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Advice On How Not To Be A Victim Of Lightning
Metropolitan Life says about 250 Americans are killed by lightning annually. Moving to Rhode Island or to a steel framed city dwelling reduces risk. stay out from trees, open fields, small boats, excluded sheds, and water during storms. Cars offer protection due to metal bodies. Summer is peak danger. Mountain and Southeastern states show highest death rates, Pacific Coast New England and Middle Atlantic the lowest. men die four times as often as women.
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