Protect Yourself From Lightning

If there’s one of the things that I never get over with is my fear of lightning and thunder.  Friends who knew that always threw me a bunch of tease yet encourage and helping me out to overcome my fear which I slowly did.  (Whew!  Just Slowly!)

I remember why I’m so afraid of such stuff knowing the fact that lightning can kill or injure people; it can destroy or damage buildings, houses or establishment.  I even read that in some parts of the world, hundreds of people were injured and killed by lightning strikes each year.  And most death occurs out in the open or under trees.

Now, here are some tips I’ve read from one of the magazine courtesy of Mayo Clinic.

To Protect Yourself:

Avoid isolated trees structures. – They’re lightning targets.  If they’re hit, you may receive the jolt directly via a side flash or through the ground.

Get down. – Go to the bottom of a hill or ravine.  If you’re the highest point in an open field, make yourself a small target.  Sit or kneel, put your hands on your knees and tuck your head.

Seek safety in a closed car. – The metal frame will carry the charged around you.

Don’t mix water with lightning. – In a storm, get out of and away from water.  It provides a good contact with any lightning current in the ground.

Stay inside your home or a building. – Keep away from open doors and windows.

Turn it off and hang it up. – Don’t use electrical appliances or talk on the phone.  Lightning can follow electrical wires and phone lines into your home.

Get out into the shower or tub. – Lightning can also follow your plumbing into your home.

So take it friends.  As they say or everybody believed that it is always wise to make a preventive or precautionary measure.  Prevention is better than cure!  True indeed!