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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:28 AM
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Trivia question: At any given moment, how many thunderstorms are there?
The answer is easy to find on the internet, but take an educated guess here first.

What's even more arresting is the fact that the energy released in an average thunderstorm is equivalent to that of a 20-kiloton nuclear weapon.
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:31 AM
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1. A brazillian?
Edited on Thu Apr-13-06 01:32 AM by Nicole
or is that brazillion?

:shrug:
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:33 AM
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2. How many is that?
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:35 AM
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3. That IS the question
:D
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:44 AM
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4. Yes it is
:)
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:46 AM
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6. Just guessing
Around 1,000 at any given moment?.


Maybe this answer is better than the brazillian one. :)
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:44 AM
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5. My guess...
1350..
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 04:05 AM
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7. Can't say at any moment,
but there's o/a 40,000 t-storms worldwide every day.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 02:36 PM
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8. Most articles I have seen say an average of 2,000 are in progress at any
given moment.
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