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Small Shelters and Safety from Lightning
Technical Paper
2001-01-2896
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
Small open shelters are common on athletic fields, golf courses, parks, roadside picnic areas, schoolyards, and elsewhere. Many of these shelters are built to protect against rain or sun, not lightning. What can be done to minimize risk/maximize safety for people inside them under direct and indirect lightning strike conditions? Although there is no such thing as a lightning-proof small outdoor shelter, a properly designed and installed lightning protection system may make a difference. Sometimes the difference is between life and death.
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Kithil, R. and Rakov, V., "Small Shelters and Safety from Lightning," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-2896, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-2896.Also In
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