Collect and secure your personal valuables, papers, money, photo albums and family mementos. Turn off power, gas, water and take your emergency kit Whether you leave or stay, place a sandbag in your toilet bowl to prevent back-flow of sewerage into your home. If your clothes are wet, you are less likely to be seriously injured if struck, as most of the charge will conduct through wet clothes rather than your body. Average lightning bolts carry a current of 10,000 to 30,000 amps. A average radiator draws 10 amps.
Lightning can , and often does , strike more than once in the same place.
First Aid Check the breathing and heartbeat of the victim. You won't receive a shock from the victim. If you hear thunder 10 seconds after a lightning flash, it is only about three kilometres away. Remove all metal objects from your body. If your hair stands on end or you hear a buzzing on nearby rocks, fences etc, move immediately .