March

Jan. 22-24, 2016: Snowstorm Jonas, a near blizzard, covered Dulles Airport’s runways with 29 inches and blanketed parts of West Virginia with 42 inches. Wind gusts reached 75 miles per hour along Virginia’s coast.

27.1 inches

1972 Iran blizzard

“The continental U.S. averages about 11 blizzards a year with the worst occurring in the upper plains,” he said. “The Red River Valley in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota have the most recorded blizzards in the last four decades.”

The Great Blizzard of 1888

Typhoon Tip

The deadliest tornado in world history was the Daulatpur–Saturia tornado in Bangladesh on April 26, 1989, which killed approximately 1,300 people. In the history of Bangladesh at least 19 tornadoes killed more than 100 people each, almost half of the total for the rest of the world.

Here’s a look at the top 10 most thunderstorm-prone cities in the U.S., along with their average number of annual storms:

• Gainesville, Florida – 81.
• Orlando, Florida – 80.
• Mobile, Alabama – 79.
• West Palm Beach, Florida – 79.
• Lake Charles, Louisiana – 76.
• Daytona Beach, Florida – 75.
• Vero Beach, Florida – 75.

New Orleans tops the list of US cities that tolerate the greatest number of major rainstorms a year. The city averages nearly 20 days annually when an inch or more of rain pelts down.

Stormiest Places in the World The area that experiences the most thunderstorm days in the world is northern Lake Victoria in Uganda, Africa. In Kampala thunder is heard on average 242 days of the year, although the actual storms usually hover over the lake and do not strike the city itself.

DO NOT POOP During A Thunderstorm. That combined with the methane gas in poop caused the bomb-like effect that traveled through the pipes, exploding the toilet in their master bathroom. The plumbing company said this is just as rare as getting struck by lightning yourself.

A lightning bolt is so powerful (it’s hotter than the surface of the sun!) We also know this true because people have been killed by lightning while riding on motorcycles and bicycles during a thunderstorm. Cars are safe from lightning because of the metal cage surrounding the people inside the vehicle.

THE FACTS It has the ring of an urban legend and seems too bizarre to be true. But the claim that taking a shower during a lightning storm can electrocute you is no old wives’ tale, experts say. Electricity from a lightning strike is conducted around you and eventually dissipates into the ground.

“Lightning can travel through plumbing,” the CDC said. “It is best to avoid all water during a lightning storm. Do not shower, bathe, wash dishes, or wash your hands.”

But according to Aquatic Safety Research Group, “There are no documented reports of fatal lightning strikes at indoor swimming pools. None! Ever!”

Since the MythBusters were shy about showering on camera, they hired a stand-in: a ballistics gel dummy that had roughly the same electrical conductivity as the human body. Just as the National Weather Service warns, it’s safe to shower only once thunderstorms have passed you by.

Don’t

• Avoid water. Do NOT bathe, shower, wash dishes, or have any other contact with water during a thunderstorm because lightning can travel through a building’s plumbing.
• Avoid electronic equipment.
• Avoid corded phones.
• Avoid windows, doors, porches, and concrete.

When You See Lightning, Count The Time Until You Hear Thunder. If That Is 30 Seconds Or Less, The Thunderstorm Is Close Enough To Be Dangerous – Seek Shelter (if you can’t see the lightning, just hearing the thunder is a good back-up rule). Wait 30 Minutes Or More After The Lightning Flash Before Leaving Shelter.

In fact, lightning can heat the air it passes through to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5 times hotter than the surface of the sun). …

It’s not safe for your phone. If you must charge a phone during a thunderstorm, it is safe to charge it from a laptop or power bank that is itself not connected to the electrical outlet. Anything connected to the electrical grid in the house is in danger.

“Cell phones, small metal items, jewelry, etc., do not attract lightning. Nothing attracts lightning. Lightning tends to strike taller objects,” said John Jensenius, a NOAA National Weather Service lightning expert.

Nope, Don’t Do the Dishes “Stay away from things that conduct electricity within the home,” says John Jensenius, lightning safety specialist for the National Weather Service, in a report posted by AccuWeather. Jensenius also counters the idea that plastic pipes make it safe to use your home’s plumbing during a storm.

So yes, it’s OK to use a laptop while it’s charging. If you mostly use your laptop plugged in, you are better off removing the battery altogether when it is at 50% charge and storing it in a cool place (heat kills battery health too).

As we mentioned, you can increase your battery’s lifespan by only charging your laptop to less than 100%. But by far the best way to improve your battery’s lifespan is to recharge is as little as possible. You can do this by doing a few simple things to conserve battery life when you’re using your laptop.

No, it is not. With the current ion batteries, this practice has absolutely no effect on battery run time. So once again, leaving your laptop on 24/7 or its charger plugged in overnight will not affect battery run time in the long run either.

Yes. Laptop can work without battery. Remove the battery and connect it to the power supply and it will work. The only thing is that if you switch off the power, there will be no power backup and the laptop will switch-off immediately, rather than shutdown process completed.