Bridgeport Times

This week is Lightning Safety Awareness Week in the United States. Since  the awareness program began in 2001, the United States has seen a 54%  decrease in lightning deaths despite an increase in the U.S. population.  The decrease in lightning deaths can be largely attributed to increased  awareness of the dangers of lightning, better lightning safety policies  and guidelines, and better medical attention for lightning victims.  

_{Source: https://www.trumbull-ct.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1992}