[californiadisasters] National Lightning Safety Awareness Week: June 24-30

When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!
Lightning Safety Awareness Week: June 24-30, 2012

Check this site for handouts, indoor safety and outdoor risk reduction tips, medical facts, history, survivor stories, photos, teacher tools, kids page and more.

Monaca, PA, receives recognition as the first Little League team to implement the lightning safety toolkit

What's New? Public Service Annoucements Geared to Men Outdoors Leon the Lightning Lion coloring book Struck by Lightning Video Lightning Safety: What You Need to Know: YouTube Toolkit for Lifeguards, zip Beyond Thunder Dumb: When Lightning Strikes... :YouTube Toolkit for Counties, Communities Toolkit for Large Venues, pdf, doc Lightning Safety Blog with John Jensenius Safer Design for Safer Play: Lightning Safety for Recreational Facilities

Summer is the peak season for one of the nation's deadliest weather phenomena— lightning. But don't be fooled, lightning strikes year round. The goal of this Website is to safeguard U.S. residents from lightning. In the United States, an average of 54 people are reported killed each year by lightning. To date, there have been 4 deaths in 2012. Find out the sad facts about lightning deaths in previous years.

Hundreds of people are permanently injured each year.  People struck by lightning suffer from a variety of long-term, debilitating symptoms, including memory loss, attention deficits, sleep disorders, chronic pain, numbness, dizziness, stiffness in joints, irritability, fatigue, weakness, muscle spasms, depression, and more.

Lightning is a serious danger. Through this site we hope you'll learn more about lightning risks and how to protect yourself, your loved ones and your belongings. As a start, get an overview of Lightning Safety or stop by our comprehensive page of handouts, brochures, links and more.

Check out recent lightning safety events.

Source: http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/

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