WCM Lightning Resources

Outreach/Education

• Sign to put in parks: jpg
• Preschooler program. 10-15 minutes hand-on program for 3-5 year olds.
• Lightning Kills, doc, wpd
• Indoor Pool Safety
• Coach's and Sport Officials Guide to Lighting Safety: Trifold brochure: in WP to personalize for local office, doc in pdf
• Event Guide Brochure: trifold brochure in WP to personalize for local office
• Awareness Posters featuring Soccer Star Siri Mullinix, and Pro Golfers Rocco Mediate and Vijay Singh. Posters are available through NLSC; streaming version on the Web
• Spreadsheet of major utilities companies for use in trying to promote lightning safety in utility bills, websites, etc.
• Artwork for color Lightning Safety Magnet
• Artwork for black and white Lightning Safety Magnets
• Lightning Safety for Schools: An Update: Is Your School in Danger?
• Teaching Lightning Safety

Statistics

Press Release/Tools

• 2005 News Release: doc
• State Proclamation Template
• Press Release: Keeping the Game Safe: NOAA Teams with Little League Baseball on Lightning Safety Awareness: doc
• Generic Lightning 2001 Talking Points
• NWR Scripts
• Lightning Letter to Newspaper
• Lightning State Proclamation, Local Proclamation

Copy for News Releases/Articles

• Short Blurbs: Four short bites
• Full Page Article-1
• Full Page Article-2
• Half Page Article

Public Info Statements (DOC)

• Overview
• Science
• Outside
• Inside
• Victims

See the Media, Teachers or More Pages for additional information

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