But one of the most unusual and yet threatening is the propensity for people there to be struck and killed by lightning, about 500 a year. For comparison about 67 people a year are killed in the united states from lightning strikes according to NASA statistics found here.
And both countries are quite close in geographical size and population as well, around third and fourth in both categories depending on the source of the statistics.
So for some reason mother nature likes to throw a few more lightning bolts around in communist china than free America, about ten times more. A thought to consider before packing up the kids and heading there for the games. lol
And both countries are quite close in geographical size and population as well, around third and fourth in both categories depending on the source of the statistics.
So for some reason mother nature likes to throw a few more lightning bolts around in communist china than free America, about ten times more. A thought to consider before packing up the kids and heading there for the games. lol
Lightning strike warning for Olympics
Herald Sun: "CHINESE meteorologists have warned that the site of most venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics could suffer a high number of lightning strikes after the Games begin, state media said on today. Lightning has killed 499 people in China so far this year, nearly 200 more than in the same period last year.
In an academic paper submitted yesterday to an international conference, Guo Hu, head of the Beijing Meteorological Observatory, and fellow researcher Xiong Yajun said they had studied Beijing lightning data from 1995 to 2005 - and Haidian district was the area most heavily hit. Most of the 31 Beijing Olympic venues are in Haidian and some are open air." continued
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