| Show Points of Danger in Severe Thunder Storm In general rocky ground Is struck y by lightning more often than meadow V meadowland meadowland land and rocks near ur water especial especially ly 11 If Ir they il ey sire lire hl high h are commonly struck Large e groups of persons caught out In the open by n a storm scatter and lie down In the mud mUlI-ll It Is better to be tie muddy than sorry Similarly If one Is caught out Ina In Ina Ina a lake lale In an open a boat boat a er very had bad place to 10 belt b be h It I la Is best to lie down downIn downIn downIn In the Hie bottom and drift than to try to row JOW to shelter Another Another rule for safety In the countr country Is that It Is better not to II yield hJ to temptation ten and seek shelter In exposed buildings It Is better to get wet titan than to stand on the tho porch of et f such BUCU a n building Wood houses are Just as safe or as dangerous ns as stone stone houses Homes made entirely of If metal or of ot metal framework are very safe It lt La L well welt to notice that man many com com- commonly commonly om accepted beliefs are ground groundless groundless less A bed Is no safer than a chair or orthe orthe orthe the floor for that matter maUer It makes little If any difference If Ute the windows are open or shut al- al although although al although though closed windows will keep out the Ule rain and some of ot the noise Small steel objects such as scissors or knives cs are perfectly harmless The essence of or a n thunder storm Is that lightning Is simply the visible part of ot an nn electrical discharge from Crom cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth It always follows the path of or least resistance If H you stay out of ot dangerous places you are perfectly and safe safe and anyway you IOU have chances to one of being hit and to one chances of ot being killed |
