Absolutely! While rubber is an electric insulator, it's only effective to a certain point. The average lightning bolt carries about 30,000 amps of charge, has 100 million volts of electric ...

(Also, cloud-to-ground lightning involves electrical currents on the order of tens of thousands of amps. In contrast, a circuit breaker for a common household circuit is usually rated at 20 amps.) ...

WAVE 3 meteorologist Tawana Andrew breaks down what we know and what we don't about the climate and weather here in ...

The odds of being struck by lightning are less than one in a million despite 40 million strikes hitting the ground in the US every year. And in 2023 were 19 deaths from lightning bolts, with the ...

Below is a plot of the highest amperage lightning strikes on Wednesday and Thursday. Strongest lightning strikes with more than 100,000 Amps (Data and graphic provided by Chris Vagasky/Vaisala) ...

Tree thrives after being hit by lightning, ... "I think to our whole team, it still feels remarkable that this tree can get exposed to 30,000 amps of current and be OK.