Lightning Protection: Quebec, Canada
With most lightning strikes occurring in June, July, and August, Quebec averages between 0.52 to 1.27 cloud to ground lightning strikes per square kilometer. The lightning season is longer in the southern and western portions of the province.
There is no safe place outdoors when there is a thunderstorm. If you cannot get to a substantial building or to a hard topped vehicle, avoid open fields, hill or ridge tops, tall or isolated trees and away from water. If you are in the forest, try to stay near a lower stand of trees. These actions may slightly reduce your risk of a lightning strike. The best way to avoid a lightning strike is to plan ahead and plan accordingly to the weather.
KLP, Kuefler Lightning Protection, is a distributor of lightning protection systems and grounding equipment, offering a full line of UL Listed Lightning Protection System Materials that meet the lightning protection standards of UL96A, NFPA-780 and LPI-175, etc. We offer Direct Sales. Give us a call today at 800 370 5886 to see how we can assist you in the design, installation, maintenance, and inspection of your system.
Lightning Facts!
“Ball lightning” is real, but it’s hard to prove.
A spherical ball of light, known as “ball lightning,” has never been photographed, but has been “seen and described since antiquity,” according to astronomy and physics professor Peter H. Handel of the University of Missouri at St. Louis. It appears during thunderstorms for a few seconds, moving parallel to the planet and making occasional jumps. Handel says, “Sometimes it descends from the clouds, other times it suddenly materializes either indoors or outdoors or enters a room through a closed or open window, through thin nonmetallic walls or through the chimney.”