International Lightning Class Association
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One-Design Class Type: Dinghy
Was this boat built to be sailed by youth or adults? Both
Approximately how many class members do you have? 1600
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About International Lightning Class Association
The Lightning truly excels as an affordable racing boat. The rig is simple but offers sophisticated sail shape controls. The hull features a unique hard chine design that combines the stability that provides sail-carrying power, with flat bottom sections that promote planing. At 700 pounds all up, the trailerable centerboard sloop is tough enough to avoid frequent breakdowns, but light enough to plane wildly on the reaches. Membership is diverse with sailors aged 8 to 80+. Many families sail together at top events and it is common to see females make up at least 40% of competitors.
The Lightning is sailed in more than thirteen countries and in the Pan American Games. A World, Master World and Youth World Championships are held every two years. North American, South American and European Championships are held each year as are innumerable regional and District championships. Major regattas attract some of the finest sailors in the world, but you find Class members friendly and the sailmakers’ complete tuning guides helpful at getting you up to speed in a hurry.
The International Lightning Class Association is one of the oldest and best organized class associations in sailboat racing. Its primary purpose is to serve its membership, preserve the integrity of the Lightning and provide high-quality competitive events. In addition, the Lightning Class publishes monthly e-blasts and a quarterly newsletter Flashes with up-to-date regatta news, boat brokerage and ideas on how to get the most out of your Lightning. The professionally managed association and dedicated volunteers are always on hand to assist both current and potential members.
If you’re looking for a boat you can be proud to sail, one that offers dinghy handling with the performance of a sport boat, a refined design that’s free of fads, complete with the technology of today for both racing and day sailing – look at the Lightning.
Boats Produced: 15630+
Class boat builder(s):
Allen Boat Company, Buffalo, NY: https://www.allenboatco.com/
WindRider International: https://www.windrider.com/
Approximately how many boats are in the USA/North America? 11,000+
Where is your One-Design class typically sailed in the USA? List regions of the country:
East of the Mississippi, Mid-West, Texas, Denver, San Diego, Pacific Northwest Click Here for Fleet Finder Map: https://www.lightningclass.org/content.aspx?page_id=451&club_id=93488
Does this class have a spinnaker or gennaker? Yes
How many people sail as a crew including the helm? 3
Ideal combined weight of range of crew: 490
Boat Designed in 1938
Length (feet/inches): 19’0″
Beam: 6’6″
Weight of rigged boat without sails: 700 lbs
Draft: (board down): 4’11”, (board up): 5″
Mast Height: 26’2″
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Alejandro Irigoyen
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Alejandro Irigoyen started sailing when he was 12 years old. His father was a keen sailboat racer at the Yacht Club Argentino, and Alejandro spent his weekends racing and living aboard the family’s wooden S&S Finisterre. By the time he graduated high school, Alejandro knew he wanted to dedicate his life to sailing, so he started studying yacht design. He started his sailmaking career in 1982 working for Hood, before starting his own Sobstad loft. In 2001, Alejandro joined the Quantum Sails family. “It was a natural decision,” he said. “I shared the same view and goals as the founding group.” Though he’s sailed in various classes, Alejandro’s expertise includes Optimist, Cadet, 470, Snipe, J/24, J/70, J/105, Soto 33, and Soto 44 classes. Whether he’s sharing his class knowledge and experience, or helping customers organize their campaigns and training, Alejandro’s passion for excellence provides the best service, products, and support for his customers.
- Nationality: Argentina
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- 15-time National Champion in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Peru
- 6-time South American Champion in Cadet, 470, J/24, and Soto 40 as helm/skipper
- Coached 470 Olympic bronze medalist teams in 2000 & 2012
- Coached Soto 40 Team Negra in 2010 & 2013
- Has successfully raced as helm/trimmer/tactician on board various One Design and offshore boats at regattas in more than 30 countries around the world
Carter White
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Carter White began sailing before he could walk, going on trips in the family's Lightning and then their J/24. He has experienced the beauty of the Gulf of Maine in a variety of cruising and racing boats. Having sailed and raced on multiple continents and at hundreds of locations, Carter considers the Maine coast of one the best places in the world to sail. An accomplished junior sailor, Carter competed on the national level in multiple National Championships including the U.S. Sailing Bemis and Sears competitions. He then took a chance on an upstart college program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where he majored in Economics and joined an aggressive, young, and new sailing team. He helped build the program into a national contender almost immediately; by his senior year, the program was ranked number one in the country. Carter was named All American for outstanding performance in inter-collegiate sailing competition. After college, Carter worked for a local sailmaker in Maine where he learned to design, build, and repair sails; install marine rigging; and manage a small business. He enjoyed helping the company grow into the leading local source for sails, canvas, and rigging. During this time, Carter sailed with many customers, helping them win major championships such as the PHRF New England Championships and Key West Race Week. Carter ultimately started his own business, managing sailing regattas and providing custom apparel and marketing products to marine businesses and events. Originally started in 2007 as Regatta Promotions, Carter set out to help yacht clubs and sailing organizations run better regattas. The business is still going strong today. Having successfully accomplished his mission, Carter and his wife, Molly, are now offering their years of product knowledge and expertise through You Regatta. You Regatta is located in the same facility as Quantum Sails Downeast in Falmouth, Maine. One-design sailing is where Carter has showcased his sailing talents, winning three U.S. National Championships in three different one-designs. He won the prestigious U.S. Sailing Mallory Cup in 2017, skippering a J/70 at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club as a representative of the Portland Yacht Club and SailMaine. He has skippered his J/24 You Regatta to many top finishes including fifth at the 2017 J/24 Worlds and second at the 2019 J/24 Midwinter Championships. Carter has won events sailing a variety of boats, including Swan 42, J/24, Lightning, Hinckley 51 SW, Custom 27’, Frers 36 & 41, Farr 30, Beneteau 36.7, J/80, J/70, 420, J/105, Etchells, Laser, Vanguard 15, and S2 9.1 While Carter has been working with Quantum, he has enjoyed the opportunities and rewards to reconnect with past clients in new ways that continue his true passion of helping sailors get more out of their boats, whether on the race course, gunkholing down the coast, or making a long ocean passage.
- Nationality: USA
- Position: Portland Loft manager/Sail Consultant
- Home town: Cumberland, Maine
- Current Town: Portland, Maine
- 4-time Maine High School State Champion (1990-1994)
- All American for Hobart & William Smith Colleges (1998)
- Key West Race Week (2001), 1st place, Tactician and Starting Helmsman
- Swan 42 U.S. Nationals (2011), 1st place, Mainsail Trimmer
- Block Island Race Week (2011), 1st place, Swan 42 Division, Mainsail Trimmer
- Swan 42 U.S. Nationals (2012), 1st place, Mainsail Trimmer
- Charleston Race Week (2014), 3rd place, 80 boat J/70 class, Tactician
- J/24 U.S. National Championship (2016), 2nd place, Skipper
- U.S. Sailing Adult Championships Mallory Cup (2017), 1st place, J/70, Helmsman
- J/24 World Championships (2017), 4th place tie, Helmsman
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Lightning is a 18 ′ 11 ″ / 5.8 m monohull sailboat designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Nickels Boat Works, Inc., Skaneateles Boat & Canoe Co., Helms - Jack A. Helms Co., Siddons & Sindle, Lippincott Boat Works, J.J. Taylor and Sons Ltd., Lockley Newport Boats, Eichenlaub Boat Co., Mobjack Manufacturing Corp., Clark Boat Company, Allen Boat Co., and Loftland Sail-craft Inc. starting in 1938.
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The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3
- SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D : Displacement in pounds.
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
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Caritas Bangladesh provides storm shelters to prevent lightning strike deaths
Boniface Khonglah (fourth from left), the regional director of Caritas Sylhet Region, alongside other local leaders, visits the lightning protection shelter at Panchauniya Haor in the Baniachang subdistrict of Habiganj district, Bangladesh, Jan. 17. (Courtesy of Caritas Bangladesh)
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Ziaul Haque, 50, a farmer from Langadu subdistrict of Rangamati in southeastern Bangladesh, was the sole income-earning member of his family. On June 15, while returning from the local market by boat on Kaptai Lake with food for his family, he was struck and killed by lightning. Three more people also died from lightning strikes in the same area.
On June 19, two people lost their lives in separate lightning incidents during a rainstorm in Bagerhat, southwestern Bangladesh. These incidents occurred in the villages of PC Dema and Hedayetpur in the Sadar subdistrict.
According to family members, one of the deceased, Saidur Rahman, 27, had taken cows from his home in the morning to graze in the nearby Panchamala field. It started raining heavily in the afternoon and Rahman attempted to return home with them. When he was struck by lightning, he died instantly. Ujol Rahman, who was with him, was seriously injured. Three of the cows and one buffalo were also killed.
Abdul Mannan, 80, a resident of Bolipur in Savar, near Dhaka, died from lightning strikes on Aug. 20, 2022. He was working in a crop field at the time.
Sorafat Ullah, 55, an inhabitant of Bolipur of Savar, works in a crop field on June 21. Ullah lost his father Abdul Mannan, 80, in lightning strikes on August 20, 2022. (Sumon Corraya)
His son, Sorafat Ullah, told EarthBeat, "The sky was covered by a black cloud. After it started raining, my father couldn't return home as he was an elderly person. He died due to lightning strikes."
The 55-year-old farmer said they were unaware of the risks posed by thunderstorms. "Nobody taught us about the dangers of lightning strikes. If my father had known, he might not have stayed outside during the rain," said Ullah, who is now more aware of such risks.
One of Bangladesh's deadliest lightning strike incidents occurred on the Padma River in the Shibganj subdistrict of Chapainawabganj, northwestern Bangladesh, on Aug. 4, 2021. In the morning, a boat departed Chapainawabganj for Shibganj's Dakshin Paka village, carrying a bridegroom. Around 12:30 p.m., when the boat neared Shibganj, it was struck by lightning, damaging the boat and killing 16 people. Several others were injured and admitted to the subdistrict Health Complex.
An average of 300 people in Bangladesh die every year due to lightning strikes, according to the United Nations. This figure is significantly more than lightning strike deaths in countries like the United States, where the annual average is fewer than 20 people.
Abdul Mannan, 80, an inhabitant of Bolipur of Savar, died in a lightning strikes on August 20, 2022. His sons, Sorafat Ullah, left, and Mojib Ullah work in their crop field on June 21. (Sumon Corraya)
Experts say thunderstorm-related deaths are increasing in Bangladesh due to changing weather patterns, more lightning, and deforestation that has cut down tall trees that could absorb the impact of strikes. They believe it is possible to prevent these deaths by raising awareness and adopting the appropriate initiatives.
In August 2015, the government declared lightning strikes a disaster in response to the increase in related deaths. Several projects were initiated to prevent deaths due to lightning, one of which was the planting of palm trees. The disaster management department was supposed to plant 4 million palm trees under this project, but it failed to achieve this goal.
A freelance consultant in disaster risk management and climate adaptation, who is also adjunct faculty at the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies at the University of Dhaka, recommended planting tall trees throughout the country as a simple solution. "We are not protecting the old trees. Even when trees are destroyed, no action is taken against it. So, where will the protection come from?" said the consultant, who wished to remain anonymous.
A thunderstorm is seen over the Jamuna River in Bangladesh. (Dreamstime/Rasel Ahmmed)
Gauhar Naeem Wara, a distinguished writer and researcher, emphasized that stopping the cutting of palm trees is crucial. "Cutting fresh palm trees should be stopped in our country. The Narail District Commissioner could save 1,600 palm trees a year if he wished. People make boats from palm trees, and this should be stopped by the authorities," he said.
He also mentioned that field workers in Nepal and India who worked with farmers who survived lightning strikes found that farm laborers who wore rubber shoes survived significantly more often than those who were barefoot. "If that's the case, why not pay attention to providing shoes rather than installing expensive bars like lightning arresters?" he said.
The Catholic Church in Bangladesh has responded to the recent surge in lightning-related deaths with a different approach than protecting and planting trees or providing protective footwear. Caritas Bangladesh, the social arm of the Catholic Church, has established a lightning protection shelter through the Family and Community Level Flood Preparedness Project at Panchauniya Haor (wetland) in the Baniachang subdistrict of Habiganj district.
Fishermen and their children take shelter in a lightning protection shelter at Panchauniya Haor in the Baniachang subdistrict June 13. (Courtesy of Caritas Bangladesh)
Abu Taher, junior program officer of disaster management at the Caritas Sylhet Region of Caritas Bangladesh, told EarthBeat that many farmers and fishermen go to the Panchauniya wetland in Baniachang. When rainstorms occur, "people are using our lightning protection shelter. Earlier, people stayed under the open sky at risk of lightning," he explained.
"In Baniachang subdistrict, in the last five years, 59 people have died due to lightning strikes," Taher said. In December 2023, Caritas Bangladesh inaugurated the shelter, and so far, 380 farmers and fishermen have taken shelter there during rainstorms.
Baniachang subdistrict's project operation officer, Maloy Kumar Das, approved the lightning protection shelter project of Caritas Bangladesh and praised the initiative.
Catholic Boniface Khonglah, the regional director of Caritas Sylhet Region, said the introduction of the lightning protection shelter marks a key and commendable initiative by Caritas Bangladesh. "This project highlights Caritas' commitment to resilience and community protection, marking a significant step toward sustainable development and humanitarian excellence. Habiganj is a hotspot for lightning strikes. Each year, many people die due to lightning strikes. To save them, we have taken this small project," he told EarthBeat.
Local people of Baniachang subdistrict expressed gratitude to Caritas Bangladesh for establishing the shelter. "Earlier, we feared staying in the wetland when it rained. Now we move to the shelter, which is safe and secure. We are thankful to Caritas," Mamun ur Rashid, a fisherman who lives in Kumri village in Baniachang, told EarthBeat. The 45-year-old also said that one of his relatives, who was the only income-earner for his family, died in the wetland last year.
Additionally, some Catholic priests in Bangladesh are raising awareness about thunderstorms. Fr. Dominic Halder, a priest at Bagerhat Catholic Church in the Khulna Diocese, told EarthBeat, "Our people are not very educated and don't know much about thunderstorms, so I advise them not to stay outside during rain to save them from thunderstorms."
"I believe this shelter is a blessing for us, as our house is 2 kilometers away from the wetland," said Rashid.
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7 youth hikers taken to hospitals after lightning hits ground near group
(AP) - Seven members of a youth group hiking in Utah were transported to hospitals Thursday after lightning struck the ground near them.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints youth group from Salina, Utah, were in the eastern part of Sevier County around 1:45 p.m. when a light rain began and the lightning hit, Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis said in a statement.
“Approximately 50 youth felt the shock of the lightning,” Curtis said, adding that seven of the young people had “medical concerns due to the electrocution.”
Two had serious symptoms and were flown by helicopter to Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi, Utah. Five others were taken by ambulances to Sevier Valley Hospital in Richfield and Gunnison Valley Hospital in Gunnison, Curtis said.
None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, according to Curtis, who said the other hikers were returned to their families in Salina, which is 139 miles (223 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City.
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Lightning Safety Week is June 23 to June 29, 2024 . Summertime across the Ohio Valley means barbecues, county fairs, sporting events, boating, hitting the beach, camping, and many other recreational activities. In short, summertime means a lot more people are spending a lot more time in the great outdoors. But summer is also the peak season for one of the nation's deadliest weather phenomena -- lightning . Lightning typically receives less attention than other storm-related killers because it does not result in mass destruction or mass casualties like tornadoes, floods, or hurricanes often do.
When Lightning Safety Awareness Week began in 2001, the United States averaged 50 deaths per year due to lightning. Now, the 10 year average number of lightning deaths per year in the US is 21. This reduction in lightning fatalities is largely due to greater communication of lightning danger and people taking action when thunder roars.
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The statistics shown were results from a study conducted by the National Lightning Safety Council and the National Weather Service. So far for 2024, there has been one fatality from lightning. Besides 2016, the total number of lightning fatalities has been at or below average. From 2006-2024, 481 people were struck and killed by lightning in the United States. Almost two thirds of the deaths occurred to people who had been enjoying outdoor leisure activities.
Compared to the rest of the United States, Kentucky and Indiana are among the states with the fewest lightning fatalities. The last lightning fatality in Kentucky occurred in 2023. The last lightning fatality in Indiana occurred in 2020. The last lightning fatality in the NWS Louisville County Warning Area was in 2013.
Fortunately, we have seen a steady decline in the number of lightning fatalities per year. We hope that bringing safety awareness will continue that trend.
Males accounted for 80% of all fatalities, and about 90% of the deaths in the fishing, sports, and work categories. Females had comparatively fewer deaths than men in every category, with their highest percentages in the boating-related activities (32%) and routine daily/weekly activities (32%). Between 2006 and 2023, the majority of victims were male aged 10 to 60.
More than 70% of the lightning fatalities occur in June, July, or August. These months not only have the greatest amount of lightning activity in the U.S., but they are also the months when people spend more time outside enjoying a variety of recreational and leisure activities. While all days of the week see a significant number of fatalities, the weekend days, particularly Saturday, have the greatest number of fatalities. Presumably, this is because people spend more time outside and are involved in activities that make them more vulnerable to being struck.
Ages of the victims varied from young children to older adults with the greatest number of fatalities between the ages of 10 and 60. Within that age range, the most fatalities occur in the 20-29 age group.
Lightning is simply a giant spark that moves within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. As lightning passes through the air, it heats the air rapidly to a temperature of about 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This causes a rapid expansion of the air along the lightning channel. This rapid expansion causes a shock wave that we hear as thunder.
Every thunderstorm produces lightning. Thunderstorms will form if there is sufficient moisture and instability in the atmosphere. As the sun warms the air near the ground, pockets of warmer air begin to rise and cool. Condensation of water vapor causes cumulus clouds to form. Continued heating can cause these cumulus clouds to continue to grow upward into the atmosphere. Towering cumulus clouds may be one of the first indications of a developing thunderstorm. The mature thunderstorm has both an updraft of rising warm air and a downdraft of sinking cool air accompanied by rain and sometimes hail.
Thunderstorms grow tens of thousands of feet into the atmosphere. Within the thunderstorm, precipitation forms as ice crystals, graupel, and rain. Collisions between these particles causes electrical charges to separate, with the positively charged ice crystals carried up into the updraft, while the negatively charged heavier graupel are carried downward in the downdraft. With time, the top of the thunderstorm becomes positively charged and the lower part of the thunderstorm becomes negatively charged.
Due to the pool of negative charges in the lower part of the storm, a pool of positive charges will develop along the ground and follow the cloud base like a shadow. Farther away from the cloud base, but under the positively charged anvil, a strong negative charge may be induced along the ground.
Cloud-to-ground lightning can either be a negatively charged flash or a positively charged flash. The negative flash usually occurs between the negative charges in the lower part of the storm and the positive charges on the ground under and near the cloud base. Positive flashes usually occur between the positively charged upper levels of the storm and the negatively charged area surrounding the storm.
In the negative cloud-to-ground flash, a negatively-charged step leader forms and begins to move down toward the ground. As this step leader approaches the ground, streamers of positive charge move upward from the Earth's surface. When these upward streamers meet the step leader, the connection is completed and the result is a cloud-to-ground lightning flash. The entire process takes place in fractions of a second. If you are near, or under a thunderstorm, and your hair rises, you are in an area where the positive electrical charges are rising up objects towards the storm. You are in a very dangerous location, because lightning may be about to strike!
The process for a positive flash is similar except that a positive channel usually originates in the anvil of the storm and surges downward. In this case, streamers of negative charge shoot up to meet the positively charged channel as it approaches the ground. When a connection is made, a positive flash of lightning occurs.
While both negative and positive flashes of lightning can be deadly, the positive flashes generally are more destructive as they typically deliver more overall electrical charge to the ground, and they remain in contact with the ground surface for a relatively longer period of time as compared to a negative cloud-to-ground flash.
Did you know that lightning is hotter than the surface of the Sun?
Outdoors is the most dangerous place to be during a thunderstorm. Each year, nearly all people in the United States who are injured or killed by lightning were involved in an outdoor activity. They were struck while working outside, were at or participating at an outdoor sporting event, or were boating or fishing. Other examples include people struck while they were hiking, mowing the lawn or simply going to or from their car. Quite a few were on their own property when they were struck.
Unfortunately, there is no place outside that is safe from lightning. The only safe place to be when lightning is occurring is either inside a substantial building, or an enclosed automobile. If you are outside, such as a park, a lake, or an outdoor sporting event, know where the nearest safe location can be accessed. A safe location is any substantial building (a substantial building is a structure which is fully enclosed and has electrical wiring and plumbing). In addition, any enclosed hard-topped car or truck also offers excellent protection from a lightning strike.
Once you hear thunder or see lightning, immediately stop what you are doing and quickly get to the safe shelter. What can you do to reduce your chances of being injured or killed by lighting if no safe shelter is nearby? Unfortunately, in this scenario, there is not much you can do to reduce your risk from being struck by lightning. The best thing to do is move away from tall isolated objects, such as trees. Stay away from wide open areas. Stay as low as possible with your feet close together if lightning is nearby. If you are with a group of people, spread out, that way if someone is struck by lightning, the others can offer first aid.
Fishing contributed most (40%) to the water-related deaths with boating (power boats, jet skis, canoes, sailboats, tubes) adding another 24%. About 28% of the victims were involved in beach related activities, while about 8% of the victims had been swimming. The data also shows that leisure-related activities are the greatest source (62%) of lightning fatalities. In particular, the combination of fishing and boating activities accounts for 14% of all lightning deaths. These activities are especially dangerous because fishermen and boaters are likely to be out in the open and more vulnerable to a direct lightning strike; the background noise from a motor or waves may limit their ability to hear thunder; and they may need extra time to get to a safe place.
Work-related activities contributed to 20% of the total lightning fatalities. The graphic shows the breakdown of the work-related deaths. Farming and ranching contributed most (24%) to the work-related deaths. Additional fatal activities included roofing (21%), construction (17%), lawn care (10%), military work (4%), and other (23%). Included in the “Other” category were deaths related to barge work, loading and washing trucks, surveying, door-to-door sales, logging, mail delivery, tornado rescue, utility repair, building maintenance, pruning trees, inspecting seawalls, washing oil disposal tanks, working at an amusement park, working on a billboard, lifeguarding, and attending beach umbrellas.
Certain activities limit a person's ability to monitor conditions. In particular, any background noise may limit a person's ability to hear distant thunder from an approaching or nearby storm. Mountains, trees, or buildings may impair a person's view of the horizon and limit the ability to watch for signs of developing storms. Recent advances in cell phone technology and the availability of lightning notification services may help provide advance warning in these situations.
Camping contributed significantly to the lightning death toll. In many cases, the victims were only steps away from a vehicle that could have provided safety. In some of these cases, skies may have been obscured by mountains or trees, and the victims just didn't realize a storm was nearby. In other cases, though, the threat was likely ignored. In a few cases where the fatal incident was in a remote area far from a safe place, there may have been little or nothing the victim could do at that time to be safe. In these cases, canceling or postponing the activity may have been the only course of action that would have provided safety
Statistics tell us that we are much less likely to become a lightning strike victim if we are inside a substantial structure such as a home or office building. While the majority of people who are injured or killed by lightning are outside, a small percentage of people are injured by lightning while indoors. Therefore, it is important to discuss indoor lightning safety.
The dangerous electrical current associated with a lightning strike typically enters a structure through wires, cables or pipes that connect to the building from the outside. Lightning can also directly enter into a structure through an open window, door or garage door. Once in a structure, the dangerous current can travel through the electrical, phone, cable and plumbing systems and through metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
Corded electronic devices are the leading cause of indoor lightning injuries in the United States. These include personal computer keyboards, game consoles, and corded phones. Other injuries have occurred when people were close to televisions which connect to an outside cable or satellite system. Open windows, doors and garage doors allow for a direct strike to enter a home, so make sure all windows and doors are closed when lightning is occurring. Never watch a lightning storm from a porch or open garage door. There are several YouTube videos that show people being injured by lightning while they were recording lightning from their porch or open garage door.
It is very important to stay away from any plumbing when lightning is occurring outside. This includes sinks, bathtubs and showers. When lightning is occurring, do not hand wash dishes, do not give kids a bath, and do not take a shower. It is best to wait to do laundry until after the storm goes by as washers and dryers are connected to both the electrical and plumbing systems.
People have also been injured while leaning and standing near concrete in their homes and offices. This is due to metal rebar which is in the concrete, and this metal acts as a conductor when lightning hits the building.
A house or other substantial building offers the best protection from lightning. In contrast, many small shelters such as bullpens, picnic shelters, sheds or tents (no matter what the size) offer no protection from lightning, and should be avoided at all cost.
Lightning strikes can result in death or serious injury. If you hear thunder or see lightning, take shelter in an enclosed building or a hard-topped vehicle with the windows up. Officials responsible for sports outdoor activities need to understand thunderstorms and lightning to make educated decisions on when to seek safety. Without this knowledge, officials may base their decisions on personal experience and or a desire to complete the activity. Unfortunately, decisions based on past experience or a desire to complete the activity can put the lives of those involved at risk.
For organized outdoor activities, the National Weather Service recommends that organizers have a lightning safety plan and follow it without exception. The plan should give clear and specific safety guidelines to eliminate errors in judgment. These guidelines should address the following questions.
When should activities be stopped?
Where should people go for safety?
When should activities be resumed?
Who should monitor the weather and make the decision to stop activities?
What should be done if someone is struck by lightning?
Soccer and golf contributed most to the sports-related deaths, followed by running (22%), baseball (7%), football (2%), and disc golf (2%). Sports-related activities contributed to about 9% of the total lightning deaths, with soccer and golf contributing most to the death toll. For most incidents, safety was nearby in the form of a building or vehicle. Many victims failed to react quickly to the imminent danger. A few of the running victims were some distance from safety and could have reached a safe place sooner had they listened to the forecast and chosen a safer route.
Both the inability and unwillingness to get to a safe place in a timely manner contribute to many lightning fatalities. Many people wait far too long to start heading to safety, and that puts them in a dangerous and potentially deadly situation. In fact, a number of lightning victims in this study were seeking safety when they were struck – the problem is that they just didn't start soon enough. In some cases, people decided to wait to see if the conditions improved rather than heading toward safety immediately. It's important to note that some activities require a considerable amount of time to get to a safe place. In those instances, it is imperative that people in charge or involved in the activities monitor conditions so everyone involved can get to safety immediately at the first signs of a developing storm.
There is no safe place outside when thunderstorms are in the area. If you hear thunder, you are likely within striking distance of the storm. Just remember, When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors. Too many people wait far too long to get to a safe place when thunderstorms approach. Unfortunately, these delayed actions lead to many of the lightning deaths and injuries in the United States.
Last Resort Outdoor Risk Reduction Tips
If you are caught outside with no safe shelter anywhere nearby the following actions may reduce your risk:
- Immediately get off elevated areas such as hills, mountain ridges or peaks
- Never lie flat on the ground
- Never shelter under an isolated tree
- Never use a cliff or rocky overhang for shelter
- Immediately get out and away from ponds, lakes and other bodies of water
- Stay away from objects that conduct electricity (barbed wire fences, power lines, windmills, etc.)
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Man killed by lightning on beach trying to warn kids about approaching storm
SEASIDE PARK BEACH, N.J. (WABC) - A New Jersey woman is speaking out after her boyfriend was killed by lightning while trying to warn children at the beach of an approaching thunderstorm.
Patrick Dispoto, 59, and his girlfriend, Ruth Fussell, were leaving the beach at Seaside Park on Sunday when Dispoto went back to warn a group of kids in the water about the dangers of an impending lightning storm. It would be the last time Fussell would see him alive.
“He said, ‘I’ll be right back.’ And I said, ‘You have no business going back.’ He says, ‘I’m just going to warn these kids because the sky is gonna open. I’m just going to warn these kids. One minute.’ And I said, ‘No,’” Fussell said.
But apparently, Dispoto, in his heart, simply could not rest thinking about the kids he saw on the beach not leaving fast enough to beat the threat of the storm. After making sure Fussell was safe in his truck, he went back to warn them.
Fussell waited 15 minutes for Dispoto to return.
“I called him three times, and he didn’t respond,” she said.
Worried, Fussell went back to find her boyfriend face down in the sand with a stranger standing over him.
“He was saying, ‘Help, help, 911.’ I administered mouth-to-mouth, and then, the guy’s wife was doing chest compressions,” Fussell said.
First responders arrived and took Dispoto to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“The doctor said, ‘45 minutes after a brain has no oxygen, you have to unplug it.’ And I said, ‘No, no, you can’t help?’” Fussell said.
Police have confirmed that Dispoto was killed by a lightning strike.
Fussell says Dispoto never passed up an opportunity to make someone’s life easier, and that’s what she wants everyone to know in the wake of his death.
“So, his last act of heroism was his ultimate. That’s my Patrick Dispoto,” she said.
In April, Seaside Park approved $50,000 to buy three lightning warning systems to cover its mile-and-a-half-long beach to warn of lightning danger long before the threat reaches the shoreline.
A few Jersey Shore beaches already have such warning systems. One sits atop the lifeguard station at Berkeley Township Beach where 19-year-old lifeguard Keith Pinto died in 2021. He was struck by lightning as he was trying to get visitors off the beach.
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Traveling nurse drowns while visiting Glacier National Park after falling into creek
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (Gray News) - Authorities say a 26-year-old woman drowned after falling into a creek at a national park in Montana over the weekend.
According to the National Park Service , the woman slipped on slick rocks and fell into Virginia Creek between St. Mary Falls and Virginia Falls at Glacier National Park on Sunday.
The woman, later identified as Gillian Tones, was quickly swept up by cold, fast-moving water and went over a series of smaller waterfalls before being pinned underwater by a log for several minutes.
Authorities said other park visitors helped pull her out of the water but despite resuscitation efforts from rescuers and first responders, Tones was pronounced dead at about 7 p.m.
Family members told WTAE that Tones was a free spirit and worked as a traveling nurse, earning an award for her work.
“She was a truly bright light in the lives of everyone who had the privilege of knowing her. Her presence radiated warmth and positivity. She had an uncanny ability to lift the spirits of those around her,” loved ones shared through a GoFundMe . “Her compassion and empathy knew no bounds. She was always willing to lend a helping hand and listening ear.”
Park officials thanked first responders and the other park visitors for their help that day.
Officials also extended their “deepest condolences” to the Tones family.
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The Lightning, a 19-foot trailerable centerboard sloop, was originally designed by Sparkman & Stephens as an affordable family day-sailor and racing boat. ... This year the modern fleet had 11 boats sailing, and the classic lightning fleet had 13 that actually finished a race, 14 boats sailed. Total regatta turnout 26 boats, largest attendance in
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The International Lightning Class Association is one of the oldest and best organized class associations in sailboat racing. Its primary purpose is to serve its membership, preserve the integrity of the Lightning and provide high-quality competitive events. In addition, the Lightning Class publishes monthly e-blasts and a quarterly newsletter ...
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Venue: Chase Water Sailing Club Date: 16th & 17th September 2023 The Lightning 368 national champs will be held over the weekend September 16th and 17th. Gate will be open at 15:00-22:00 on Friday 15th September & 08:30 on Saturday 16th September...
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This elusive combination of attributes continues to make the three-person Lightning, which Olin Stephens (of Sparkman & Stephens fame) designed in the mid-to-late 1930s, a popular and competitive boat. Take, for example, the 2023 Lightning North American Championship (August 5-11), which is being organized by the International Lightning Class ...
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The Lightning is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens, as a one-design racer and first built in 1938.. An accepted World Sailing class, the boat is one of the most popular one-design sailing classes in the United States and is also raced in several other countries.. The design was developed into a smaller boat, as a trainer for the Lightning, the ...
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Allen have consistently sponsored our National Championships and their fittings are used extensively. Although the Lightning is a good boat, it will not suit everyone. You need to think about this both on and off the water, handling the boat ashore needs to be apart of the decision making process, as well as performance and handling on the water.
Lightning Class (Int) Download Boat Record: Notes. One of the most popular one-design classes in the US since the 1940's. But fleets also exist in other parts of the world. ... A Ballast/Displacement ratio of 40 or more translates into a stiffer, more powerful boat that will be better able to stand up to the wind. Bal./Disp = ballast (lbs ...
He was 81. A passionate lover of the Buffalo Canoe Club and his summer home in Bay Beach, Ontario, Allen will be remembered for his ability to build and sail boats. In 1961 he founded the Allen Boat Co., in Buffalo, N.Y., where he built sailboats, but most notably, the Lightning class sailboat. His boats initially were built of wood, but over ...
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Numbers will be 300 mm (12") minimum height and 200 mm (8") wide except for the numeral one. Boats sailing in international events shall be identified by national sail letters as defined by the ISAF. Appendix G1.3 (d) is amended so that National Sail Letters on the spinnaker are not required. (March, 2007) The sail number that is ...
Around 12:30 p.m., when the boat neared Shibganj, it was struck by lightning, damaging the boat and killing 16 people. Several others were injured and admitted to the subdistrict Health Complex.
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The youth group from Salina, Utah, were in the eastern part of Sevier County around 1:45 p.m. when a light rain began and the lightning hit, the sheriff said.
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The statistics shown were results from a study conducted by the National Lightning Safety Council and the National Weather Service. So far for 2024, there has been one fatality from lightning. ... to the water-related deaths with boating (power boats, jet skis, canoes, sailboats, tubes) adding another 24%. About 28% of the victims were involved ...
The lightning hit the top of the mast, and jumped to the deck at the join of the bottom and top section. Separated the deck from the hull from the bow back to the cockpit. There was ~40 lasers out on the water and we could all feel each lightning strike on the water and then bam, a boat got hit. Was pretty scary
SEASIDE PARK BEACH, N.J. (WABC) - A New Jersey woman is speaking out after her boyfriend was killed by lightning while trying to warn children at the beach of an approaching thunderstorm. Patrick Dispoto, 59, and his girlfriend, Ruth Fussell, were leaving the beach at Seaside Park on Sunday when Dispoto went back to warn a group of kids in the ...
The Lightning's lineage begins in 1876 with the formation of Bowdish and Company. Bowdish quickly developed a reputation for building fine small steam launches, rowboats, canoes, and sailing canoes. In 1890 a young boatwright named George Smith joined the company. In 1893, Smith and his partner, James Ruth purchased Bowdish and Company and ...
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