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Weather Condition Safety
Thunderstorm
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Sections : • Boating Weather
• Dust Storm Driving
• Flash Flood
• Fog Driving
• Heat Wave
• Lightning
• Thunderstorm
• Tornado
• Winter Storm
• Winter Travel
- Get inside a home, large building, or an all-metal (not convertible) automobile.
- Do not use the telephone except for emergencies.
- Do not stand underneath a natural lightning rod such as a tall, isolated tree or a telephone pole.
- Avoid projecting above the surrounding landscape; for example, do not stand on a hilltop.
- In a forest, seek shelter in a low area under a thick growth of small trees. In open areas, go to a low place such as a ravine or valley.
- Get away from open water, tractors and other metal farm equipment, and mall metal vehicles such as motorcycles, bicycles, and golf carts.
- Avoid wire fences, clotheslines, metal pipes and rails; put down golf clubs.
- Finally, if you are caught out in a level field or in the open, away from shelter, and you feel your hair stand on end, lightning may be about to strike you. Drop to your knees and bend forward, putting your hands on your knees. Do not lie flat on the ground.
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Key categories of interest from the Weather Directory.
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