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Offline weathernms

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Peak lightning month approaching
« on: June 11, 2009, 05:35:30 AM »
6 people have been struck and killed over the last 8 days in 6 states!

July is the peak month for lightning strikes and lightning related deaths.  June is the 2nd lightning prone month.

According to the National Climatic Data Center, there were over 750 lightning incidents/reports across the United States in 2008.

(Lightning incidents include buildings and humans struck by lightning)

Full details:
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5181-Jackson-Weather-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Lightning


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Re: Peak lightning month approaching
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2009, 12:28:16 PM »
Last week, near Fredricksburg, Va, a ten-year-old boy was throwing with a friend after the baseball game had been called because of weather.  His father had told him to come to the car and like a typical kid, he and the friend continued to throw.  A bolt of lightning hit the two boys, killing the ten-year-old and putting the other child in the hospital into intensive care in critical condition.

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Re: Peak lightning month approaching
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2009, 03:51:07 AM »
I guess I should buy my mother in law a HAM radio and a big tower, ASAP! ;D
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