If you can’t find shelter, then crouch low to the ground. This will make you a smaller target for lightning and will also reduce your exposure to the ground, which can travel if it strikes nearby. taken from:https://www.artofmanliness.com/skills/outdoor-survival/how-to-survive-a-light...
Many people are fascinated by thunderstorms and there’s nothing quite as inspirational as watching lightning strike right before your very eyes. Unfortunately, though beautiful, lightning can also be extremely deadly. On average, in just the United States alone, 67 people die each year as a resu...
Direct lightning strikes account foronly 3%–5% of lightning strikes to humans. More than half (50%–55%) of lightning victims experience the effects of a ground strike, and about a third (30%–35%) experience a side flash. During a ground strike (which is probably what my family and I...
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“lightning siege” over the past ten days has resulted in over 13,000 lightning strikes, many of which were from high-based thunderstorms that did not provide much rain to the surface (rain evaporated on the way down!).How unusual was this large number of lightning strikes in mid-August?
‘But it is winter. How will you survive?’ ‘I do not know,’ said the aunt. ‘And now I must take care of you, too. For we have gone far further from the village than you might think. There is no way you or I could find the way back in this thick snow. Come, your aunt...
Tornado safety is pretty elementary – quite literally; if you grow up here in “tornado alley,” sometime during your grade school years a kindly local weatherman will probably show up at your school and teach you how to survive a twister. For me,Gary Englandwas that kindly local weatherman...
Look for a full split down the center of the tree. Naturally, a tree in this condition will not survive, but it's a clear sign that it's been hit by lightning. Tip Wait a year if your tree has been struck on only one side. It may recover and develop an interesting scar, giving...