In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined!
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Snowiest city in the U.S. : Blue canyon, California.
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Dirty snow melts faster than clean.
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Carbon dioxide is a trace gas and by itself will produce little warming. Also, as CO2 increases, the incremental warming is less, as the effect is logarithmic so the more CO2, the less warming it produces.
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The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.
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There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
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