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Human Voltage
 

 

Topic - Lightning
Subject - Human Voltage

July 24, 2007
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Human Voltage

What happens when people and lightning converge

 

The following article outlines some very interesting facts about lightning strikes:

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  • Men are stuck by lightning four times more often than women
  • Only flash floods and river floods cause more weather-related deaths
  • Only 20% of lightning victims are immediately struck dead
  • Florida has twice as many lightning casualties as any other state

 

Click here to read the entire article from Science@NASA

 
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  • What's one of the first "rules" with lightning?

    DO NOT get under trees.

    Just had a man killed and his two sons injured that had sought shelter under a tree out in Lost Maples park.

    Bob S.
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