Many times, throughout the year, we hear reports about people being killed by tornadoes, floods, hurricanes and lightning. These deaths are certainly tragic and one death is too many. The good news is that the chances of being killed by severe weather are actually fairly small. For example, men have a 1 in 2 million chance of being killed by lightning in a given year. For women, the chance of being killed by lightning is 1 in 10 million. The risk of being killed by lightning in a lifetime is a 1 in 9,000 chance. For every 100 tornadoes there is a chance that at least one person will be killed by a single tornado. In other words, the chance for anyone being killed in a single tornado is 1 in 100. Now the chance of an individual being killed by a tornado in a year is 1 in 2 million. The chance of freezing to death in one year is 1 in 3 million and the risk of anyone being killed by an act of nature compared to all other deadly ways is 1 in 100. So, the odds are relatively small and you can increase your chances of surviving severe weather by following severe weather safety guidelines. One way to reduce your chances of dying in a flood is not to drive through a flooded area. On average, more people are killed by floods than tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning.
Weather Last Week
April 21: 26/71/Trace
April 22: 23/72/0”
April 23: 34/58/0”
April 24: 32/49/0.02”
April 25: 36/41/0.03”
April 26: 41/57/0”
April 27: 52/82/0”
Forecast discussion for the week ahead:
May has begun and on average we start to see our highs and lows go up quite a bit. Normally we’re in the upper 60s for highs this week and we’re going to be pretty close to that each day. Precipitation will be holding off until a cold front comes our way Saturday and Sunday giving us a chance for storms. Some of that may linger into early next week.