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Although I do agree the risk of stranger danger is overblown.

That’s certainly the nationwide stat.

I wonder what it is when adjusted to the cohort of people standing out in the open during a storm that is currently striking things on the ground.

Or to put it another way, 100% of lightning deaths occur when standing outdoors in a storm.

That last point is factually incorrect. There have been lightning fatalities indoors via phone lines and plumbing.

So, nearly 100%.

About 1/3 of lightning injuries occur indoors, per the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/lightning/victimdata.html (that's admittedly an injury figure, not a fatality figure, but it's probably wildly more common than you'd guess)

That’s really interesting, thanks.

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