Is that voltage what was measured in the duration of the storm or in a single strike of lightning?
If so than this little tidbit from The Union of Advancement of Science and Art, is way off: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-voltage-and-amperage-of-an-average-lightning-bolt
“A typical lightning bolt contains 1 billion volts and contains between 10,000 to 200,000 amperes of current. The average flash would light a 100 watt lightbulb for 3 months. A typical lightning bolt contains 1 billion volts and contains between 10,000 to 200,000 amperes of current.”
Want to make yourself a billionaire? Figure a way to siphon off a part of the electrical charge as a lighting bolt hits a lighting rod into a storage battery then make it useful to a home, community or national electrical grid.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
Where was the last recorded 1.3 billion-volt thunderstorm?
Bilan about 5 years ago
Aren’t all of the shrimp’s organs in the head? The part we eat seems to be just meat and a poison vein.
MosheWaisberg about 5 years ago
1.21 gigawatts!
therese_callahan2002 about 5 years ago
“But I put my heart above my head—” Neil Diamond.
therese_callahan2002 about 5 years ago
Did Ben Franklin think of that when he flew a kite?
Gent about 5 years ago
So where’s his brains located?
Gent about 5 years ago
Just hope big foot doesn’t eat it thinking it’s a giant potato.
Gent about 5 years ago
What sort of a humongous voltmeter did they measure that from?
well-i-never about 5 years ago
Looks like a hundred million volts would be just about right to bake that tater.
fujiman about 5 years ago
It would appear that the way to a shrimp’s heart is NOT through it’s stomach.
Dean about 5 years ago
As in most things electrical, the uninformed are usually more impressed with voltage, while it is the current that is more significant.
Radish the wordsmith about 5 years ago
Why can’t we draw our electricity from the earth’s electric field?
edeevans1947 about 5 years ago
That’s good about the shrimp heart being in it’s head because shrimp heart doesn’t taste very good!
h.v.greenman about 5 years ago
Is that voltage what was measured in the duration of the storm or in a single strike of lightning?
If so than this little tidbit from The Union of Advancement of Science and Art, is way off: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-voltage-and-amperage-of-an-average-lightning-bolt
“A typical lightning bolt contains 1 billion volts and contains between 10,000 to 200,000 amperes of current. The average flash would light a 100 watt lightbulb for 3 months. A typical lightning bolt contains 1 billion volts and contains between 10,000 to 200,000 amperes of current.”
Petemejia77 about 5 years ago
That’s more than what McFly needs!
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 5 years ago
Well I’ll be. Idaho of all places.
Physicsfreak about 5 years ago
Want to make yourself a billionaire? Figure a way to siphon off a part of the electrical charge as a lighting bolt hits a lighting rod into a storage battery then make it useful to a home, community or national electrical grid.
craigwestlake about 5 years ago
Interesting; most young people have their hearts located in their…
Spock about 5 years ago
It’s not “electrical potential”, but “difference of electrical potentials”.
The Pro from Dover about 5 years ago
Poor Shrimpy. He meets girls but always wears his heart in his head.