Indoors
If you are indoors when there is a lightning storm here are some things you should do to reduce your risk of being struck by lightning.
- Do not have contact with water. Do not bathe, shower, wash dishes, etc. Lightning can travel through the building’s plumbing.
- Do not go next to windows, doors or on porches or on concrete.
- Do not use your electric equipment such as computers, laptops, washers, dryers, anything that is connected to an electric outlet.
Outdoors
- Avoid being an open vehicle such as motorcycles, scooters, convertibles.
- Avoid open structures such as parks, playgrounds, ponds, lakes, swimming pools, beaches, porches, gazebos, etc.
- Do not lie down or sit under a tree.