In the United States each year, lightening kills more than 500 people and injures more than 1000 people. Seventy-four percent of the survivors suffer permanent injuries. More deaths are caused by lightning than by floods, hurricanes and tornadoes (Sports Medicine, Volume 31, Issue 4, 2001). Lightning causes skin burns, nerve damage, and death from irregular heart beats. The people who are killed by lightning are often spectators or participants in sporting events.


Lightning can strike without warning, so sponsors of outdoor events should have loudspeakers, sirens or horns to alert people approaching electrical storms. Water, metal and high objects attract lightning. When an electrical storm starts, try

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to enter a building or your automobile as quickly as possible. Get in your car, not near it. You are safe in your car. Standing near a car increases your risk of being struck by lightening because you are standing near metal. To avoid being near metal, get off your bike and away from it when you seek shelter. If you re on the golf course, get away from your golf clubs and cart. Avoid being the tallest object, so do not stand in the middle of a field or under a single tree that is the tallest object in your area. Standing under a tree
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that is shorter than other trees nearby is far safer. Standing makes you the tallest object, so If you cannot get to shelter, go to a low spot and crouch down.



Don t stay near water. Just being near a lake, ocean or swimming pool increases your chances of being struck by lightning. Water sports such as swimming, fishing and boating increase your risk. Take the lifeguard’s warnings or radio bulletins seriously, get out of the water and go to the nearest shelter.


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