by Paul Scott Anderson More intense storms ahead? As global warming has progressed, you might have noticed more weird weather, including...

By Cari Nierenberg It's a terrifying way to get a temporary tattoo. To get the feathery looking, fern-like pattern running down this...

Lightning Safety

By Brianna McCord There were more than 71,000 lightning-related home insurance claims in 2020, according to the Insurance Information...

By Kevin Ambrose It was early in NOAA’s lightning safety workshop at the University of Maryland when attendees heard how a single...

https://eos.org/research-spotlights/upward-lightning-takes-its-cue-from-nearby-lightning-events In the chaos of a thunderstorm, upward...

by Lior Zitzman To enter a competitive and dangerous field like construction, women have a multitude of resources available to them that...

A Shift in Lightning Patterns With around 100 strikes per second, lightning currently hits the ground around eight million times per day,...

From lightning.org Often considered the grandfather of lightning protection, NFPA 780 provides valuable resource information for AHJs,...

from LPI Build and Protect April 19, 2019 HARTFORD, Conn., April 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — According to the American Institute of...

Here’s a list of ten possible outcomes: 1) Deep entry and exit wounds can occur where the lightning strikes the body and then exits the...

Old, improperly installed or maintained lightning rods do not equate to a lightning protection system. It's important that property...

From Build and Protect Winter 2019 issue 20 The earth experiences 100 lightning flashes per second and the U.S. alone has more than 40...

How Thunderstorms Form Thunderstorms develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground. These pockets of warm air then...

from National Weather Service Some workers are at greater risk than others. People who work outdoors in open spaces, on or near tall...

There are four basic types of lightning damage: physical damage, secondary effect damage, electromagnetic effect damage, and damage...

Lightning caused a fire at the Prospect School in Hempstead, NY. It forced the district to send students to other facilities across town...

Author Manoj Joshi Over the past few weeks, as the horror of wildfires across Northern America disturbed all of us, we could not help...