When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!
Safety precautions outdoors
You can protect yourself from risk even if you are caught outdoors when lightning is close by.
Remember: When thunder roars, go indoors. Find a safe, enclosed shelter. Safe shelters include homes, and hard-top vehicles with the windows rolled up.
Protect yourself and your loved ones during a thunderstorm. Being outside when lightning is present is not something to take lightly—ever.
What do you do, as the thunder and lightning get closer? Go sit on the metal bench under the trees to see what happens? Or get in your car and drive home?
Correct answer: If no substantial, non-concrete shelter is nearby, get in your car and wait out the storm.
Risks of Lightning Strikes
Although the odds of being struck by lightning each year are less than 1 in a million, some factors can put you at greater risk. Lightning most often strikes people who work outside or engage in outdoor recreational activities. Regional and seasonal differences can also affect your risk of being injured by lightning.
If you are caught in an open area, act quickly to find adequate shelter. The most important action is to remove yourself from danger. Crouching or getting low to the ground can reduce your chances of being struck but does not remove you from danger.
If you are caught outside with no safe shelter nearby, the following actions may reduce your risk:
- Immediately get off elevated areas such as hills, mountain ridges, or peaks.
- Never lie flat on the ground. Crouch down in a ball-like position with your head tucked and hands over your ears so that you are down low with minimal contact with the ground.
- Never shelter under an isolated tree.
- Never use a cliff or rocky overhang for shelter.
- Immediately get out of and away from ponds, lakes, and other bodies of water.
- Stay away from objects that conduct electricity (such as barbed wire fences, power lines, or metal windmills).
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Date: 18-09-2023
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https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/features/lightning-safety/index.html
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