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SGEB-7. October 1992. Boating-Lightning Protection1. William J. Becker2. "One minute the fisherman was sitting atop his elevated seat aboard his boat. The next minute he was dead-- the victim of a lightning bolt.". This was the lead paragraph in a recent Florida newspaper article. These accidents can and do happen--and yet they need not. Florida has more thunderstorms--and thus, more lightning PHENOMENA. lightning strikes--than any other state (see Figure 1). Only three states have a higher death rate from lightning Most lightning strikes occur in the afternoon--70. than Florida, and no state has more deaths or injuries. percent between noon and 6:00 As the air temperatures warm, evaporation increases.
Boating-Lightning Protection Page 2 Figure 1. Thunderstormdays.Floridahasmorethunderstorm days than any other state. Lightning is what makes it a
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