[greenbit]

Idk, I think OP indicated that a typical lightning bolt would power a typical house (presumably at the stated nominal full load) for about 15 minutes. I.e., you'd need 4 strikes per hour, per hour. Now granted most houses won't run at peak load all the time, maybe you'd only need one strike per hour per house - but that's still clearly a lot more lightning than is generally seen.

[andrewla]

The article is short and such an indication should be easy to cite directly. If I missed it, please let me know.

As far as I can see, nowhere in the article does it give enough information (even if you take into account unit conversions) to say how much of a house's electricity would be supplied by a lightning bolt.