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By ALLEN MCQUISTONJemez Agency Serving Los Alamos Since 1963After yesterdays storm, I came across this article courtesy of Central Insurance.Nearly all of us have probably had some sort of close encounter with lightning. At one time or another we have ignored the danger of an approaching storm to complete that last bit of yard work or putt out on the 18th green. We tend to think the odds of lightning striking us are small, but how foolish we can be.聽 It is, in fact, the number two storm killer behind floods in the U. S., causing more deaths than tornadoes and hurricanes.Cloud to ground lightning is extremely fast, hot, and powerful. A lightning discharge occurs over the span of 100 milliseconds, heating the air around it to 15,000 to 60,000 degrees Farenhe stanley cup it and carrying a peak energy of up to 30,000 amps. Yet people are repeatedly willing to accept the risk of coming into contact with something so deadly.A repo stanley cupe rt by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration analyzed 35 years of lighting injury and fatality data in the U. S. Some of the studys interesting findings include:84 percent of injury and fatality victims were male.June, July, and August accounted for 21 percent, 30 percent and 22 percent of incidents, respectively.The peak period for incidents was 2-6 p.m.Incidents were mo stanley water bottle st common on Saturday, Wednesday and Sunday.Data analyzed by the National Lightning Safety Institute NLSI revealed that there were 756 U.S. fatalities during that time period. Florida, Torw UbiQD Expands New Mexico-Based Team
Daily Postcard: Orphaned bear Logan and his pal Blue Beary who broke her elbow when hit by a car in mid-July are growing quite large during their rehabilitation under the supervision of Dr. Kathleen Ramsay and the Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation. Ramsay and the LEWFthank the Los Alamos community for its generosity in donating funds to help these bears prepare for release later this year. To contribute, visit landofenchantment.org or mai stanley cup l donations to Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation, PO Box 957, Santa Cruz, NM, 87567. Photo by James RobinsonSubscribe FREE to News AlertsMake the Daily Post your HomepageMore News Like us on FacebookSubscribe FREE to News AlertsMake the Daily Post your HomepageMore News Like us on Facebook LOS ALAMOSladailypost website support locally by OviNuppi SystemsCouncil, Boards 038; Commissions CalendarHilltopper Sports Scores from MaxPrepCouncil, Boards 038; Commissions CalendarHilltopper Sports Scores from MaxPrepFacebook-fYoutubeInstagramSubscribe to your choice of breaki stanley us ng and/or daily news headlines.Subscribe to your choice of breaking and/or daily news headlines.Copyright 〓 2012-2025 The Los Alamos Daily Post is the Official Newspaper of Record in Los Alamos County. This Site and all information contained here including, but not limited to news stories, photographs, videos, charts, graphs and graphics is the property of the stanley cup Los Alamos Daily Post, unless otherwise noted. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is
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