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Education
Lightning safety should be known and practiced by all people during
thunderstorms. Preparedness includes: get indoors or in a car; avoid
water and all metal objects; get off the high ground; avoid solitary
trees; stay off the telephone.
If caught outdoors during nearby lightning, adopt the Lightning
Safety Position (LSP). LSP means staying away from other people,
taking off all metal objects, crouching with feet together, head
bowed, and placing hands on ears to reduce acoustic shock.
Measuring lightning's distance is easy. For every count of five from
the time of seeing the lightning stroke to hearing the associated
thunder, lightning is one mile away. Since the distance from Strike
A to Strike B to Strike C can be as much as 5-8 miles. One should
suspend activities when you first hear thunder, if possible. Do not
resume outdoor activities until 20 minutes has past from the last
observable thunder or lightning.
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