Latest Lightning strike Stories
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lightning protection experts, engineers and safety directors will be meeting in Las Vegas this week (2/26 - 3/2) at the Aria Resort and Casino to discuss the latest advances in lightning protection, according to the Lightning Protection Institute (LPI). The full meeting agenda can be found at the LPI website at www.lightning.org. Topics will include: Lightning Protection Inspection Programs Proper Installation of Lightning...
MARYVILLE, Mo., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lightning Protection Institute (LPI) is sponsoring a "Campaign to Help Build Lightning Safe Communities" as a continuation of its recent initiative to provide lightning protection resources to the public and the fire safety community. LPI-certified master installer firms are participating in the campaign to provide complimentary lightning protection systems for designated fire stations in several high risk lightning regions...
Thunderstorms can be very dangerous when caught outside. A water damage expert offers suggestions for staying safe when Mother Nature turns malevolent. Cleveland OH (PRWEB) January 11, 2013 Restoration Local, one of the leading providers of severe weather and water damage repair and restoration in the United States, is offering tips on remaining safe during severe weather. In the wake of 2012’s severe weather events, and with thunderstorm season just around the corner, it is important...
About 24,000 people are killed by lightning every year, with about 10 times as many people injured. The Wilderness Medical Society has issued important new practice guidelines for precautions that can lower the likelihood of being killed or injured and recommendations for effective medical treatments post-strike. These guidelines appear in the September issue of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. Updating the 2006 guidelines, a panel of experts chosen for their clinical or research...
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As summer temperatures heat up, the atmosphere becomes more unstable, causing severe weather that may include lightning. On average in the United States, around 55 people are killed each year by lightning, and hundreds more are injured permanently. While your risk of being struck by lightning is low, it is a serious danger that increases at this time of year, and the nation's emergency physicians want to prevent you from being part of...
By Sheryl Ubelacker, Health Reporter, THE CANADIAN PRESS Christina Wards could hear the thunder and knew a fast-moving storm was closing in, so she hustled her daughter Richelle and other teens practising baseball off the field towards their vehicles. But as she and Richelle prepared to climb in their van, a bolt of lightning struck a nearby metal fence enclosing the sports field in their hometown of Dawson Creek, B.C. The flash travelled across the ground and engulfed the pair in a...
LONDON (Reuters) - People should not use mobile phones outdoors during thunderstorms because of the risk of being struck by lightning, doctors said on Friday.They reported the case of a 15-year-old girl who was using her phone in a park when she was hit during a storm. Although she was revived, she suffered persistent health problems and was using a wheelchair a year after the accident."This rare phenomenon is a public health issue, and education is necessary to highlight the risk of...
Latest Lightning strike Reference Libraries
When we think of thunderstorms we have to remember the deadliest part of those storms and that is the lightning that occurs with them. Lightning is found in many forms. The first type of lightning is known as cloud to cloud meaning that the electric charge travels from one cloud to the other. The second type of lightning is the Cloud to Air meaning the lighting moves from the cloud and enters the clear air of the sky. A third type of lightning is the cloud to ground. This is the most...
Heat Lightning is actually faint flashes of lightning reflecting outward from distant thunderstorms. These flashes usually do not produce thunder as the storm is sometimes too far away to be heard. The term heat lightning got its name because it often occurs on hot summer nights and does not produce audible thunder. One reason heat lightning can be seen so far away is due to the reflection of the light bouncing off water particles in moist, humid air and as light is scattered throughout the...
