When Thunder Roars… Go Indoors!

I missed it by a day. Not a big deal.

Last week was Lightning Safety Awareness Week in West-Central PA and today, I got a few minutes to review the information provided by the National Weather Service in State College.

According to the website, 55 people are killed [...]

Leon the Lion Lightning Safety

I’d be remiss if I didn’t include the word shocking in a post about lightning, so I’ll get it out of the way in the first sentence.  June 20 through 26 is lightning awareness week and with all the storms we’ve had, it’s probably pretty timely. 

Lightning is not something that you want to mess with.  Leon the lion in the picture to the right will highlight some things that you shouldn’t be doing when there’s thunder and lightning.

Kevin Carter of our sister station, WTOV-9 in Steubenville, Ohio covers the rest in a post from their blog.  Click into this post for more on that. (Read More)