LIGHTNING SAFETY

Lightning safety is everyone's business. By being smart, we can virtually eliminate our chances of getting struck. Lightning does not discriminate between young or old. Educate yourself about potential dangers of a lightning strike and learn how to avoid one.

The following websites are devoted to Lightning Safety:

• www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov
  National Weather Service - Lightning Safety
  U.S. Federal Government official lightning safety information.



• http://www.nols.edu/resources/research/pdfs/lightningsafetyguideline.pdf
  Guidelines for outdoor recreation lightning risk reduction: National Outdoor Leadership Ship (NOLS).



• https://www.patrick.af.mil/45og/45ws/LightningSafety/index.htm
  45th Weather Squadron
  Lightning Safety Website



• http://sln.fi.edu/weather/lightning/lightning.html
  The Franklin Institute Online
  Fun with Lightning - Bright Light Fright



• www.lightning.org
  The Lightning Protection Institute is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1955. This year we are proudly celebrating our 50th anniversary. Our members are dedicated to insuring that today's lightning protection systems are the best possible quality - in design, materials and installation - so that precious lives and property can be protected from the damaging and costly affects of one of nature's most exciting phenomenons - lightning.



• www.lightningsafety.com/
  National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI) is a non-profit, non-product advocacy of lightning safety for both people and structures.



• www.kidslightning.info, A Lightning Safety site just for kids.