Show i Lightning Season I The National Safety Council Coun c. cil reminds us that people are killed each week b bv by y Jr lightning ONE satisfaction recently figured out that during the e October April-October lightning sea s son the average person can expect forty to eighty light ning bolts to strike within a half a mile of his home The same statistician claims claim more than third one-third of all fires in rural areas 1 are arc caused by electrical di die dis charges such as lightning 1 The safest places to be in a lightning storm are in 11 protected hom homes s steel steel framed framed buildings or m in automobiles with the windows closed if U in the open seek a low place such as a ravine ditch or cave Or lie flat on the ground TELEVISION antennas do donot donot donot not make your home safe Actually antennas are often open invitations to lightning and many sets are struck 1 |