• LIGHTING CAN STRIKE 6 TO 10 MILES FROM LEADING EDGE OF STORM. 30% OF VICTIMS ARE STRUCK UNDER BLUE SKIES BEFORE STORM ARRIVES.
  
  
• 60% OF VICTIMS ARE STRUCK UNDER BLUE SKIES AFTER STORMS HAVE PASSED.
  
  
• Each year, an average of 150 peple are reported killed and more than 700 reported injured by lightning. Due to inaccuracies in the medical reporting process of lightning-related incidents, it is estimated that the ACTUAL number of of lightning-related deaths and injuries may be 5,000 per year.*
  *Source: Lightning Injury Facts, 1995, Mary Ann Cooper, MD