What are some tips for lightning safety?
Lightning can travel from outside your home to inside your home-and to you-through materials that conduct electricity, including electrical wiring, phone lines, water, and plumbing. These safety guidelines will help minimize your risk. When you first hear thunder, it’s time to take precautions indoors. If you’re inside and you hear thunder or see lightning, it’s time to take precautions. Continue your indoor safety precautions for 30 minutes after you see the last lightning or hear the last thunder. Never touch wiring during a thunderstorm. Its too late to unplug your electronics if thunderstorms are close. If you count 30 seconds or less from when you see lightning to when you hear thunder, you missed your chance to unplug your home electronics. If you’re in the lightning danger zone, you should not touch any wiring, even just to unplug your home electronics! Avoid using phones and only use cell phones or cordless phones. If you need to use the phone, corded phones are dangerous durin
