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  • Severe Weather Awareness 2018: Lightning Safety

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    Erik Proseus

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    Severe Weather Awareness Week continues with a look at how to stay safe when lightning is nearby. Any lightning safety plan should incorporate the 30/30 rule. The 30/30 rule states people should seek shelter if the flash to bang delay/length of time in seconds between a lightning flash and its subsequent thunder is 30 seconds…

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  • Mythbusters, Weather Edition: Heat Lightning

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    Erik Proseus

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    It’s time to dispel a weather myth! Myth: Heat lightning happens on warm summer nights without the presence of a thunderstorm. Truth: Heat lightning does not exist. I know, you’ve heard, or maybe even used, the term forever!  It’s the distant lightning, with no thunder, that you see on a warm summer night while taking…

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  • Severe Weather Awareness 2013: Lightning Safety

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    Erik Proseus

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    Photo credit: Brian Anderson Severe Weather Awareness Week continues with a look at how to stay safe when lightning is nearby. Any lightning safety plan should incorporate the 30/30 rule. The 30/30 rule states people should seek shelter if the flash to bang delay/length of time in seconds between a lightning flash and its subsequent…

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  • Video evidence that lightning safety tips work!

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    As we near secondary severe weather season in the south (November-early January), I ran across the following videos that prove lightning safety tips DO work and should be heeded as thunderstorms (not necessarily even severe storms) approach. The first proves that the Faraday Cage that is a vehicle is a safe place to shelter during storms…

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  • Severe Weather Awareness Week 2012: Lightning

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    ..LIGHTNING AWARENESS DAY… Photo (c) 2011 – Brian Anderson. All Rights Reserved. SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES TODAY WITH A LOOK AT LIGHTNING SAFETY. HERE ARE SOME LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES: ANY LIGHTNING SAFETY PLAN SHOULD INCORPORATE THE 30/30 RULE. THE 30/30 RULE STATES PEOPLE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THE FLASH TO BANG DELAY /LENGTH OF TIME IN SECONDS…

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  • Severe Thunderstorm Safety

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    Erik Proseus

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    There are typically almost 2,000 thunderstorms in progress around the world at any given time.  Only a small fraction (less than 1%) are classified as severe.  Severe thunderstorms are those that produce hail at least 1″ in diameter (quarter-sized) and/or wind gusts of 58 mph or greater. A small fraction of severe thunderstorms produce tornadoes,…

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  • Lightning Awareness Day

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    Erik Proseus

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    SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES TODAY WITH A LOOK AT LIGHTNING SAFETY.  HERE ARE SOME LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES. ANY LIGHTNING SAFETY PLAN SHOULD INCORPORATE THE 30/30 RULE. THE 30/30 RULE STATES PEOPLE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THE FLASH TO BANG DELAY (LENGTH OF TIME IN SECONDS BETWEEN A LIGHTNING FLASH AND ITS SUBSEQUENT THUNDER) IS…

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  • Severe Weather Awareness Week 2010 – Lightning

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    Erik Proseus

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    This is post #3 in a series published for Severe Weather Awareness Week 2010. Today’s post focuses on the hazards of lightning. …Lightning Awareness Day… Severe weather awareness week continues today with a look at lightning safety. Here are some lightning safety rules. Any lightning safety plan should incorporate the 30/30 rule. The 30/30 rule…

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  • Still frames of a nearby lightning strike

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    Erik Proseus

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    These still photos were part of a short video taken with my digital camera as the June 12th summer storms (derecho) approached the northeastern Memphis suburb of Bartlett. I happened to get a very close lightning strike just before I shut the camera off and extracted these individual frames from it. The time elapsed from…

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  • Lightning Safety Awareness Week

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    Erik Proseus

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    WHEN THUNDER ROARS…GO INDOORS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL HOST ITS 8TH ANNUAL LIGHTNING SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK CAMPAIGN JUNE 22-28 2008. THE FOCUS OF THE 2008 CAMPAIGN IS RISK REDUCTION AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE CAMPAIGN EMPHASIZES THAT NO PLACE OUTSIDE IS SAFE WHEN LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA. LAST YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES AT…

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