Protection against a lightning

Simple, feasible recommendations for each person which performance practically excluded tragic collision of the person with a lightning discharge are made.

UDC 331

Electric discharges during a thunder-storm bear constant danger to people. Lightnings in which huge destructive energy is concentrated, can get to the various objects constructed by people. But if on big constructions there is a possibility to neutralize their blows via lightning conductors, premises, especially rural, aren’t protected not so from lightnings. There are simple, feasible for each person, irrespective of age, behavior rules, performance koyotory practically will exclude tragic collision of the person with a lightning discharge.

If Vynakhodites open-air i.e. if the thunder-storm found you on the street, in the field, in the wood, on the river:

- don’t hide in small constructions, lodges, tents, especially among ostrovcov trees;

– it is better to hide in that case in any deepening;

- if you two, three or more – don’t concentrate in shelter together, and pryachtes on one – possible defeat by a lightning will cause the tragedy to one, instead of everything because the category, as we know, passes through contact of human bodies;

– to run to shelter it is necessary slowly and having slightly bent down, instead of in all growth – categories contact to higher tochka­mi which can be the human head;

- being in shelter, feet hold together, having thereby narrowed the area of possible defeat by the category;

- immediately it is necessary to get rid of all metal subjects which are on you or at you: shovels, knifes, bracelets, even hours – put in the protected place as it is possible further from itself;

– don’t lay down on the earth, it you increase the porayozheniye area the category, and sit down better, having slightly bent the head that it didn’t rise over subjects, which round you;

– if felt in shelter that subjects surrounding you or parts of a construction as if ring or reflect, nemedlenyono change shelter because here it is dangerous;

– if hair on the head as if move or it seems to you, too pass to other place because electric presence which can "involve" a lightning here collects;

- if you were found by a thunder-storm with long, especially metal subjects in hands (a fishing tackle, a rake, a pitchfork), don’t go with them, and put far away from itself and wait bad weather;

- during a thunder-storm never touch metal constructions and iron electrosupport, support of bridges and similar objects from metal;

– even during a small or short-term thunder-storm immediately stop walk on a bicycle – velomashinu put far away from itself;

– if the thunder-storm found you by the boat in the river or you swam at this time, it is safest – to get out of water on the coast and if it is impossible, to try to sit by the boat motionlessly, having taken out oars from water, and by swimming it is necessary to reach quietly, without waving a hand.

If you are in a room:

– immediately close all window leaves, windows, doors because drafts can "provoke" a lightning;

- in apartments don’t use a water supply system, opening and closing cranes, especially it is not necessary to wash over sinks or baths, not to wash at all in baths, immediately to stop it as soon as saw the first flashes of a lightning or heard thunderclaps;

– are as it is possible further from windows where drafts, electrodevices, the pipes, in general any metal subjects are possible;

- refrain from calls by phone but if already circumstances compelled to cause "ambulance" or a fire brigade, make it right after the next lightning discharge, having quickly used a small pause to the following.

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