{"59853":{"#nid":"59853","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Take Time to Review Lightning Safety Tips","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith summer activities in full swing, Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Emergency Preparedness encourages the campus community to review lightning safety guidelines.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELightning kills an average of 58 people and injures approximately 300 others each year.\u0026nbsp; According to the National Weather Service, lightning can strike as far as 10 miles from the area where it is raining, about the distance you can hear thunder. If you can hear thunder, you are within striking distance, so you should seek safe shelter immediately. Additional lightning safety guidelines can be found at the following link: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/overview.htm.\u00a0\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/overview.htm.\u00a0\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/overview.htm.\u00a0\u003C\/a\u003E In addition, information on common lightning myths and realities can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/myths.htm\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/myths.htm\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/myths.htm\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYou can stay informed about specific severe weather conditions impacting campus by subscribing to severe weather alerts. Go to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\/weather.htm\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\/weather.htm\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\/weather.htm\u003C\/a\u003E for details on how to sign up.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Summer Outdoor Activities Increase Exposure to Dangerous Weather"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith summer activities in full swing, Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of\nEmergency Preparedness encourages the campus community to review\nlightning safety guidelines.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Review lightning safety tips so that you will know the proper steps to take during threatning weather conditions."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2010-06-28 19:07:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:59","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59856":{"id":"59856","type":"image","title":"Lightning","body":null,"created":"1449176239","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:19","changed":"1475894517","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:57","alt":"Lightning","file":{"fid":"191016","name":"lightning2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lightning2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lightning2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40877,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lightning2_0.jpg?itok=VP_09EJ3"}}},"media_ids":["59856"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\/weather.htm","title":"SmartRAD Weather Alerts"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/overview.htm","title":"Lightning Safety Tips"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/myths.htm","title":"Lightning Truths\/Myths"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10199","name":"Daily Digest"},{"id":"8743","name":"emergency preparedness"},{"id":"1396","name":"lightning"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Ray Grovenstein, 404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}