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Among pregnant women who are hit by lightning, the death of the fetus occurs in about half. [1] In the United States about 1 in 10,000 people are hit by lightning during their lifetime. [1] Males are affected four times more often than females. [1] The age group most commonly affected is 20 to 45 years old. [1]
Flash blindness is an either temporary or permanent visual impairment during and following exposure of a varying length of time to a light flash of extremely high intensity, such as a nuclear explosion, flash photograph, lightning strike, or extremely bright light, i.e. a searchlight, laser pointer, landing lights or ultraviolet light. [1]
“A slow cycling light does not give a motorist the right to run a red light,” said Modesto Police Department spokeswoman Sharon Bear in an email to The Modesto Bee.
Risk remains for up to 30 minutes after the last observed lightning or thunder. [41] It has been reported that "If you are on water, get to the shore and off wide, open beaches as quickly as possible as water will transmit strikes from further away. Studies have shown that proximity to water is a common factor in lightning strikes." [26] [42]
That can be satisfied with a lower intensity light for longer or a higher intensity for less time, to a point. Remember, excess light can do damage. Give the plant more light an hour or two at a time.
The photic sneeze reflex (also known as ACHOO syndrome, a contrived acronym for Autosomal-dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst [1]) is an inherited and congenital autosomal dominant reflex condition that causes sneezing in response to numerous stimuli, such as looking at bright lights or periocular (surrounding the eyeball) injection.
Left untreated, the condition can put you at risk for eye infections and damage the surface of your eye, according to Mayo Clinic so it’s important to see an eye doctor if you’re experiencing ...
When either type of system is activated, a 15-minute countdown starts, after which the lights turn off. While the lights are on, whenever a lighting command is issued, whether it changes the lighting intensity or not, the fifteen-minute countdown is reset.