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Lightning Alert!

Dr. Martin Uman knows how dangerous lightning can be.

n the 1970s, he was doing lightning research at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida when he heard a terrifying crack of thunder right above him. Reviewing video later, he saw a lightning bolt had split about 50 yards over his head, striking the ground on either side of

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