Lightning Facts

• Lightning is the most dangerous and most frequent weather hazard experienced.
• Damage from lightning to home electronics usually occurs from an indirect strike to utility poles or wires nearby entering the building through power, phone and TV lines.
• Lightning causes billions of dollars in property damage every year.
• The state of Florida, the lightning capital, experienced over 300,000 lightning strikes in 2002 alone.
• Over $1 million in claims have been paid to FPL customers with Power Surge Protection to recover damages caused by lightning and power surges.

Sources: 2002 Lightning Protection Institute at www.lightning.org ; 2002 National Severe Storms Laboratory at www.nssl.noaa.gov ; 2002 Assurant Group® Statistics; National Weather Service.