Lightning Strikes: Staying Safe Under Stormy Skies
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Book Overview
* Practical safety strategies for everyone who recreates or works outdoors * A quick, highly-informative read with interesting anecdotes, myths, and lore about lightning * Written by award-winning author and meteorologist Jeff Renner Discover 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 A's (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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0898867886
ISBN13:9780898867886
Release Date:March 2002
Publisher:Mountaineers Books
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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3 ratings
inspirational
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
it was a good present for my uncle who has been struck by lightning.
An important book to have
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
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
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
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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