Test 3.2

Question 1

What is the #2 weather killer in US

Answer 1

Lightening

Question 2

What is the most consistent and significant weather hazard that affects intercollegiate athletics

Answer 2

Lightening

Question 3

What’s the survival rate and death rate of lightening

Answer 3

90% survival and 10% death

Question 4

How much money is lost due to lightening each year

Answer 4

5 billion

Question 5

What causes lightening

Answer 5

Precipitation is carried upward and converted to ice in clouds

Collision between ice particles causes electrical differential

Question 6

What changed ice particles rise to the top of the clouds and what at particles sink to the bottom of clouds

Answer 6

Positive rise to the top

Negative sink to the bottom

Question 7

What particle are on the groud

Answer 7

Positive particles

Question 8

What is the upward streamer

Answer 8

Positive particles move up taller objects towards clouds

Question 9

What is a step leader

Answer 9

Negative charged area in cloud sends a charge towards the ground

Question 10

How hot does lightening get?

Answer 10

30,000 degrees

Question 11

What causes thunder

Answer 11

Rapid expansion of heated air

Question 12

What do you see first lightening or thunder and why

Answer 12

Lightening because light travels faster than air

Question 13

Can you have thunder without lightening?

Answer 13

No

Question 14

Do blue skies mean that lightening will not occur?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

What’s the percent of lightening without rain

Answer 15

10%

You can have lightening without rain

Question 16

How far away can lightening strike away from rain

Answer 16

10 miles

Question 17

What are the different ways to detect lightening

Answer 17

Optical sensor method

30-30 rule

Flash to bang count

Question 18

What does the 30-30 rule consist of

Answer 18

See lightening count until thunder

30 second or less means to seek shelter

Wait 30 mintues to rerun to activity

Question 19

What does flash to bang consist of

Answer 19

Every 5 seconds = storm is 1 mile away

Example 30 seconds = 6 miles

Question 20

What are way to detect that lightening is VERY close

Answer 20

Hair will stand

Skin will tingle

Light metal object will vibrate

Crackling sound may be heard

Question 21

What are safe shelter during lightening

Answer 21

Buildings with wiring and plumbing

Question 22

What should you avoid during lightening

Answer 22

Conducting paths to outside
Don’t use landlines phones
Don’t use plumbing to electrical items
Stay away from windows and doorways

Question 23

What is the lightening safe position

Answer 23

Be small as possible

Basically form yourself as a rock with you squating on ball of your feet and place hands over ears

Question 24

What do deaths of lightening involve

Answer 24

All deaths involve caradic arrest with stopped breathing

Question 25

What are the secondary causes of lighting

Answer 25

``` Burns Neurological damage Drowning Structural damages Secondary electrical injury ```

Question 26

What are the initial symptoms of lightening injury

Answer 26

``` Dizziness, headaches Tinnitus Nausea, vomitting Post-concussive sx Difficulty sleeping Seizure-like activity ```

Question 27

What are the long term effects of lightening injury

Answer 27

``` Back pain Chronic headaches Decrease libido(sex drive), impotence Personality changes *all dx test are normal expect neurophychological test * ```

Question 28

How can you minimize the effects of jet lag

Answer 28

``` Depart well rested Pre-adjust circadian rhythms Present watch for city of arrival Stay hydrated Avoid alcohol ```