1 A highly excitable pup that jumps at you is cute but an 18 lb pup can grow up to 80 lbs rather quickly. A full grown 80 lb Labrador Retriever habitually jumping at you is not.  Labradors should learn to cope and connect with other people and dogs. This breed is very social; they like to feel that they are not alone.
Below are some additional facts about lightning: 1  25 million - Average U.S. cloud-to-ground lightning strikes per year. 2  50,000 degrees (F) - Temperature that lightning can reach. 3  1,800 - Average number of thunderstorms on earth at any given moment.  100 - Number of times lightning hits earth per second.
Also of note are the number of states that have not reported any deaths due to lightning strikes in the last 10 years: Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Puerto Rico and Washington. (MORE: Lightning By the Numbers)