5 Fascinating Facts About Thunderstorms

9/10/2021 (Permalink)

Love them or hate them, the fact is thunderstorms are fascinating. That’s why our SERVPRO Wakefield team thought it would be fun to highlight some facts about thunderstorms in this week’s storm-themed blog post. 

Our friends over at The Weather Channel have published 13 Things You Might Not Know About Thunderstorms and from that list we picked our five favorites to feature here. 

1. There are an average of 2,000 thunderstorms happening right now all over the globe.
2. Planet Earth hosts approximately 16 million thunderstorms annually, with about 100,000 occurring in the United States. 
3. And we’re not alone. Planets like Jupiter also experience lightning and NASA research has shown possible evidence of lighting on the Red Planet, Mars. 
4. A typical thunderstorm measures about 15 miles in width and has an average duration of 30 minutes. 
5. Thunder means it’s time to move inside ASAP, as there is no safe shelter from lightning outdoors. Don’t risk becoming a statistic (about 26 people die due to lightning every year in this country). 

Keep calm during a storm and know that professional Storm Damage Cleanup and Restoration is just a call away. Contact your SERVPRO Wakefield team to take care of any storm damage on your residential or commercial property.