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Human Voltage
 

 

Topic - Lightning
Subject - Human Voltage

July 24, 2007
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Human Voltage

What happens when people and lightning converge

 

The following article outlines some very interesting facts about lightning strikes:

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  • Men are stuck by lightning four times more often than women
  • Only flash floods and river floods cause more weather-related deaths
  • Only 20% of lightning victims are immediately struck dead
  • Florida has twice as many lightning casualties as any other state

 

Click here to read the entire article from Science@NASA

 

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  • please,send news electrical code.

    roberto soto

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