<story><title>Close Encounter with a Gigantic Jet</title><url>https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2019/10/25/close-encounter-with-a-gigantic-jet/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>new_here</author><text>Two weeks ago I was on a flight into London. While we were coming down through some clouds I was looking out of the window for a clearing when I saw an almost blinding purple flash which was followed by a loud crack. I looked forward with pure panic in my eyes at the airhost who was smiling, he calmly informed me that we had just been struck by lighting. Apparently, it&amp;#x27;s not uncommon and planes are designed to withstand it. I learnt something new that day.</text></comment>
<story><title>Close Encounter with a Gigantic Jet</title><url>https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2019/10/25/close-encounter-with-a-gigantic-jet/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hos234</author><text>I hope someday we learn to make controllable mini-storms. All kinds of interesting things to study thanks to the energy levels.&lt;p&gt;From wikipedia -
&amp;quot;Scientists estimate that a tropical cyclone releases heat energy at the rate of 50 to 200 exajoules (10^18 J) per day, equivalent to about 1 PW (10^15 watt). This rate of energy release is equivalent to 70 times the world energy consumption of humans and 200 times the worldwide electrical generating capacity, or to exploding a 10-megaton nuclear bomb every 20 minutes&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Tropical_cyclone&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Tropical_cyclone&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>