The National Weather Service says that, on average, the odds of getting hit by lightning are a million-to-one, but here in the Sunshine State, those odds numbers go through the floor. This report from CBS is a bit old, but it's just as valid today as it was when it was first broadcast. I know from experience. In ten years here, my house has been struck twice (we're fully grounded) and my truck has been hit once on the radio antenna - thankfully I wasn't in it at the time...
Buppie - ah - ooh...
A fulgurite, is a hollow glass tube formed when a lightning bolt strikes sand and melts the minerals.
ReplyDeleteThe extreme heat reaching 3,270 °F or more fuses the soil along the path of the electrical discharge.
Some fulgurites take the appearance of an upside tree branches or glass tree roots.