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Just in time for Lightning Safety Awareness Week, the Lightning Protection Institute separates fallacy from fact to debunk a few common myths about lightning safety and lightning protection. Source: PRNewsFoto/Lightning Protection Institute, Shutterstock.

Lightning Safety and Protection: Separating Fact from Fiction

June 19, 2016 Kay Whatley

LPI Debunks Common Myths in Support of Lightning Safety Awareness Week Released by Kim Loehr, lightning.org As new and old myths about lightning continue to circulate through the internet and social media, it’s hard to know […]

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The Strange-ness: Missing Garner NC Radioactive Tool Recovered

August 25, 2017

A measuring tool with a radioactive component was recovered Friday, August 25, 2017, after it was reported missing Thursday evening from a Garner NC construction site. The device’s disappearance spurred a recovery effort by the […]

UFO Sightings by US State: June 2019

July 6, 2019

By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the United States each year, thousands of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are reported. UFO reports cover close encounters of various types, range from blinking lights in the sky to […]

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The Strange-ness: Kitten Survives Long Journey

September 1, 2012

A bit of odd news from Carson, California. A 3-month-old kitten was discovered inside of a freight container from Shanghai, China during a July shipment. The LA County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) […]