We’ll keep things short this week as your author needs to hit the road for visits to our Chicago-area Extension offices.
In some parts of the country, this is Lightning Safety Awareness Week. The following passage is from the Peoria Journal Star on Monday, June 22, 2015: … the motorcyclists were traveling side-by-side when lightning hit a taxi van and then the motorcyclists. The driver of the van was injured, but survived, after going into a ditch, but the motorcyclists, who were burnt and suffered heart attacks, died at the scene. This freak accident occurred in Decatur, Illinois and points to just how unpredictable and dangerous lightning can be.
–Douglas Berry via NOAA
Severe storms are forecast in a large part of the Great Lakes region and points east early in the week, so I’d like to share a National Weather Service link that tells you just about everything you need to know about lightning safety.
