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Direct strikes and power surges due to lightning causes significant damage to personal property each year. 6 Lightning Safety Awareness Lightning Strike Injuries If a person is struck by lightning, immediate medical attention may be the difference between life and death.
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www.state.il.us/iema/publications/pdf/Lightning_safety_...
www.state.il.us/iema/publications/pdf/Lightning_safety_Awareness_Guidebook.pdf
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Does lightning strike from the sky down, or the ground up? ... And, when water vapor condenses into liquid water cloud drops, latent heat is released which fuels the thunderstorm. So, warm, moist air near the surface (and the proper conditions aloft to give you lots of instability) can result in deep convection,
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www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/lightning/ltg_faq.shtml
www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/lightning/ltg_faq.shtml
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If a lightning strike is a sufficient distance from the observer, sound from the strike will not be heard. These silent bolts are called heat lightning. Lightning bolts produce thunder, but the thunder sound does not travel all the way to the observer if the observer is too far away.
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www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/274/
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Can lightning kill people? How do you survive heat lightning? Can you survive a lighting strike? Can people survive ligtning strike? Is it possible to survive lightning? When you survive a lightning strike? ... How can you survive alightning strike? How man can survive a lightning strike? Can a person survive a lightning strike?
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wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_you_survive_a_lightning_strike
wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_you_survive_a_lightning_strike
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Helping a Lightning Strike Victim: Lightning victims do not carry an electrical charge, are safe to touch, and need urgent medical attention. Cardiac arrest is the immediate cause of death for those who die. Some deaths can be prevented ... Call 9-1-1 immediately and perform CPR if the person is unresponsive or not breathing.
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www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/overview.htm
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/overview.htm
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This advice is different from what many believe, which is that a person must be standing in the rain with a storm directly overhead to be struck. Not so, said Utley. Lightning can strike as far as 10 miles away from a storm.
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www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/58292.html
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A person who has been struck by lightning is not "electrified." Rapid attention to the airway and breathing of an unconscious victim may provide the support necessary to achieve a successful resuscitation.Signs and symptoms of lightning strike. ... Emergencies: Heat-Related Illness...
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www.getoutdoors.com/go/gowomen/149
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He adds that, if the airplane is near the point of origin for a lightning strike, or for a terrestrial gamma-ray flash, then passengers inside could be exposed to up to 400 times the radiation dose a patient receives after being exposed to a chest X-ray.
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www.struckbylightning.org/news/dispIncidentdb.cfm
www.struckbylightning.org/news/dispIncidentdb.cfm
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Interesting facts about lightning provided by Outdoors Technologies and StrikeAlert Person Lightning Detectors ... The average lightning strike is six miles long. ... What is commonly referred to as heat lightning, is actually lightning too far away to be heard. However, the storm may be moving in your direction.
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www.strikealert.com/LightningFacts.htm
www.strikealert.com/LightningFacts.htm
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