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Comment on “Deaths by Lightning in Mexico (1979–2011): Threat or Vulnerability?”

Martin J. Murphy Vaisala, Inc., Louisville, Colorado

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Print Publication:
01 Jul 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-14-00046.1
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273–274
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Corresponding author address: Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala Inc., 194 S. Taylor Ave., Louisville, CO 80027. E-mail: martin.murphy@vaisala.com

The original article that was the subject of this comment/reply can be found at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/WCAS-D-13-00049.1.

Corresponding author address: Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala Inc., 194 S. Taylor Ave., Louisville, CO 80027. E-mail: martin.murphy@vaisala.com

The original article that was the subject of this comment/reply can be found at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/WCAS-D-13-00049.1.

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