European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Center of their worlds. This positioning with the americas on the left and Asia on the right has been the most commonly used world map projection since the discovery of the new world. Even m count pcs such As India Pakistan Bangladesh and saudi Arabia virtually All slide nos Drew eurocentric maps whereas Smo Centric maps would put Asia in the Middle most study nos in Thailand Hong Kong Singapore and the Philippines also censer Europe although that put their own countries on the map s Edge. Lingering colonial influence was further evident Saarinen says in that Small european countries such As Britain showed up on most maps and maps from faraway places such As new zealand contained detailed information about the Mother continent. Saarinen says that with the exception of certain european countries the nations most often included were those of Continental dimensions such As the soviet Union Canada China and United status Brazil India and the Conlin enl caul by Australia. Distance he assumed would be a Factor in map making countries closest to Home drawn in detail and places farther away sketched As vague blobs with lots of  but he found in several cases such As new zealand there were other criteria language cultural and political ties that made Distant places belter known. In contrast to the exaggerated size of Europe Africa was generally sketched smaller than ii should have been with lots of Blank space where countries should be reflecting a general Lack of awareness of the third world. Whan Saarinen entered a classroom Wilh instructions to draw the world he says at first there was a gasp or a groan. But then the students would get interested drawn right in. They d become  the countries Saarinen did not reach were either visited by his research assistant Charles Mccabe a geography doctoral student who focused on latin America or were contacted by mail Wilh local College teachers administering the test. Among the diversity of maps and map information Saarinen notes several maps from Australia turned the world upside Down. Most australian students sketched sino Centric maps which entered Australia As Well As Asia. Some also made the switch from Down under to up Over maps. On one a student wrote remember Australia is on the top of the world not the u.s.a., and especially not  to slab stamp countries were most often left off maps especially such countries in Central America West Africa Southeast Asia and Europe s Balkan Peninsula. Hungarian maps the product of an educational system that stresses learning All the countries of the world were among the Best. An extremely ethnocentric map. Drawn in the Philippines prominently outlined the Island nations and left the rest of the world Blank labelled Terra  a map from Africa put the Philippines in the Caribbean next to Cuba. A Spanish map made the United states As big As the soviet Union and bigger than Canada and moved new York to the Arizona mexican Border. What do you do with 4,277 sketch maps when All the information they contain is finally fed into a computer and Analysed Saarinen says he Hopes to publish the most representative ones As an Atlas of world  bolts out of the Blue newsletter promotes lightning Protection by Randolph e. Schmid associated press a pow to lightning ripped through this toy be of Cap. Lightning killed americans standing infield and under Trees across the nation Las year injured Serviceman in three slates struck a Highway patrol car and even zapped National weather service office. Yet it was a Milder than Normal year for deaths judging by the 63 lightning fatalities reported by the weather service a toll that is being questioned by the private lightning Protection Institute. The Illinois based lightning group contends that it received reports of at least 95 lightning related fatalities in 1986, nearly equal to the Long term average of 97 deaths recorded in the United Stales. We believe thai the number of americans killed by lightning today including those who die in lightning caused fires May be As High As 400 or More asserted Institute director Marvin m. Frydenlund in a newsletter to his members in the lightning Protection Industry Selling lightning rods and electrical Protection systems. Many More americans die in lightning caused fires than Are reported Frydenlund contends. The big difference Between the government and private statistics centers on whet cause is attributed 10 a death. We Only count direct hits explained Henry n. Vigansky of the National climate data Center in Asheville . Vigansky compiles weather statistics for the government including the annual study of lightning deaths and injuries. But to does not include lightning related fire deaths fatalities from Trees falling on people or other such indirect fatalities. His count for 1986,68 deaths was Well below the 97 National average. He also recorded 271 injuries slightly More than the average of 250 injuries annually the lightning Protection Institute on the other hand includes indirect deaths in its loll of 95, a list it collected Over the six months Between april 1 and sept. 30 last year the months when thunderstorms Are most common. Even that is not a Complete list Frydenlund added in a Telephone interview since it is based on newspaper clippings and some incidents could easily have been overlooked. Others May have been listed As lire deaths without lightning being included in the report. His list of 95 does include several House and apartment fire deaths As Well As a half dozen deaths in a plane thai crashed in a violent storm in Headwater Texas. The National transportation safety Board reports thai the cause of trial plane crash has not yet been determined however. Bolh Frydenlund and Vigansky concur in one thing though lightning is dangerous a usual Vigansky found that open Fields and Ball Lic lds had the largest share of deaths and injuries last year with 25 fatalities and 119 people Hurt. Seeking shelter under Trees was t much Heip either. A dozen people ded Chang that and 50 were seriously injured in addition there were 10 deaths and 15 injuries while boating six fatalities and 17 injuries on got courses five fatalities and our injuries working on tractors and eight injuries to people using telephones the remaining dealt is and injuries were to people in a variety of situations the 1986 reports compiled by Vigansky show Shat even a thunderstorm in t always needed Lor a lightning death. For example in May a 59-year-old Colusa county fla., Man was struck and killed while boating even though it was t raining at the time. In that same month a Bolt hit a Kentucky state Highway patrol car. The trooper reported that his head was burned o Hole was blasted in the trunk lid a Ball of flame rolled along the Back of the car and into the Road and the entire inside of the car lit up. In Oklahoma a boy scout Camp was seriously damaged by a lightning fire but the same storm gave some youngsters a break by starting a Blaze that demolished their school building. A lightning strike in Conway. Ark., last june killed a dog resting on a front porch injured a woman taking a Shower inside the Home and damaged several vehicles. At Masonville. Ky., a Boll entered a bedroom where a child was sleeping damaged the window melted an electric line and exploded a piece of panelling yet the child was not injured. In july a National guardsman was killed in Tennessee and 10 soldiers were injured in a strike near Fen Campbell. Also last year two marines at parrs Island , were injured by lightning and six National guardsmen were hospitalized after a Bolt struck a Camp Chat Loo Ark. Even the weather service was t immune last year in june a Boit hit the National weather service office in Concord. N h. Knocking out the Power system. Lightning survival requires monitoring Tho weather and using common  National weather service director Richard e. Hallgren warns. If you Are caught outdoors in lightning seek shelter in a Large building or an All Metal automobile. By Ell Means Don t be a lightning Rod by standing under a single tree or remaining in an open Field or in a boat he added. Lightning occurs when the electrical charges in Clouds and the ground become so different from one another that electricity begins to flow in order to restore balance. The same phenomenon occurs with the common Static discharge when a spark jumps from the hand of someone who has just walked across a Wool carpet for example. But when nature generates the discharge Between Cloud and ground it can reach 100 million volts burning a Channel through the air As it seeks the easiest path. Since air is a poor conductor of electricity the lightning follows objects which reach up from the ground Trees Power poles people for example this is Why a lightning red can protect buildings by seemingly attracting lightning strokes that might otherwise strike and do damage lightning rods Aie designed to carry the powerful current harmlessly to the ground along a heavy wire bypassing people and their possessions. Saturday september 26, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 17