How Dangerous Is Lightning

Author : Christian Bouquegneau
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486138844
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Dangerous Is Lightning? written by Christian Bouquegneau and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly readable survey explores the history of lightning, from ancient myth to modern times. Topics include sources of lightning, physical effects, protection of structures and power lines, and current research. 2006 edition.

Author : Jeff Renner
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898867886
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lightning Strikes written by Jeff Renner and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lightning kills more people in North America than tornadoes, hurricanes, or floods. Hikers, campers, and golfers will learn to stay safe when lightning strikesPractical safety strategies for everyone who recreates or works outdoorsA quick, highly-informative read with interesting anecdotes, myths, and lore about lightningWritten by award-winning author and meteorologist Jeff RennerDiscover the risks of thunder, thunderstorm winds, lightning, and flashfloods. Lightning Strikes reviews how thunderstorms form, explains the different types of storms, and provides a guide for staying safe using the four As (Anticipate, Assess, Act, and Aid). Interwoven throughout the text are thought-provoking questions to help readers assess dangerous situations and form strategies to make sound decisions.Lightning Strikes livens its safety advice with often-humorous lore dating back to ancient Greece. This useful how-to book will appeal to anyone who spends time outdoors - hikers, climbers, golfers, construction workers - and has felt threatened by lightning.

Author : John Gookin, PhD
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811713644
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NOLS Lightning written by John Gookin, PhD and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Field guide for making careful decisions in the backcountry and relying on informed observation • Explains lightning science with simple language and illustrations • Based on 15 years of research

Author : Eduard M. Bazelyan
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420034011
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection written by Eduard M. Bazelyan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection presents a comprehensive and up-to-date review of lightning, including its hazards and protection techniques. The authors first discuss the effectiveness of conventional protective measures, supply technical advice and practical recommendations, and explore the prospects for the preventive control of a lightning leader, followed by a discussion of the initiation of a leader and return stroke and subsequent components. After including measurements useful for understanding lightning and its effects, the book describes the mechanism of lightning discharge processes. It then examines the effects of large aircraft, high-voltage lines, and other high-altitude constructions on lightning trajectory and leader attraction. The book concludes by studying the action of lightning's electrical and magnetic fields and the lightning current on industrial premises, power transmission lines, underground communications, aircraft and their electrical circuits, and the induction of a dangerous overvoltage. A clear, straightforward, and systematic presentation of complicated material, Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection provides deep insight into the physics of lightning, simple analytical estimates, and a detailed illustration of effects by computer simulation, making this resource essential for those who investigate lightning phenomena and who have to solve practical protection problems.

Author : Franklin Fisher
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781478241522
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lightning Protection of Aircraft written by Franklin Fisher and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to present under one cover the current state of knowledge concerning the potential lightning effects on aircraft and that means that are available to designers and operators to protect against these effects. The impetus for writing this book springs from two sources- the increased use of nonmetallic materials in the structure of aircraft and the constant trend toward using electronic equipment to handle flight-critical control and navigation function.

Author : Paul Fleisher
Publisher : Lerner Publications
ISBN 13 : 0761363297
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lightning, Hurricanes, and Blizzards written by Paul Fleisher and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What causes thunderstorms and lightning? Where and why do hurricanes form? How are blizzards more dangerous than other snowstorms? To answer these questions, you’ll need to know about nature’s most powerful weather events. Storms of all types and sizes occur around the globe. Each storm needs just the right combination of weather conditions to form and become dangerous—or even destructive. In this fact-packed book, discover how storms form, where they strike, and what makes them so powerful.

Author : John Hamilton
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1617843091
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lightning written by John Hamilton and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the nature, causes, and dangers of lightning, lightning strikes of the past, and ways to survive.

Author : Rick Riordan
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1423131894
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lightning Thief written by Rick Riordan and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2009-05-02 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse-Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him.

Author : Mongezi Nonkomo
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 148284530X
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Be Safe When Lightning Strikes written by Mongezi Nonkomo and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating natural phenomenon, a marvel to watch but as beautiful as it is, lightning is extremely dangerous. It has killed people, destroyed shelter, killed animals and destroyed our personal belongings such as radio, television sets and many more. It is something one needs to take seriously as well as familiarize him/herself with the safety tips associated with it. Experts believe that seeking shelter during the times of thunderstorms save more lives than being caught outdoors. More importantly, is the fact that people need to gain much knowledge as they can in order to save lives. This book therefore, assists those with lesser knowledge and those who are still tied to their childhood myths to overcome various situations as far as lightning precautions are concerned.

Author : Katherine E. Standefer
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
ISBN 13 : 0316450359
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lightning Flowers written by Katherine E. Standefer and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "utterly spectacular" book weighs the impact modern medical technology has had on the author's life against the social and environmental costs inevitably incurred by the mining that makes such innovation possible (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises). What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator. In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her rugged life in the mountains of Wyoming and sent her tumbling into a fraught maze of cardiology units, dramatic surgeries, and slow, painful recoveries. As her life increasingly comes to revolve around the internal defibrillator freshly wired into her heart, she becomes consumed with questions about the supply chain that allows such an ostensibly miraculous device to exist. So she sets out to trace its materials back to their roots. From the sterile labs of a medical device manufacturer in southern California to the tantalum and tin mines seized by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a nickel and cobalt mine carved out of endemic Madagascar jungle, Lightning Flowers takes us on a global reckoning with the social and environmental costs of a technology that promises to be lifesaving but is, in fact, much more complicated. Deeply personal and sharply reported, Lightning Flowers takes a hard look at technological mythos, healthcare, and our cultural relationship to medical technology, raising important questions about our obligations to one another, and the cost of saving one life.