Lightning safety tips
Channel: Khmer Biology
Date: 24/10/2023

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Here are some tips to keep safe and reduce your risk of being struck by lightning while indoors:

Avoid water. Do NOT bathe, shower, wash dishes, or have any other contact with water during a thunderstorm because lightning can travel through a building’s plumbing.
Don’t touch electronic equipment. Do NOT use anything connected to an electrical outlet, such as computers, laptops, game systems, washers, dryers, or stoves. Lightning can travel through electrical systems, radio and television reception systems, and any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
Equip your home with whole-house surge protectors to protect your appliances.
Avoid windows, doors, porches, and concrete. Stay away from windows and doors, and stay off porches. Do NOT lie on concrete floors or lean on concrete walls during a thunderstorm. Lightning can travel through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
Don’t use corded phones. Corded phones are NOT safe to use during a thunderstorm. Do NOT use them. However, it is safe to use cordless or cellular phones during a storm.
Here are some tips to keep safe and reduce your risk of being struck by lightning while outdoors:

Be aware. Check the weather forecast before participating in outdoor activities. If the forecast calls for thunderstorms, postpone your trip or activity, or make sure suitable safe shelter is readily available.
Go indoors. Remember the phrase, “When thunder roars, go indoors.” Find a safe, enclosed shelter when you hear thunder. Safe shelters include homes, offices, shopping centers, and hard-top vehicles with the windows rolled up. Seek shelter immediately, even if caught out in the open.
If you are caught outside with no safe shelter nearby:
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.