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To: Morgana

According to the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS), the odds of being struck by lightning in a given year are about 1 in 1.2 million. Your lifetime odds (estimated as an 80-year span) are about 1 in 15,300.


4 posted on 09/04/2025 8:32:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Odds come out a little different in FL. My kids know to come in when they hear thunder.


44 posted on 09/04/2025 9:30:16 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Those statistics would be different if standing in an open field during a lightning storm. IIRC golf games are stopped during thunderstorms.


50 posted on 09/04/2025 10:31:32 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yes but a strike in the huddle would take out 11

The choir at my church was hurt sorely when a lightning strike on the golf course took out three including the choir director and injured two more.


79 posted on 09/05/2025 6:40:17 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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