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Show Astounding Power Fact ' All the crashes of lightning in the world . produce, at any given time, power equal to less than one-twentieth of the light and power companies in the United States, according to computations based on estimates of F. V. Peck, Jr., consulting engineer for the General Electric company. There is an average of 1.S00 thunderstorms thun-derstorms in progress in the world at any one instant, according to Mr. I'eck. These give 300.00(1 Flashes per hour, of 1 .000.000 horsepower -operating continuously. This Is compared with the 32,500.-000 32,500.-000 horsepower capacity of generating stations in the United States. |