Megawatt A large residential or commercial building may consume several megawatts gigawatt This unit is sometimes used for large power plants or power grids terawatt The total power used by humans worldwide (about 16 TW in 2006) is commonly measured in this unit […] The average strike of lightning peaks at 1 terawatt petawatt the total power of sunlight striking Earth’s atmosphere is estimated at 174 PW
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The attack on Orleans was the only Central Powers raid mounted against the United States mainland during World War I. It was also the first time the Continental United States was shelled by foreign enemy guns since the Siege of Fort Texas in 1846. There were no fatalities. The Continental U.S. would be shelled again twice in 1942 by Japanese submarines during the Pacific War … Attack on Orleans
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