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Behind the Aegis

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Mon May 14, 2012, 03:00 PM May 2012

Top 5 Lightning Prone States

#5 Oklahoma: 15.1 Strikes Per Square Mile
•1,054,602 strikes per year with an average of 15.1 per square mile.
•Oklahoma has made it through the last three years (2009-2011) with no reported lightning fatalities.
•From 1959 to 2010, the Sooner State has seen 99 fatalities, which is the 17th most in the nation.
•Meteorological factors: Frontal systems during the spring, fall and winter can produce thunderstorms at times. Thunderstorm complexes can also sweep through the state, providing a large number of lightning strikes.

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-severe/top-5-lightning-prone-states-20120509?pageno=2

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Top 5 Lightning Prone States (Original Post) Behind the Aegis May 2012 OP
And four out of the five voted for McCain/Palin in 2008 Permanut May 2012 #1

Permanut

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1. And four out of the five voted for McCain/Palin in 2008
Mon May 14, 2012, 03:35 PM
May 2012

Must be just a coincidence. God doesn't really send more lightning bolts to regions with a higher concentration of wackos, does he?

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