Dangerous games

Men are struck by lightning 4 times as often by women, probably because they're more likely to be outdoors handling metal objects when a thunderstorm hits. Florida has twice as many lightning casualties as any other state. The greatest number of hits occur on Sundays & Wednesdays, popular days for playing golf. Those afternoon matches are high risk!

humans, weather

Books

• Flash, crash, rumble, and roll
  How and why a thunderstorm occurs, and safety steps to follow when lightning is flashing.

Websites

• NASA
  Human Voltage: what happens when people and lightning converge.

Last updated by Ginger L. on March 14, 2011

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