Severe Weather Awareness: Lightning Safety

When these two charges come into contact with each other a flash of lightning results. Last year, the state of Alabama had around 11.6 million lightning strikes. This makes it the seventh state ... Read More

Iowa's Severe Weather Awareness Week 2024 — Lightning Safety

Each year in late March, the National Weather Service hosts Severe Weather Awareness Week across ... a particular topic, with lightning safety being Monday's topic. The latest weather-related ... Read More

Chasing Lightning

He’s got a pair of reading glasses dangling from his mouth, which he puts on to look ... out the back. Thunder, lightning—then the radio call: “Kiva is arming rockets.” One storm had ... Read More

NATIONAL LIGHTNING SAFETY COUNCIL

Lightning safety has come a long way since the Lightning Safety Awareness ... by looking back at last year's fatalities. Every year, around 20 people die from lightning strikes in the United ... Read More

Everything You Know About Lightning Safety in the Backcountry Is Wrong

“Since 2006, more people have died [from lightning strikes] while ... but it’s also one of nature’s greatest wonders. Once you get to safety, feel free to sit back and marvel. Read More

Severe Weather Awareness Week Day 1: Lightning Safety

Today marks the first day of Severe Weather Awareness Week here in the state of Iowa and the topic we are going to touch on today is lightning safety! First thing's first, a thunderstorm does not ... Read More

Ten Years On, Are We In Danger Of Forgetting The Lessons Learned From The Rana Plaza Tragedy?

Post by Sarah Ashwin, Professor of Comparative Employment Relations and Head of the LSE’s Department ... The tragedy led to the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, which was lauded ... Read More

When Lightning Strikes

says it probably won't make any more acquisitions and yet it makes one ... strikes here. So far, it hasn't struck. . So, at least you can have a sense what would throw us over the edge if ... Read More

Stunning Videos Show Indonesian Volcano Erupting As Lightning Strikes — With Country On Alert For Tsunami

Videos shared by the agency Wednesday showed an ominous wall of fire and smoke coupled with dozens of successive lightning strikes ... the Lightning Safety Council. 400. That’s how many ... Read More

A Closer Look at the Lessons Learned From the Kate Middleton Media Frenzy

The frenzy that was created by social media and some facets of mainstream media around Kate Middleton’s step back from public ... “What we learned from it and learned from it repeatedly ... Read More

Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy: Just second win in last seven

The Lightning netminder also allowed only one goal in a six-round shootout to ... been enigmatic this season following his return from back surgery. Read More

Lightning's Haydn Fleury: Sitting out again

Fleury (lower body) won't play Wednesday versus the Bruins, Chris Krenn of the Lightning's official site reports. Fleury will be out for a sixth straight game. He was reportedly getting closer to ... Read More