TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Lightning safety guidelines
JO  - Annals of emergency medicine
A1  - Zimmermann, C.
A1  - Cooper, M. A.
A1  - Holle, R. L.
SP  - 660
EP  - 664
VL  - 39
IS  - 6
N2  - On average, lightning causes more casualties annually in the United States than any other storm-related phenomenon except floods. Although 90% of those injured survive, they may have permanent sequelae and disability. Many of these people incur injuries or are killed by lightning because of misinformation and inappropriate behavior during thunderstorms. A few simple precautions can reduce lightning injury risk. To standardize recommended actions during thunderstorms, the Lightning Safety Group (LSG), composed of lightning experts from many lightning-related backgrounds, met at the American Meteorological Society meeting Phoenix, AZ, in January 1998 to collectively address personal lightning safety. This paper is a summary of the recommendations developed by the LSG.
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SN  - 0196-0644
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -