![]() ![]() What most people refer to as "heat lightning" is just lightning that's created in a distant thunderstorm (too far away to hear the thunder). ![]() That's because there's no such thing as "heat lightning" (as in, lightning caused by heat). By the way, you may have noticed that I didn't mention "heat lightning" as a type of lightning. Other, much less common forms of lightning also exist, such as cloud-to-air lightning, and sprites. Intra-cloud (IC) and cloud-to-cloud (CC) lightning are much more common and account for two-thirds to three-fourths of all lightning flashes. You might think of lightning as a "bolt" from a cloud to the ground, but such "cloud-to-ground" (CG) lightning only accounts for about a fourth to a third of all lightning. Research suggests that more men may be struck by lightning because they're more likely to be in vulnerable outdoor situations where finding shelter may be difficult (boating, fishing, camping, doing construction work, etc.), and they're too slow (or reluctant) to be convinced of the imminent threat of lightning. Of those killed each year by lightning, on average, nearly 80 percent are male. Despite the decrease in lightning fatalities (even while a large increase in population occurred), each year in the United States a few hundred people are struck by lightning and a few dozen die (on average), so there's still work to be done. ![]()
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