How strong is a ligthing

[Livinmeme]

i mostly see them varies into low 8-C to 8-B and i am confused i know that ligthing force varies but what is considered the standard?

 

[Nullflowerblush]

The average is 10 gigawatts which equates to 2.39 tons of TNT (Building level+).

 

[Waka1979]

The average is 10 gigawatts which equates to 2.39 tons of TNT (Building level+).

That only applies to natural lighting though right?

 

[ShadowWhoWalks]

Research produced conflicting estimates. From 500 Megajoules, 1 Gigajoules, 1.6 Gigajoules, 5 Gigajoules, 10 Gigajoules. Though most of the energy of a lightning bolt is dissipated into heating the air before it reaches the ground.

The wiki currently uses an estimate that real cloud-to-ground lightning has an energy of 1.6 Gigajoules, which is 0.38 Tons of TNT, or 8-C Building level. Think that Null did an error with unit conversion.
The energy in an electric current, whether real or fictional, can vary. So that is just for a natural lightning bolt.

 

[DarkDragonMedeus]

Generally it is 1.6 Gigajoules as shown here. But it should be noted that just because someone got struck by lighting, it does not fully scale to durability.

 

[It_is_i_wyatt]

because real humans who survived lightning obviously aren't building level+

 

[Livinmeme]

because real humans who survived lightning obviously aren't building level+

pretty sure that humans who doesnt die from ligthing haved alot of factors influencing that

 

[Nullflowerblush]

Most of the energy from a lightning bolt either dissipates before it strikes someone or transfers into the ground.