Where is that safest place during a thunder and lightning storm?

Answer 1

First, Disco Kid is DEAD WRONG There are several documented cases where people have been electrocuted via the phone lines and through plumbing.

The Safest place to be is inside a substantial structure in an interior room or hallway away from windows. Stay off the phone (Land Line) Cell Phone ok do not take a bath or shower.

If Caught outdoors crouch down on the balls of your feet and head between your knees making yourself a poor target.
Avoid beeing under trees you can use a hard toped car for shelter but a convertible provides little to no protection

Links to Lightning Safety
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/more.htm

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/overview.htm

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/severewx/safety.php

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/survivors.htm

Answer 2

Yes it is, but as with anything you need to use some common sense. You dont want to pitch your tent on a high exposed ridgeline, in the middle of an open field, or right under a tree. As a backpacking guide I`ve been out on the trail weeks at a time and when you are literally in the middle of nowhere and a thunderstorm hits you cant run back to the car or go home, so you have to make the best of it. I dont worry about being wet since I prepare for rain and pack rain gear. I`ve pitched my tent (I now use a hammock) so many times that i can do it in the pitch dark upside down while spinning. Well you get my point, it being that I know where everything is in the stuff sack and can pitch the tent in a thunderstorm without the inside becoming soaked. It`s all about being prepared and using common sense. Yes some tents use aluminum poles but there are trees that are much taller than your tent, the lightening will hit a nearby try before it hits an aluminum tent pole. I`m also a leader of a boy scout troop and we camp year round, rain, snow, or shine. We`ve been out hiking in torrential downpours and thunderstorms, and this is with kids 13-18 years old and they handle it just fine. You just need the right mindset, a good set of rain gear and boots, and a little experience. I`m not saying to take your family out during the first storm, try it in a light rain or a drizzle and work your way up.

Answer 3

Lightning can travel through phone lines and plumbing to deliver a fatal shock. Inside, away from windows is good. The inside of a car is fairly safe.

Bad places to be in a thunder storm: under a tree, on a golf course, in a pool or other body of water, low lying ground (flash floods)

Answer 4

In a thunderstorm, the safest place to be is inside a large building equipped with lightning rods. A vehicle such as a car provides complete protection by surrounding you with metal, which will conduct the lightning's charge safely to the ground.

Answer 5

inside a car. a car is a metalic cage insulated from the ground by its wheels. even if the lightning would strike the car, the current would move through the car's exterior. the cars exterior would divert all current around the person inside the car.

its even safer than in a house, where objects could start flying and fires can start because of lightning hits. hiding in a basement will shield you from the lightning aswell, however if a firebreaks out due to the hit you might become trapped.

Answer 6

There are several places, first and foremost is in a well constructed building, away from windows and any plumbing, and it would be a good idea to disconnect any appliance you have, If you are outdoors, go inside your car and don't touch anything, and roll up the windows. If you can't find any shelter, find the lowest spot you can find, if you feel your hair stand on end, go into a crouch position, wiith you back of your feet off the ground. and your hand over your head.

Answer 7

Inside a metal building. The metal will shield whatever is inside. If the building is struck by lightning, the electrical current will flow along the outside surface of the metal building to the ground and will completely shield the occupants inside the building.

Answer 8

Being electrocuted through the phone line during a storm is actually an urban legend. Same is true with being electrocuted during a storm while you're in the shower.

Answer 9

In a covered shelter Underground - such as a London Underground tube station.

I'm sure a deep cave would suffice aswell.

Answer 10

Inside away from windows. And never use electronic devices or bathe or shower.