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“LIGHTNING KILLS, PLAY IT SAFE”
NOAA and WUSA’s Washington Freedom Campaign To Alert Public
The official start of summer this week heralds the peak season
for a deadly and yet dangerously misunderstood weather phenomena—lightning.
In an effort to save lives, the NOAA National Weather Service
and Olympic Medalist Siri Mullinix, goalkeeper for the Women’s
United Soccer Association’s (WUSA) Washington Freedom,
are campaigning to alert the nation to the dangers of lightning.
Lightning casualties occur year-round, although the summer months
are the most dangerous. Overall, 25 million cloud-to-ground
lightning strikes occur in the United States each year.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS LA NIÑA CONDITIONS CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP — La Niña conditions, marked
by colder ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific, continued
to develop for the second straight month, report NOAA scientists.
NOAA scientists report oceanic and atmospheric conditions in
the tropical Pacific during May were consistent with a developing
“cold episode,” or La Niña. |
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ISSUES FIRST EXPERIMENTAL EASTERN PACIFIC HURRICANE OUTLOOK
— NOAA hurricane experts announce the debut
of an experimental Eastern Pacific Hurricane Outlook. Scientists
at NOAA call for 11-15 tropical storms (normal is 15), with
6-9 becoming hurricanes (normal is 9), and 2-5 becoming major
hurricanes (normal is 4-5). |
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AND AIR FORCE KICK OFF AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOR NEW EMERGENCY
PERSONAL LOCATOR BEACONS — NOAA and the U.S.
Air Force announced the authorization of a new, digitally encoded
distress device called, the Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), which
will become available for nationwide use beginning July 1, 2003. |
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