Don't use hair dryers, electric toothbrushes, or electric razors. Don't take laundry off the clothesline. Don't work on fences, telephone lines, power lines, pipelines, or structural steel fabrications. Don't handle flammable materials in open containers. Don't use metal objects, such as fishing rods and golf clubs.
Golfers wearing cleated shoes are particularly good lightning rods.
Stop tractor work, especially when the tractor is pulling metal equipment, and dismount. Tractors and other implements in metallic contact with the ground are often struck by lightning. Get out of the water and off small boats. Stay in the car if you are traveling. Automobiles offer excellent lightning protection.