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18/04/2017 By Ian Leave a Comment

Lightning Risk – Looking ahead at future trend

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Lightning Risk. In a world increasingly driven by quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) techniques. It’s important to understand what the predicted impacts are as a result of our current trajectory (as humans). For Example the direction of travel that the population of planet earth seems to be following – in terms of climate change:

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From recent research. Some in the Lightning community are predicting strike frequency increasing by +12% to +24% : the phenomenon appears to be worsening with climate change (2016). [Read more…] about Lightning Risk – Looking ahead at future trend

Filed Under: Lightning Protection Design Tagged With: Electrical Earthing System Design, lightning, lightning activity, lightning danger, lightning physics, Lightning Protection, lightning transient studies, risk management, what to do when lightning strikes

22/01/2015 By Ian

GreyMatters – Protecting 100,000 lives through Electrical Earthing Design

As 2014 passes and we welcome the New Year, it is important to reflect on the distance travelled and the learning along the way. At GreyMatters, using our electrical earthing design and solutions our 2014 goal was to protect over 100,000 lives but did we manage to achieve this goal?

[Read more…] about GreyMatters – Protecting 100,000 lives through Electrical Earthing Design

Filed Under: Electrical Earthing Tagged With: BS7430, CDEGS, Earthing, earthing systems, Julius Nyerere International Airport, lightning, NCE, Network Rail, new civil engineer

31/07/2014 By Ian

Lightning – the Good, the Bad and the Deadly

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Lightning … incredible to view, frustrating to be affected by and fatal in proximity …

As the UK has basked in glorious summer weather, in recent weeks it has also been victim to brutal thunderstorms. Three different scenarios highlight the beauty, strength and danger of lightning. [Read more…] about Lightning – the Good, the Bad and the Deadly

Filed Under: Lightning, Lightning Protection Design, Lightning Strike Tagged With: BS7430, lightning, Lightning Prevention Systems, Lightning Protection, Tag Archive - Lightning Strike

12/12/2013 By Ian

When Lightning Strikes … Introduction

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This series of weekly blogs will provide information on the basic physical characteristics of lightning: the formation and types of lightning strikes. [Read more…] about When Lightning Strikes … Introduction

Filed Under: Lightning Protection Design Tagged With: BS7430, Climate Change, greymatters protects, harmful effects, lightning, lightning activity, Lightning Protection, lightning strikes

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