SA-LD1004 STRICK ALERT PERSONAL LIGHTNING PROTECTOR

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Strike Alert Personal Lightning Detector

Personal Lightning Detector

Finally, an affordable easy-to-use personal lightning detector that provides an early warning of approaching lightning strikes from as far away as 40 miles. Perfect for all outdoor sporting events, work and recreation.

StrikeAlert
Personal Lightning Detector
The world's first convenient, dependable and easy-to-use personal lightning detector.

StrikeAlert, by Outdoors Technologies, is a small and affordable lightning detector that provides an early warning of approaching lightning strikes from as far away as 40 miles and lets you know if the storm is coming your way.
An audible alarm sounds when there's a strike and a corresponding LED light illuminates accordingly at lightning distances of 20-40 miles, 12-24 miles, 6-12 miles and within 6 miles.
The detector is housed in a small pager-like casing that can be clipped on a belt loop and runs on a single AA battery. It's perfect for outdoor sporting events and activities.

Features:

Convenient Size & Weight
Small and impact-resistant, StrikeAlert clips to your belt, golf bag or backpack.
Take it wherever you go!
Audible Warning
Loud audible warning sounds before (and while) lightning is within striking distance
Low Power Consumption
Up to 100 hours of reliable operation with a single AA battery
Easy-to-Use
With the flip of a switch, you can see the lightning strike distance, track the storm direction and view battery life.

Features:
Power Switch
The power switch has three positions: On, Off and On with tone. The switch may also be depressed to indicate the direction of storm movement

Battery Check
When first turned on, StrikeAlert performs a battery test.
The LEDs will indicate the battery level, with each LED indicating about 20 hours of operation. The LEDs will light up, beginning with the red LED and leading up to the current battery level. The current battery level will be the final LED to light and will remain lit for two seconds. StrikeAlert will then begin its normal operation.

Normal Operation
During normal operation, the green LED will be on continuously to indicate StrikeAlert is monitoring for lightning strikes. If the green LED is blinking, StrikeAlert is in the presence of interference.

Detecting Lightning Strikes
When a lightning strike is detected, StrikeAlert will light the appropriate LED indicating the distance of the strike This LED will remain lit for two minutes- unless another strike occurs during that time. If a more recent strike is further away, the LED indicating this distance will light for two seconds, and then return to complete the two minutes from the nearest strike. If a more recent strike is nearer, it will replace the previous LED reading. This LED indicator will be held for two minutes. This allows the user to see all the lightning activity within a 40 mile range, giving clearer visibility to the nearest strike in the last two minutes. If the power switch is in the "On with Tone" position, StrikeAlert will also generate tone(s) indicating the distance of the strike along with lighting the appropriate LED. This allows you to determine the storm's activity without having to monitor the LEDs.

Storm Direction
Strike Alert uses a trend of strike distances over the last five minutes to determine if a storm is approaching or departing. By depressing the power switch, the LED will change to one of three patterns:

If the LED cycles from green to red, the storm is approaching.
If the LED cycles from red to green, the storm is departing.
If the LED cycles from the center LED to the outside LEDs, the storm is stationary or there's not enough data to determine the direction of the storm. Direction cannot be determined if there has not been enough strikes to identify a trend or StrikeAlert has not been running long enough. Approximately five minutes is needed in the presence of lightning strikes to determine direction.

Interference
StrikeAlert is designed to be used outdoors. While StrikeAlert will work indoors, its ability to detect lightning strikes can be affected by common sources of electromagnetic emissions, such as:

CRTs - (televisions or computer monitors)
Motors and engines
High-powered electronics equipment

Moving StrikeAlert a safe distance away from these devices (usually a few feet) should allow the detector to return to normal operation. If StrikeAlert is receiving interference due to such electromagnetic emissions, the green LED will blink or may give a false lightning indication. The static generated by some garments may also produce a false indication. Again, moving the detector just a few feet away from the source of the interference should allow StrikeAlert to resume normal operations. This will be indicated by the green LED remaining constantly lit.

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What is Lightning?

Lightning is a form of electrical discharge between clouds or between a cloud and the ground.
The discharge may take place between two parts of the same cloud, between two clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. Lightning may appear as a jagged streak, a flash in the sky, or in the rarer form of a brilliant ball. Thunder is the sound waves produced by the explosive heating of the air in the lightning channel during the return.

Lightning Specifics

Most lightning strikes occur either at the beginning or end of a storm.
The average lightning strike is six miles long.
Lightning reaches 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, fours times as hot as the sun's surface.
A cloud-to-ground lightning channel can be 2 to 10 miles long.
Voltage in a cloud-to-ground strike is 100 million to 1 billion volts.

Did You Know?

Lightning is the most dangerous and frequently encountered weather hazard people experience each year.
Lightning affects all regions. Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, and Colorado have the most lightning deaths and injuries.
Lightning is the number-one cause of storm-related deaths.
Damage costs from lightning are estimated at $4-5 billion each year in the U.S.
Around the earth there are 100 lightning strikes per second, or 8,640,00 times a day.
What is commonly referred to as heat lightning, is actually lightning too far away to be heard. However, the storm may be moving in your direction.
There are approximately 100,000 thunderstorms in the U.S. each year.

Striking Statistics

Americans are twice as likely to die from lightning than from a hurricane, tornado or flood.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates there are 200 deaths and 750 severe injuries from lightning each year in the U.S.
20% of all lightning victims die from the strike.
70% of survivors will suffer serious long-term effects.
Annually, there are more than 10,000 forest fires caused by lightning.

Who's at Risk?

85% of lightning victims are children and young men aged 10-35 engaged in outdoor recreation and work activities outside.
70% of all lightning injuries and fatalities occur in the afternoon.
Most lightning deaths involve people working outdoors and outdoor recreationists
Lightning in remote terrain creates dangerous conditions. Hikers, campers, backpackers, skiers, fishermen, and hunters are especially vulnerable when they're participating in these activities.
Many survivors of lightning strikes report that immediately before being struck their hair was standing on end and they had a metallic taste in their mouth.
Long-term injuries from a lightning strike can include memory & attention loss, chronic numbness, muscle spasms & stiffness, depression, hearing loss, and sleep disturbance.