| Show SOME UJ DON'TS TO BEAR BEARIN I IN UND MIND WHEN WIlEN JOVE I IS HURLING IllS HIS BOLTS IS I I v. Belot low i will will be found some safety safet fet II fir first t rules rules' r les' les in J The nature of T TAa t Aa would be advisable advisable to follow follow 1 when lightning flashes Dont use a rod unless put up b by an expert Dont leave the rod for a protract protracted ed period without inspection Dont Don't sit near windows or outside walls Sit in the center of o a room or the center of oC a house Lightning follows down the walls Dont Don't carry shovels or pitchforks They attract lightning Steel and I Iother other metals should not be touched while Jove is at work Dont Don't ride on hayricks Many persons persons persons per per- sons riding on ricks have been lIeen struck by y lightning Dont Don't stand leaning against a tree Wet trees make good lightning con con con- If you see a person struck by lightning light light- lightning ning adopt similar methods of or artificial artificial arti arti- respiration as in the case of drowning to a effect resuscitation Electric lights in ordinary house house- are said to have volts Lightning is estimated according to Journals to have a Ii voltage of at times while an estimate of volts volt has been made in some instances according according according ac ac- cording to information furnished by Mr Thiessen There havo have been instances instances in stances however where the voltage I of lightning has been estimated to bo be benot I not ilot much more than the electricity a available aila ble in the fuses of houses Reports on lightning risks as as made by different life insurance companies companies com com- vary It is said that the average av avo average death rate the country country country coun coun- try due to lightning is about per her cent or less than two persons out of every overy who die in this country are killed by lightning Nevada is the state with with the highest highest highest high high- est death r rate to from lightning Electricity Electricity Elec E ec of tho the skies is seldom seen Icell in California which has the lowest death rate rat from tom lightning About one ono person in every who die inthe in inthe inthe the Golden state are killed by the thu dagger light In Utah It is estimated estimated esti esti- I mated that ono one persons o of every 1500 who di die i is killed by lightning f o |
