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Lightning Strikes: Staying Safe Under Stormy Skies | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeff Renner
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 604189
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 157
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0898867886
Dewey Decimal Number: 551.554
EAN: 9780898867886
ASIN: 0898867886
Publication Date: April 2002
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Product Description
Lightning kills more people in North America than tornadoes, hurricanes, or floods. Hikers, campers, and golfers will learn to stay safe when lightning strikesPractical safety strategies for everyone who recreates or works outdoorsA quick, highly-informative read with interesting anecdotes, myths, and lore about lightningWritten by award-winning author and meteorologist Jeff RennerDiscover the risks of thunder, thunderstorm winds, lightning, and flashfloods. Lightning Strikes reviews how thunderstorms form, explains the different types of storms, and provides a guide for staying safe using the four As (Anticipate, Assess, Act, and Aid). Interwoven throughout the text are thought-provoking questions to help readers assess dangerous situations and form strategies to make sound decisions.Lightning Strikes livens its safety advice with often-humorous lore dating back to ancient Greece. This useful how-to book will appeal to anyone who spends time outdoors - hikers, climbers, golfers, construction workers - and has felt threatened by lightning.
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inspirational June 8, 2007
it was a good present for my uncle who has been struck by lightning.
An important book to have May 14, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a treasure, It is not has valuable, LIFE SAVING information, but it is also an enjoyable read, full of fascinating stories.
For people who spend a lot of time outdoors, this book is a must. But it is also for us ordinary folks; for the truth is that lightning can strike anywhere, anytime.
From lightning lore and myths to survival stories June 5, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lightning kills more people in North America than any other weather problem: Lightning Strikes is the first to provide practical strategies for whose who work in or enjoy the outdoors, and who might find themselves unprepared during a storm. From lightning lore and myths to survival stories and the important guide on what to do during a storm, this is an important guide.
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