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Lightning Basics – Creation and Classification. Lightning is a natural phenomenon that can be beautiful and deadly at the same time. ...
On May 6, 2015 two spectators of a high school soccer game were struck by lightning. On this particular occasion, the grandparents of Pocohontos Middle School in Henrico County, Virginia were lucky in that they survived the lightning ...
Lightning detectors are technologically advanced to detect lightning 40 or more miles away. ...
These activities included soccer, baseball and football as well as team practices. Lightning Detectors At Schools The importance of a lightning detector at schools where lightning is a risk cannot be stressed enough. ...
The reason for this is that we stay more often inside in cars and buildings where almost all areas are protected by lightning arresters than outside. How do thunderstorms and lightnings develop at all? ...
Thunderstorms are reported in US Federal Aviation standard according to the location of lightning. For automatic reports, the distances are in nautical miles. Thunderstorms producing lightning within 5 nautical miles (9 km) of the site are considered as overhead, with the METAR code TS. ...