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Warning
Against Lightning
Between Saturday and Monday Costa Rica has
been struck by lightning some 18.000 times.
So, how do you avoid being hit by lightning,
like the strike of Saturday that hit a tree
in front of the hospital San Juan de Dios,
in downtown San José, injuring 7 while
waiting for a bus.
The Departamento de Hidrología del Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) says
that the country is struck by lightning more
than 300.000 times a year, the majority of
the electrical activity being in the rainy
season (May to November) and Alajuela the
province with the greatest number of
incidents.
The weekend lightning activity recorded
18.255 lightning strikes or 304 per minute,
according to ICE specialists.
A lightning strike is five times hotter than
the sun, some 28.000 degrees Celsius and
travels at 140.000 kilometres per hour.
Lightning seeks out the highest point to
make contact, trees being a favourite.
Experts recommend the following to avoid
being a victim of a lightning strike and
damage to appliances and electrical
equipment, like your computer:
- Shut off the circuit breakers
- Disconnect televisions, appliances and
computers
- Aovid using a telephone
- Stay away from windows
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