What happened when the Washington Monument was struck by lightning?

On the evening of the 4th local time, Channel 9 of CBS TV released a video of lightning striking the Washington Monument. According to CNN, although it was raining cats and dogs in Washington that day, protesters continued to demonstrate in the rain.

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!