K2 Radio » National Lightening Safety Week http://k2radio.com Wyoming's Radio Station Fri, 17 May 2013 23:25:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 When Thunder Roars Get To Shore; National Lightening Safety Week http://k2radio.com/when-thunder-roars-get-to-shore-national-lightening-safety-week/ http://k2radio.com/when-thunder-roars-get-to-shore-national-lightening-safety-week/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:26:11 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=12037 More than 400 people are struck by lightning in the U.S. each year. Around 10 percent of those deaths happen in Wyoming.

The National Weather Service is addressing those high numbers with National Lightning Safety Awareness Week that kicks off Monday.

"Historically Wyoming has had a very high lightening casualty rate per capita. So again for the number of people who live in our state, the rate with lightening injuries and deaths is very high."

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