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This is lightning safety awareness week in the U.S. and I thought it was a great time to chat about thunderstorms and what you can and should not do when there's thunder. DYK that the most common day of the week to be killed by lightning was Thursday in 2025?

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I have been a senior digital meteorologist with weather.com for 10 years. My favorite weather is tropical weather, but I also enjoy covering high-impact weather and news stories and winter storms. I am a two-time graduate of Florida State University and a proud graduate of St. Petersburg College. You can follow me here.

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