Mechanisms of Lightning Injury Should Affect Lightning Safety Messages
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The vast majority of newspaper reports of lightning injury portray direct strike as the predominant mechanism. However, direct strike actually causes only a small number of the injuries. This paper will review the mechanisms of injury as well as a likely distribution between the mechanisms of injury in an attempt to dispel the myth that the majority of injuries and deaths are caused by 'direct' strikes. Educational efforts should include not only warnings that apply to direct strike but to all of the other mechanisms as well. At the same time, the most simple message is usually the best, regardless of the educational level or age of the audience.
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