Page 6/The Battalion/Wednesday, May 8, 1985
NO SECURITY DEPOSIT
PRE-LEASE
FOR
SUMMER & FALL
By JUNE PANG
Staff Writer
Lightning strikes in deadly way
Pre-Lease Now and Pay No
Security Deposit
5 Packages Tailored to Your Persona! Tastes, Needs and Comfort.
Freshman Package $35.95
Sophomore Package. $45.95
Junior Package $56.95
Senior Package $72.95
Graduate Package $82.95
(Add S15-S25 for each additional bedroom)
All Packages consist of a complete Living Room,
Dining Room and Bedroom.
(Individual Pieces Also Available)
DEPENDS ON AVAILABILITY.STYLES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
RENT NOW AND SAVE $
Certified
FURNITURE RENTAL
913-D Harvey Road
Woodstone Shopping Center
College Station, Texas 77840
(409) 764-0721
OFFER EXPIRES MAY 31, 198S
With the arrival of May, people
receive pleasant gifts from mother
nature; sunshine, breezes and warm
weather. However, they also have to
accept other things such as thunder
storms, tornadoes and lightning.
“Lightning kills more people than
floods, hurricanes or tornadoes,”
says Ron Stagno, a meteorologist
with the National Oceanic and At
mospheric Administration in Hous
ton. “It’s the number one weather
killer.
“You don’t hear much about it,
because most of the time they kill in
dividuals instead of groups of peo
ple,” Stagno says. “Those killings are
buried at the back page of newspa
pers.”
According to data from the Na
tional Center for Health Statistics,
lightning kills about 125 people na
tionwide every year. Texas and Flor
ida have the most thunderstorms in
the country, and the highest number
of deaths due to lightning, the cen
ter said. 25 to 30 people in Texas
alone are killed by lightning every
fVcui don't hear much about it, because most of the
time they kill individuals instead of groups of people.
his hair
may be
standing on end,
about to strike. To
electrocution, a person should
down with his hands on his to
person should not lie Hat bee
that will make him partofthti
ducting surface — the ground
year.
■ 1 vj ■ : ..
Generally, Texas has more thun
derstorms from April to August.
July and August are the two peak
months for thunderstorms in the
Texas coastal area.
Lightning occurs because of a dis
charge of electricity between the
base of a cumulonimbus cloud and
the earth’s surface. A cumulonimbus
cloud is the black cloud present dur
ing a thunderstorm.
As the cloud develops, interaction
of charged particles produce an in
tense electrical field within the
cloud. The negative charge in the
base of the cloud induces a positive
charge on the ground below.
The strong attraction between the
negative charge in the cloud and the
positive charge on the ground causes
them to seek a way to meet each
other through the shortest and the
path of least resistance. Lightning
occurs when the two charges meet.
“Our forefathers used lightning
rods when they built houses,” says
Dr. Kenneth Brundidge, an A&M
meteorology professor. “But now
many houses don’t have lightning
rods any more because we have wa
ter pipes. They are good conductors
that can lead electricity into the
ground.”
Appliances inside houses can be
effected by lightning, he says. This is
because they are installed close to
walls hit by lightning and the walls
may not have water pipes. Also,
wires are good conductors, Brun
didge says.
AH metals are good conductors of
electricity, so houses with metal
frames or water pipes in the wall
have the same protection as those
with a lightning rod, Brundidge
says. For the same reason, staying in
side an all metal vehicle with win
dows closed is a good way to avoid
being struck by lightning, he says.
People should stay away from
metal pipes, tractors, golf clubs, golf
carts, fisning rods or bicycles during
storms, he says. If a person is too
close to them, electricity can jump
off an object and onto a person,
Brundidge says.
According to the NO A A a 16-
year-old boy was killed by lightning
while walking along a railroad track
in Tampa, Fla. In another cast, an
Iowa woman was struck when she
ran outside to close her car windows.
again
led
When different electrical charges
in the cloud and on the ground at
tract each other, any tall item be
comes a good conductor. People
should avoid standing near tall trees,
telephone poles and hilltops.
If a person is caught out in a level
field, far from shelter and he feels
Persons struck by lightninj
ceive a severe electrical shod
may be burned, but they cam
electrical charge and canbehau
safely. Even someone appaii
killed by lightning can be revhti ; '|l^ 1
prompt action.
If a victim is not breathing,
aid should be rendered immei
to prevent irrevocable damage:!
brain. A person should givetk
tim mouth-to-mouth resuscis
once every five seconds to adulti
once every three seconds to
and small children, until
help arrives. >
Un
has sc
dents
Grinc
to the
“W
presn
“The
ill
What’s up
Wednesday
STUDENT GOVERNMENT—STUDENT SERVICES: wS
sponsor a Book Exchange during finals week, from 1 p.m
5 p.m. in 214 Pavilion.
MSC TRAVEL: will meet ar 7 p.m. in 604 Rudder to fumisli
information on the Summer China Trip.
Thursday
ASIAN—-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: invites everyone to
their End-of-School Dance on Thursday from 8 p in. tfr
midnightat MSC Rumours,
Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalm
216 Reed McDonald, no tess than three days prior to de
sired publication date.
SHOP ALL FOLEY'S STORES MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 10 TO 9:30 (DOWNTOWN HOUSTON MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 9:30 TO 6, SATURDAY TIL 5:30).
At the helm
®
-SIDER
from Foley's, your Sperry headquarters
All hands on deck...
as our collection of
Sperry Top-Sider's® dock for
your summer selections. Get
the edge on the competition
by outfitting yourself with a
shoe savvy sailors have been
depending on for 50 years,
the Sperry Top-Sider®. Slip on
the legendary shoe with the
inimitable squeegee sole and
you'll know why serious
boaters always sport their
Sperry Top-Sider's.
The original deck shoe... Smooth
leather uppers in brown, tan,
navy, pewter, bone or longhorn
or taupe suede. s 53
Thick sole deck shoe in natural
suede or amaretto smooth
leather. s 62
BONUS! Buy a pair of TS-50s™
and receive a Sperry Lifesaver
kit. Buy any pair of Sperry
Top-Sider's® and receive a
Sperry sun visor as your bonus!
Register to win the Sperry Top-Sider® 50th Anniversary Sweepstakes. You
could win a 1985 Jeep Wagoneer, a trip to Club Med in Cancun, Mexico,
an AMF Trac-14® Catamaran or a pair of Sperry Top-Sider® TS-50s™.
Drop by Men's Cosual Shoes or Salon Shoes to pick up entry forms.
CASH
for gold, silver,
old coins, diamonds
Full Jewelery Repaii
Large Stock of
Diamonds
Gold Chains
ment
input
prop;
Da
with ;
name
Achi<
guish
been
Colie
tion I
and
“Out
Ame;
ageni
the
A&M
A&M
Gr
GPR
and s
the f
Hall/
the S
has 2
pate
Adrn
for tt
Sc;
ment
a xmi
dent
ingft
says
sight
Irene
nity.
Tt
1984-
Steve
R<
TEXAS COIN
EXCHANGE
404 University Dr.
846-8916
3202-A Texas Ave.
(across from El Chico, Bryan]
779-7662 1911
| I)eS I
■rat w
BINDING
•VELO
•SPIRAL
kinko's
201 College Main
846-8721
money
Board
G. Elle
tlie fut
tern.
I “ Th <
lative s
higher
told th<
How
problei
ing exj
ven eft
“We
day thz
he said
Ellei
to help
| "We
excelie
Bet;
team,
vancin;
lude
HOUSTON AREA:;
• DOWNTOWN •ALMEDA -DEERBROOK •GREENSPOINT -MEMORIAL • NORTHWEST
•PASADENA *SAN JACINTO -SHARPSTOWN -WEST OAKS -WILLOWBROOK
AIIQTIKI" • BAPT ON CREEK SQUARE
•HIGHLAND MALL
SAN ANTONIO: BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION:
-rs
ACTION
wjfft
mm
ADS
Try our
Battalion
Classified!!
845-2611