@article{ref1,
title="Lightning and transportation",
journal="Seminars in Neurology",
year="1995",
author="Cherington, M.",
volume="15",
number="4",
pages="362-366",
abstract="It is a little-known fact that lightning casualties often involve travel or transportation. López and colleagues, in their studies on the epidemiology of lightning injuries, have reported that 10% of lightning injuries are categorized under transportation. In the majority of their cases, victims were struck while standing outside or near their vehicles during a thunderstorm. During my review of the neurologic complications of lightning injuries, I was impressed by the number of case reports in which the victim was struck while either in or near a vehicle, airplane or vessel. In this article, I shall put forth information on four aspects of lightning that relate to the danger to people traveling in vehicles, boats, and airplanes. First, I shall deal with lightning safety on ships and boats. People who enjoy recreational sailing, including the &quot;weekend sailor&quot; and those who enjoy fishing from a boat, should be fortified with knowledge about lightning protection. Second, I shall consider the matter of lightning strikes to aircraft. In the third section, I shall discuss the question of lightning safety in automobiles. Fourth, I shall review those cases found in my literature review in which the victim was struck while in or near a vehicle, boat, or airplane.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-8235",
doi="10.1055/s-2008-1041045",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1041045"
}