ClaytonLightning

Ryan Reeves Justin Minter 1. Describe your type of weather/natural disaster. Each flash contains about one billion volts of electricity. That's enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for three months. Lighnting is a giant electrical spark in the sky. Source:http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/3.html

2. Describe a time when your type of weather/natural disaster changed the world. In the United States alone, lightning sets 10,000 forest fires and causes $100 million in property damage every year. Between 1940 and 1991, it killed 8,316 people in the U.S. Today the average number of lightning-related deaths in the U.S. is 80 a year. Source:http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/3.html

3. Identify and define some tools used to analyze or measure your type of weather/natural disaster. Tempeature is measured 54,000 degrees fahrenheit.

Source:http://weatherwizkids.com/lightning1.htm