Lightning Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week
June 22-28, 2008
Photo Courtesy of Jim Evans
- Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Jr. Proclaims June 22-28, 2008 Lightning Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week in the state of Colorado
- Colorado Lightning Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week - Monday
- Colorado Lightning Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week - Tuesday
- Colorado Lightning Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week - Wednesday
- Colorado Lightning Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week - Thursday
- Colorado Lightning Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week - Friday
- Colorado Lightning Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week - Saturday
- Utah Governor Jon M Huntsman Jr. Proclaims June 22-28, 2008 Lightning Safety Awareness Week in the state of Utah
- Utah Lightning Safety Awareness Week - Monday
- Utah Lightning Safety Awareness Week - Tuesday
- Utah Lightning Safety Awareness Week - Wednesday
- Utah Lightning Safety Awareness Week - Thursday
- Utah Lightning Safety Awareness Week - Friday
- COMPLETE PDF DOWNLOAD for the entire week
- When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!
- Lightning Safety Awareness Week is June 22-28, 2008
- Quick Summary of the 2006 Colorado Lightning Casualties
- Overall Summary of Colorado casualties since 1980
- Download and Play the "Safe or Not Safe" Game - Requires Microsoft PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer (available here)
Lightning Safety: Protecting Yourself, Your Family and Your Friends from Lightning: In this section, you will find information on: Safe locations during a lightning storm Lighting Safety: Protecting your Home from Lightning: In this section you will find information, courtesy of the American Meteorological Society, on: Protecting your residence from Lightning Lightning Casualty Case Studies in the state of Colorado: In this section, you will find meteorological case studies of lightning strike victims which occurred in the state of Colorado. "BOLTS FROM THE BLUE": The most dangerous type of lightning! NCAA Lightning Safety Guidlines: Coaches, Atheletic Directors, Referees, and parents whose children participate in outdoor atheletic events are strongly encouraged to read this document. Lightning Statistics: In this section, you will find information on: Lightning injuries/fatalities day by day for Colorado Lightning Flash Density maps: In this section, you will find information on: Average number of lightning flashes per day, per month and per year for Colorado Lightning Facts and Other Interesting Aspects of Lightning Safety, Education, Science, etc Other topics: Where Lightning Strikes - Total Lightning map of the world. Click on the image below to see the latest LIS image
Lightning Striking a building at close range: This internet site is intended to serve as a resource for lightning information for the state of Colorado. Knowing more about lightning, its causes, and some basic safety rules can help you and your family avoid needless exposure to the dangers of lightning. We hope that you find this information useful. Please email your comments, questions, and suggestions to Steve.Hodanish@noaa.gov This page is a part of the Lightning Program at National Weather Service Pueblo How far off I sat and wondered..." Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Night Moves, from the album Nine Tonight |