| Show points of danger in Seve severe thunder in general rocky ground Is struck by I 1 more often than meadow land tand ind rocks near water especially it if they are high are commonly conn struck large groups of persons persona caught out in the open by a storm should scatter nod and ile he down in the mud it IL iq better to be muddy than sorry similarly if one Is caught out la in a lake iske in an open boat a very bad place to lo beit la is best to lie ile down in abe bottom and drift than to try cotow to ta shelter another rule for safety in the ho country la Is that it Is better riot not to yield to temp temptation lation and seek shelter in exposed buildings it Is better to get wet than to stand on the porch of such a building wood houses are just us as safe or as dangerous as aa stone houses homes rande made entirely of metal or of metal framework are very safe it Is well to notice that many commonly accepted beliefs are ground less A bed Is no safer than a chair or the he floor for that matter it makes little if any difference if the windows are open 0 or r shut although closed windows will keep keel out the rain and some of the noise small steel objects such as scissors or knives arp are perfectly harmless the essence of a thunder storm Is that lightning Is simply the visible part of an electrical discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth it always follows the path of least resistance if you stay out of dangerous places you yon are perfectly safe and anyway you have 2 chances to one of being lilt hit and 1000 Ko to one chances chalcea of being killed |
