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Beware, it’s lightening time in Colorado Springs

 Did you know that Colorado and Florida lead the way for the most lightening related deaths last year?

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I work with many people who are looking at relocating to Colorado Springs, and thought it would be a good idea to do a quick blog about lightening in Colorado.  Colorado has an average of 16 lightening related injuries a year and 3 deaths a year, all due to lightening.  For those statistics people out there, there is a entire web site devoted to lightening to Colorado. 

When thunder roars, go indoors!

It’s such a serious problem in Colorado, Governor Ritter has proclaimed a week in June the Colorado Lightning Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week.  Here’s some facts about lightening in Colorado:

• Thunderstorms are most likely from April to September, peaking in July. Though mountain thunderstorms are most common during mid afternoon, the first lightning strikes can occur before noon.
• Fifty percent of all known Colorado lightning casualties happen in one of four places: on mountain summits, under a lone tree, in wide-open areas and on lakes.

Lighting safety suggestions:

• If you hear thunder, go inside a building or get inside a hard-topped vehicle.
• If you are outside, avoid open spaces.  Don’t be the tallest object in an area.
• Stay away from isolated trees, towers, or utility poles.
• Stay away from metal conductors including  fences and wires; lightening can travel a long distance through metal.
• Make yourself as small as possible.  Never lie flat on the ground.

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• Moving to Colorado Springs, check out Zip Skinny
• El Paso County taxes are some of the lowest in the nation!
• Colorado Springs in ratings for Best Places to Start Over

For more information on Colorado Springs, please feel free to call Kathy Torline at 719-287-1049 or email:  KTorline@msn.com

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