Quantity of charge unloaded = 51.9 Coulombs
Potential difference = 10.93 megavolts = 1.093 x 10⁷ volts
1 volt = 1 joule per coulomb
1.093 x 10⁷ volts = 1.093 x 10⁷ joules per coulomb
Energy = (1.093 x 10⁷ J/C) x (51.9 C)
Energy = 567.267 megaJoules
That's <em>5.67 x 10⁸ Joules</em> .
==> My wife's blow-dryer is marked 1260 watts.
If the energy in this lightning strike could be collected, bottled, stored, and used as needed, it could run my wife's blow-dryer for 125 hours. That would save us more than $30 on our electric bill !
