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Show " 1 How to Be Safe jjj During Storms. $ 5?, DURING lightning don't stand neaJ gf a tree, a tall building, or water.ii f Tall objects discharge IlghtnlEftK clouds, and tho electric fluid, atrlkK lng tho tall object, might dlvermK and pass through, your body. Electrldtj'K always chooses for its path the bwtjWg conductors, and a man close- to a tlffBlfc would bo chosen lnstad of tho treo. '.mil Proximity to water Is dangerous, for & latter Is a good conductor, and any otw3 standing near would Invite tho llghtnloj jBg to make him. Its medium. 'vafl To lean, against a wall la dangeroufcjgj To' be In a crowd Is dangorous. A mart. M of peoplo forms a larger and hotter con-,, ductor than an individual, and the vapor S from tho crowd increases tho danger. For; tho samo reason, huddled animals ar! moro often struck than whon scattered. tn Tho safest placo out of doors is thirty. feet from- a tall tree. Tho lightning j would be too far off for the fluid to dK m verge. , f S It Is best, too, to get wot to the "; SJ, Then, if you were struck, the wet cloths; J wxiuld conduct the electricity hanole"! Jj over the surface of the body. ;' S Indoors, the middle of a room Is h S safest placo. Tho Ilghtningwouldchoos jte tho walls or chimney, if it struck th jg houso, and you should bo clear of con j tacL ,JJi i 6 9 I |