Anybody else want to move to Brazil?

I mean, what the crap!? 28 dead from lightning after just 2 solid months into 2008? The deaths alone are bad enough, but all from lightning!?

I wonder if church attendance has increased.

Maybe that isn't that crazy. Sounds excessive, but perhaps it is because of large numbers.

The 64% increase sounds like a lot but that is from last year. What is the 10-year average? How does it differ from that?

Brazil has aprox 184 million people.
That is what? .152 per million? (not sure about the math)

Not sure if that is excessive or not. I wonder what the numbers are for other deaths. Also I imagine they are counting deaths from such things as fires caused by lightning.

Then again,
Wyoming had 1.21 lightning deaths per million over a 10 year span (97-06) that would make it .121 for a single year. Brazil's .152 is for just 2 months.

How do the lightning deaths vary over the year? Perhaps Jan/Feb are some of the worst times for lightning storms in Brazil.

That's exactly why it is against the law to carry a lightning bolt anywhere in the United States. More countries should adopt this policy.