What happened when the Washington Monument was struck by lightning?
According to previous reports, on the evening of June 2, local time, a gust of wind hit Wisconsin, and a huge American flag hanging at the headquarters of Yi Rui Insurance Company was torn in half.
Some netizens directly put the two things together and commented: "Just this week, the world's largest flying American flag was destroyed in thunderstorm weather. Look should think about it, we are in such a historical moment ... "
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The largest American flag was torn by thunderstorms: 50 states were "healthy" and stripes were torn.
On Tuesday night (June 2) local time, the world's largest free-flying American flag in Wisconsin, USA, was torn in two in thunderstorm weather.
This flag is 140 feet long (about 42.67 meters), 70 feet wide (about 2 1.34 meters) and weighs 340 pounds (about 154.22 kilograms) when it is dry. It is the largest free-flying American flag in the world. Its flagpole is 400 feet high (about121.92m) and weighs about 420,000 pounds (about 190.5 1 ton), which is about 100 feet higher than the Statue of Liberty (about 30.48m). This is a local landmark.
However, according to a report by Newsweek on June 3, local time, the thunderstorm on Tuesday night not only cut off the power of about 365,438+0,000 households in Wisconsin, but also tore the huge national flag in half. It is worth mentioning that the "star" part of this star-spangled banner has not been damaged much, but the "stripes" have been "torn off" a lot.
China is well-off. The Washington Monument was struck by lightning!