (2) miles and seldom exceeds twelve (12) miles.
* The average lightning bolt is 6-8 miles long and can easily travel 25 to 40 miles horizontally prior to turning downward toward the ground.
* The temperature of lightning's return stroke is (5) five times hotter than the surface of the sun.
* The energy contained in a single lightning stroke can power a 100 Watt light bulb for 90 days, which is equivalent to 215 kWh (kilo-Watt hours).
* A lightning flash is composed of a series of strokes from about 3 to 20, with an average of about four. The duration of each lightning stroke can vary, but typically average about 30 microseconds. (The average peak power per stroke is about 1012 watts.
* Typically, more than 2,000 thunderstorms are active throughout the world at a given moment, producing on the order of 100 flashes per second.
A female cast member was walking to her car during the storm and opened her umbrella up. a bolt of lightning struck her umbrella and shocked her. Reports that I have heard state that she survived and will be ok.
The Doctor
-=-Lightning Facts-=-
* The maximum distance you can hear thunder is as short as two (2) miles and seldom exceeds twelve (12) miles.
* The average lightning bolt is 6-8 miles long and can easily travel 25 to 40 miles horizontally prior to turning downward toward the ground.
* The temperature of lightning's return stroke is (5) five times hotter than the surface of the sun.
* The energy contained in a single lightning stroke can power a 100 Watt light bulb for 90 days, which is equivalent to 215 kWh (kilo-Watt hours).
* A lightning flash is composed of a series of strokes from about 3 to 20, with an average of about four. The duration of each lightning stroke can vary, but typically average about 30 microseconds. (The average peak power per stroke is about 1012 watts.
* Typically, more than 2,000 thunderstorms are active throughout the world at a given moment, producing on the order of 100 flashes per second.