{"id":3570,"date":"2015-06-23T07:57:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T11:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=3570"},"modified":"2015-06-23T07:57:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T11:57:18","slug":"lightning-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/06\/lightning-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some NWS offices are holding Lightning Safety Awareness activities this week, and I thought it was a good reminder to all of us who spend time outside in the summer.<\/p>\n

The NWS Summer Safety Awareness resources pages can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/www.nws.noaa.gov\/com\/weatherreadynation\/summer_safety.html#.VYlHfflVhBc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lightning myths and facts\u00a0https:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/myths.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n

Understanding lightning\u00a0https:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/science\/scienceintro.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

And finally, I am happy to hear that a Georgia boy struck by lightning down in Florida is on the mend (link<\/a>). \u00a0Remember, someone struck by lightning may be only hurt and not dead, so quick medical attention may help save their life.<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: Thomas Bresson, Commons Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some NWS offices are holding Lightning Safety Awareness activities this week, and I thought it was a good reminder to all of us who spend time outside in the summer. The NWS Summer Safety Awareness resources pages can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/www.nws.noaa.gov\/com\/weatherreadynation\/summer_safety.html#.VYlHfflVhBc. Lightning myths and facts\u00a0https:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/myths.shtml Understanding lightning\u00a0https:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/science\/scienceintro.htm And finally, I am happy to hear that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":3571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-and-ag-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3572,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3570\/revisions\/3572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}