How likely is it that someone will be struck by lightning?
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keithold thanks all baggers
ANSWERS: 5
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Not very likely, although my next door neighbour has been struck by lightening 3 times in her life so far!
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According to the US National Weather Service, your odds of being struck by lightning in your lifetime is 1 in 5000. The odds of being struck by lightning in any given year is 1 in 700,000.
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On average 1000 Americans are struck by lightning each year. So a rough approximation would be 1000/304mil = 0,00033% (for each American to be struck by lighning in on year)
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do you hike
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what you call being in the wrong place at the wrong time ,have seen some lightning run along the ground ,and it is the loud crack you hear that makes your hair stand on end ,powerful stuff.
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