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Lightning fatalities in North Carolina 1972-1988
R L Langley1, K A Dunn, J D Esinhart
1East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville 27858.
North Carolina Medical Journal
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
Individuals who are outdoors during thunderstorms are at risk for death from direct and indirect lightning hits. Death is more likely from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. during the months of May through September. The fatality pattern in North Carolina is similar to that reported for the nation as a whole. Physicians are urged to discuss with their patients simple strategies for reducing exposure to lightning.