Lightning Protection Resources

While it is difficult to quantify lightning losses, it is estimated that $4-5 billion damage occurs each year. Likewise, the cost of lightning protection to safeguard critical equipment and facilities from lightning strikes during severe weather is enormous.
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Lightning Protection & Safety Websites

A Basic Primer in Lightning Effects and Protection
Summary from weighing-systems.com.

Air Force Instruction 32-1065 Grounding Systems
Assigns maintenance responsibilities and requirements for electrical grounding systems on Air Force installations.

An Overview of Lightning Safety
Louisville, CO
Summary by Richard Kithil.

Electrical Hazards: Protecting Yourself, Your Home, and Your Assets
Information from State Farm Insurance.

FLASH— KABOOM!
Article by John Wiles, Sponsored by the Photovoltaic Systems Assistance Center, Sandia National Laboratories.

Global Lightning Observations
From the Space Physics Research Group, University of California, Berkeley.

Grounding Bonding and Shielding for Electronic Equipments and Facilities
From the Department of Defense.

High Resolution Full Climatology Annual Flash Rate
Fort Worth, TX
From National Weather Service.

Let's Learn About Lightning! for Kids
Lots of resources great for school teachers and homeschoolers.

Lightning and Surge Protection
Tutorial by Kenneth Schneider, PhD.

Lightning Protection
Article from Radio Magazine, by John Battison.

Lightning Protection
Green Bay, WI
Information from the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.

Lightning Protection
Facts & information from wvlightning.com.

Lightning Protection for the Amateur Station Part 1
By Ron Block, KB2UYT.

Lightning Protection for Farms
From National Ag Safety Database.

Lightning Protection Hazard Alert
Silver Spring, MD
From The Center to Protect Workers’ Rights.

Lightning Protection Institute
800-488-6864 / Maryville, MO
Dedicated to insuring that today's lightning protection systems are the best possible quality - in design, materials and installation - so that precious lives and property can be protected from the damaging and costly affects of one of nature's most exciting phenomena - lightning.

Lightning Protection Systems
Information from the Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL). UL issues certificates of conformance for systems, inspecting system components and checking completed installations.

Lightning Risk Reduction Outdoors
From NOAA, National Weather Service.

Lightning Rod
Definition and information pertaining to lightning protection, from Wikipedia.

Lightning Density Map of the United States
NOAA

Lightning Density Map of the World
NASA


Lightning Safety
NOAA, National Weather Service data

Lightning Information & Safety for Kids
Links to lightning safety resources.

Lightning Strikes to People and the Legal Duties to Warn and to Protect
By Dr. Ronald B. Standler, attorney and consultant.

Methods of Creating Lightning Protection Zones Near Tall Telecommunications Structures According to Different National Standards
From IEEE.

MIL-STD-464, Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Requirements for Systems
Lightning strike waveforms. This standard establishes electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) interface requirements and verification criteria for airborne, sea, space, and ground systems, including associated ordnance.

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
800 344-3555 / Quincy, MA
Serves as the world's leading advocate of fire prevention and is an authoritative source on public safety.

National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI)
Louisville, CO
A non-profit, non-product advocacy of lightning safety for both people and structures.

Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Instruction 8020.1
Reporting the physical location of ammunition and explosives (A&E) during non-working hours.

Protection Against Ignitions Arising out of Static, Lightning, and Stray Currents
Document from American Petroleum Institute.

Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment
Document from IEEE.

Recommended Practice for Grounding of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems
From IEEE.

United Lightning Protection Association
800-668-8572 / Libertyville, IL
Promotes National Safety Standards regulating our industry, promotes the proper installation of lightning protection throughout the country and promotes lightning safety.

U.S. Army Explosives Safety Program
From the U.S. Army.

U.S. National Lightning Detection Network Database (NLDN)
The National Lightning Detection Network, NLDN, consists of over 100 remote, ground-based sensing stations located across the United States that instantaneously detect the electromagnetic signals given off when lightning strikes the earth's surface.

World Lightning Strike Map
Louisville, CO
From the National Lightning Safety Institute.

Why You Need Lightning Protection
From Electricians Toolbox Etc.
 
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