Jul 20 2006
Great Place to Live - Don’t Mind the Lightning
According to Money Magazine’s Best Places to Live 2006 survey, Colorado Springs is the top rated location in the Big City category. That is, of course, unless you’re concerned about lightning. In an article in the Gazette about recent “bolt from the blue” casualties reports,
“Colorado has the third-highest number of lightning strikes in the nation behind Florida and Texas, and El Paso County [that's us!], in 2005, was the most dangerous county in Colorado.”
So come enjoy the great atmosphere of the Front Range, but don’t go waving metal objects in the air when the thunder rolls….
