What can you do to survive a thunder storm?

Question

What can you do to survive a thunder storm?

Answer 1

If you are ever caught out in a thunderstorm, the last thing that you do is to take shelter under a tree as trees attract lightning and quite a number of people have been killed doing so, if you are playing golf and there is lighning about, stay well clear of your golf clubs until it has passed over.

Answer 2

get inside a building where you will be safe from lightening, hail, and wind. stay there until the storm is over.

Answer 3

If in the outdoors, you've got to avoid the tallest objects like trees, etc. They're much more likely to get struck. If you're in an open field, you'd be pretty screwed to be the tallest object around, I guess you'd have to lie down.

Anyway, chances of getting struck are very slim anyway.

Answer 4

Thunderstorms aren't dangerous...it's the lightening that can strike during a storm that poses the greatest threat.

But the odds of being stuck by lightening is statistically very very very small.

According to Storm Data, a National Weather Service publication, over the last 30 years the U.S. has averaged 62 reported lightning fatalities per year. Due to under reporting, the figures are more realistically at least 70 deaths per year. Only about 10% of people who are struck by lightning are killed, leaving 90% with various degrees of disability.

U.S. Population - 300,000,000

ODDS OF BECOMING A LIGHTNING VICTIM

U.S. 2000 Census population as of 2008 300,000,000

Number of Deaths Actually Reported 60 Number of Injuries Reported 340 400

Estimated number of actual U.S. Deaths 60 Estimated number of actual Injuries 540 600

Odds of being struck by lightning in a given year (reported deaths + injuries) 1/700,000

Odds of being struck by lightning in a given year (estimated total deaths + injuries) 1/400,000

Odds of being struck in your lifetime (Est. 80 years) 1/5000

Odds you will be affected by someone being struck (Ten people affected for every one struck) 1/500

Here is a link showing the probability :

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medi...

Peace

Answer 5

I've found a policy of continuing to breathe has worked so far.

Answer 6

Outdoors.

Find shelter in a solid building (e.g. not wooden shed or tent ) or a car (not a convertible) and close the windows.

Avoid high places, don't shelter under pylons, lamp posts or anything else tall, isolated or tall trees(lightning takes the shortest route possible).

Don't use an umbrella (metal frame) or play golf (metal conducts electricity, lightning takes the easiest path).

If swimming or in a boat, get to shore (impure water conducts electricity and may carry it to you)

Indoors

Turn off and unplug valuable electric items (PC, TV etc), don't use telephone (telephone pole may get hit, and transmit via wires).

Do not take a bath or shower and avoid running water (metal pipes conduct electricity, tap-water is not 100% pure water and can conduct electricty)

Close curtains \blinds in case of high winds breaking glass