What precautions should you take this lightning occurs why you are outside the house?
Answers
The best way to avoid getting caught in a storm is to do your research before you head outdoors. Check the weather for you outdoor destination online, with a weather app or with the television or newspaper.
2. Get Indoors
If a thundershower unexpectedly interrupts your picnic, move it inside. Being in a building is the safest place during a thunderstorm. If you’re not near a building wait the storm out in your car. Keep in mind that open shelters (pavilions, dugouts, canopies etc.) and tents are not an appropriate shelter. However, be sure to wait 30 minutes after the storm has passed to go back outside.
The 30/30 rule
Not sure if you need to head indoors? Refer to the 30/30 rule, which states that if the time between thunder and lightning is less than 30 seconds, it is time to go inside.
3. Staying Safer if you’re stuck outside
Although being outdoors during a lightning storm is not safe, there are some “do’s and don’ts” to make you more protected.
Do:----
Find the best landscape: Move to a tree-heavy area or forest and stay relatively low. Riding out the storm in a valley, canyon or inside a cave offer more protection as well.
Get low: Try to be the lowest object around you when you’re outside. The best body position to get in is a low crouch, hugging your body in to your knees. Though it could lead to slight discomfort and unattractiveness, it keeps you low and makes sure that your heart, lungs and brain aren’t directly on the ground.
Don’t:-----
Hug a tree: Stay away from tall or isolated trees, as lightning commonly strikes both, and please do not hug one for safety.
Seek shelter near conductors: Conductors of electricity are highly dangerous during a storm. Avoid any electrical fences, wires or poles or industrial machinery. Water is also a conductor, so stay away. You can learn alot about these conductors from the your government brochures. Here's one by Minnesota on their electrical equipment checklist.
Stay in the water: As romantic as it looks in The Notebook, staying on or in a body of water is absolutely unsafe. Row or swim to shore as quickly as possible and seek shelter. If you’re on a boat in the ocean and can’t get to shore, drop anchor and go o in the cabin or get as low as possible. Stay away from buildings that require any form of drain repair, as wetness can be extremely dangerous for your well-being.
Don’t seek shelter here: At all costs, avoid waiting out a storm in
an open field
Near a mountain peak or ridge
at the mouth of a cave
Answer:
Lighting occurs due to the sudden flow of electric charges between clouds or between a cloud and the ground. It is dangerous because it can cause objects to catch fire due to the tremendous heat. It can also cause heavy damage to trees, buildings, electrical and telephone lines.
Some precautions that one should take during lighting are as follows:
i) If a thunderstorm is forecasted by the weather department, one should not go outdoors and stay inside an enclosed shelter.
ii) Avoid using electrical devices of all kinds.
iii) Seek refuge in a car or grounded building when outdoors.
iv) Stay away from water.
v) Do not stand under a tree or near a tall tower.
vi) Avoid going near wire fences, metal pipes and rail tracks.
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