Lightning Awareness
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Lightning Awareness
Brigadier General John J. Kelly, Jr., United States Air Force (Ret.)Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and AtmosphereNOAA Deputy Administrator06.22.2004
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NOAA Where Science Gains Value
National Lightning Safety Awareness TeamNational Lightning Safety Awareness WeekNOAA Weather RadioStormReady
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National Lightning Safety Awareness
Team
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National Lightning Safety Awareness
TeamWon National Lightning Safety Institute’s2003 U.S. Government Service Award
Common outreach materials developed by LSA
Fact Sheets Teacher’s Aids—Coloring Books
Public Service Announcements
Posters
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National Lightning Safety Awareness
Week200+ local and national media interviewsNOAA and partners produce and distribute 30,000 safety magnetsDistributed 30,000 Lightning Kills–Play it Safe Posters
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National Lightning Safety Awareness
Websitewww.lightningsafety.noaa.gov
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NOAA Weather Radio
NWR reaches 97% of US populationJune 17 – signed MOA with DHS
DHS broadcasts other warnings
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StormReadyProvides skills and education to survive severe weather eventsBegan in Tulsa 1999Must meet criteria
Conduct Exercises 24 hour Emergency Center Multiple dissemination systems Monitor local conditions Conduct Seminars Have a plan
735 StormReady in 47 states
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Adding Value to Science
NOAA continuing long legacy...
“Greatest thing: do well for my fellow man…”
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Lightning Reports circa 1750
Bell ringers rang church bell to ward off lightningIn Germany alone during the mid 1700s, in a 35 year period 386 churches were struck and more than 100 bell ringers were killed!
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Ben Franklin ActsJune 1752 – Franklin performed his kite experimentProved lightning was electricity and was drawn to pointsLightning rods began appearing in Europe and America
Standard lightning rod—blunt tip
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Franklin Rings the Bell
Safe method of detecting imminent lightningToday we are the bell ringers
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PartnershipPerfect Balance
NOAA disseminates information and scientific data You tell your stories
Together we do well by doing good