Memo “Actions of the population during a thunderstorm. Thunderstorm in an open space. What to do if you are caught in a thunderstorm

A natural element is an unpredictable and not always safe thing. Thunderstorm is one of the most dangerous natural phenomena, because during it a powerful electric discharge occurs, capable of causing fires, accidents with injury and death of people. In most cases, a thunderstorm poses a danger to a person only if he does not follow safety rules. You can learn more about what to do during a thunderstorm, what danger it poses to a person.

Thunderstorm is a very dangerous phenomenon

The approach of one of the most dangerous natural phenomena can be foreseen in order to be able to hide and protect yourself from possible consequences... First of all, it is necessary to monitor the formation of powerful cumulus, tower-like clouds, the development of cloudiness. The direction of the wind will not give an obvious understanding, since the thunderstorm often moves against the wind. During a thunderstorm, the direction of the wind usually changes sharply, there is complete calm or a sharp squall, after which it begins to rain. But a thunderstorm can start without precipitation. Other harbingers of an approaching thunderstorm are:

High level of air humidity. This can be seen by how long the dew lasts on the grass.
Low flying birds and particularly aggressive insects.
Decline atmospheric pressure air.
Stuffy air

To determine the speed of approaching thunderstorm clouds, you need to navigate in time from the start of lightning flashes to the sound of thunder in seconds. The shorter this period, the closer the thunderstorm. And by reducing or increasing the intervals between flares and peals, one can judge the approach or removal of thunderclouds. Considering the speed of sound propagation in air, it is possible to judge the passage of one kilometer by sound in three seconds. Thus, you can calculate the approximate amount of time that remains in order to find shelter during bad weather. The most dangerous condition is when there is no time gap between a flash of lightning and a thunderclap.

You can not be in an open area during a thunderstorm

There are several rules of what to do if a thunderstorm has overtaken unexpectedly, and how to act to avoid misfortune:

Open areas should be avoided. Typically, lightning strikes the highest point in the area. If you are in the field during a thunderstorm, high point a person will appear.
Water is an excellent conductor of current. Therefore, during a thunderstorm, you need to stay away from water bodies.
It is advisable to get rid of any metal products on the body, clothes, and other things by placing them at a distance of five meters from you. An umbrella open overhead can serve as a target for a lightning strike.
You need to move at a calm pace, especially in open areas.
Turn off all radios, appliances, TV, others electrical devices in the house from the network.
If your life is in danger or you are where you are not settlements, you must contact the rescue service of the Ministry of Emergencies.

What not to do during a thunderstorm

Never stand under lonely trees during a thunderstorm

In accordance with the above, you can define the rules of what not to do during a thunderstorm:

You cannot hide under lonely standing objects in an open area - a tree, a high-voltage pole, etc. tall buildingslocated at a great distance from others.
Use a mobile phone, especially at a great distance from houses and other structures. This is explained by electromagnetic waves attract an electric discharge, and there are cases of lightning striking the mobile phone of a person who was talking on it at that time. However, in urban settings, such cases are rare.
Cycling in open areas.
Do not cuddle or be in other close proximity to metal objects on the street.
Do not immediately shelter from the rain. If your clothes are wet, there is less chance of being struck by lightning than if they are dry.
Do not lie on the ground or run from a thunderstorm in an open area. In the first case, striking the ground, lightning can also touch a person, and in the second, he becomes a kind of fast-moving target.
Talk on a wired telephone, as lightning can get caught between the taut wires of the poles.
During a thunderstorm, you should not approach electrical wiring, lightning rods, roof drainpipes, television or radio antennas, and it is also not recommended to stand near an open window.

Where not to be during a thunderstorm

Thunderstorm in an open area

If a sudden element has overtaken, but you can still choose a shelter, you should keep in mind the places where you cannot be during a thunderstorm:

You can not be in an open area
Stay inside and near water bodies.
On the tops of rocks and other heights.

What to do if caught by a thunderstorm

Since the elements are unpredictable, and there are places that provoke a person to be struck by lightning, you should know what to do during a thunderstorm if you find yourself in an unsafe place.

In the woods

Thunderstorm in the forest

If you are in the forest during a thunderstorm, you should avoid the proximity of trees such as oak, pine, poplar. According to statistics, they are the ones that most often attract lightning strikes, for this reason, forest fires occur because of them. It is necessary to find a low-growing area of \u200b\u200bthe forest and hide there, squatting, and taking the pose of an embryo. Trees themselves are natural lightning rods, so you should avoid being near tall trees.

The ideal option to protect yourself is to find a site with undersized trees and dense crowns, hide between them, sitting on the ground.

If at the same time it is necessary to move, this must be done without departing from them further than the height of the crowns. You cannot choose a place to hide near trees previously struck by lightning. The soil around them indicates a high electrical conductivity, which means the likelihood of repeating a lightning strike. In addition, during an overnight stay in a thunderstorm, you must not set up a tent on open areaand also sit by the fire, because the smoke conducts electricity very well.

In field

Thunderstorm in the field

If you are caught by a thunderstorm in the field, you need to hide in some depression - a ravine, a hole, you need to squat, bending your head to your knees. You should try to stay away from tall single objects and structures at a distance of at least 200 meters. You cannot use the telephone and any metal productsso as not to attract lightning strikes. When in the field, you should know that clay soil more dangerous than rocky or sandy. Therefore, in no case should you lie down on the ground if it is clayey.

On the water

Thunderstorm on the water

It is especially dangerous to be near a reservoir in a thunderstorm, but if it so happened that you did not have time to leave the beach, you should make immediate attempts to do this, and even more so, immediately get out of the water. When you are inside the watercraft, you should immediately land on the shore, if this is not possible, you need to change into dry clothes, dry the boat, make protection from an awning, covering yourself with it, putting a life jacket, a circle, rubber boots, and other insulating objects around and under you. The awning must protect the boat from water penetration, but at the same time not touch the surface of the reservoir.

In a private house

A thunderstorm hits the roof of a private house

Multi-story houses protected from lightning due to lightning rods, but frequent and garden houses are in the danger zone. To avoid danger, you must take measures:

Close all windows and doors. Ball lightning can enter the house.
Disconnect all electrical appliances, radios from the electrical network.
Stop heating the stove, close the chimney.
Disable all communications
Move away from the windows doorways, metal objects, sockets.

On road

Thunderstorm on the road

If a thunderstorm is caught while driving, you need to stop the movement away from single objects and desert terrain. Close all windows, hide the antenna, turn off the radio, navigator, cellular communications. Do not touch metal objects inside the machine, including door handles.

In the mountains

Thunderstorm in the mountains

When in a mountainous area, you should immediately descend from the hills, move away from gutters and waterfalls, it is best to stand under a plumb line that exceeds a person's height by 5-6 times. You should stand no closer than 2 meters to the plumb line. Shelter in crevices and caves is also suitable, but no closer than two meters from the walls. During a thunderstorm, you cannot lean against the walls of the cliff and pick up metal equipment.

When powerful cumulonimbus, tower-like clouds form at any point on the horizon of a thunderstorm front, you should carefully monitor the development of cloudiness. It should be remembered that the wind does not give a correct idea of \u200b\u200bthe direction of the thunderstorm. Thunderstorms often go against the wind!

The distance to an approaching thunderstorm can be determined by counting the seconds separating the flash of lightning and the sound of the first roll of thunder:

a second pause means that a thunderstorm is at a distance of 300-400 m,
three-second - 1 km,
four-second - 1.3 km, etc.

Thunderstorm is one of the most dangerous natural phenomena for humans... An instant lightning strike can cause paralysis, deep loss of consciousness, respiratory arrest and cardiac arrest. When struck by lightning, specific burns in the form of reddish stripes and burns with blisters remain on the victim's body. In order not to suffer from a lightning strike, you need to know and follow some rules of conduct during a thunderstorm.

What is lightning

Lightning is a high voltage electrical discharge, huge amperage, high power and very high temperature, occurring in nature. Electrical discharges that occur between cumulus clouds or between a cloud and the ground are accompanied by thunder, heavy rain, often hail and stormy winds. There are many types of lightning. IN middle lane the most common are linear and ball lightning. They differ in appearance, but equally dangerous to humans.

What to do during a thunderstorm

Summer thunderstorms are common, but not everyone knows how to protect yourself during a thunderstorm, what to do in order not to be struck by lightning.

EMERCOM employees in the Moscow region give a number of simple tips, what to do during a thunderstorm:

First, during a thunderstorm, you should avoid open areas.... Lightning, as you know, strikes the highest point, a lonely person in the field - this is the very point. If for some reason you are left alone in the field with a thunderstorm, hide in any possible depression: a groove, hollow or the lowest part of the field, squat down and bend your head, rescuers advise.
Second, avoid water during thunderstorms.as it is an excellent conductor of current. A lightning strike spreads around the reservoir within a radius of 100 meters. Often it hits the banks. Therefore, during a thunderstorm, you need to move away from the coast, you can not swim and fish.
It is very dangerous to talk on mobile phone ... It is best to turn off mobile phones during a thunderstorm. There have been cases when an incoming call caused a lightning strike.
In a thunderstorm, it is advisable to get rid of metal objects... Watches, chains, and even an umbrella open over your head are potential targets for a strike. There are known cases of a lightning strike on a bunch of keys in a pocket.

To prevent lightning striking if you are in the forest

Lightning in a forest almost never hits the ground, with the exception of glades, because trees are natural lightning rods, and the probability of lightning striking a particular tree is directly proportional to its height. So stay away from tall trees. The most competent option is to sit between low-growing trees with dense crowns. At the same time, determine the approximate height of the trees you have chosen and try to be located from them at a distance not exceeding this height. Let's say the height of the trees is about 4-5 meters, respectively, it is necessary to place between them so that each of the trees is at least 4-5 meters away. This is called a “cone of protection”. It is better to sit in the so-called "fetal position" - the back is bent, the head is lowered on the legs and forearms bent at the knees, the feet are joined together.

Most often, lightning strikes oaks, poplars, elms.
Less often, lightning strikes a spruce, pine.
Very rarely, lightning strikes birches and maples.

During a thunderstorm in the forest, you cannot: choose a shelter under tall trees or near trees previously struck by a thunderstorm, split (the abundance of trees struck by lightning indicates that the soil in this area has a high electrical conductivity, and a lightning strike in this area of \u200b\u200bthe terrain is very likely), you should not set up tents on open place, sit by a burning fire (smoke is a good conductor of electricity).

To avoid being struck by lightning if you are in the field

At the first signs of an approaching thunderstorm, it is necessary: \u200b\u200bto move as quickly as possible to the direction of a reliable nearest shelter (forest, village), simultaneously moving away from separate trees or groves. If a freestanding tree is on your way to the village, you shouldn't go there. The priority is to move away from possible zones discharge hit. You need to move away not less than 150-200 m. With the onset of a thunderstorm, if you have not reached the shelter: you need to sit down as low as possible, and when the thunderstorm comes very close, lie on the ground. And quietly, humbly, motionless to lie. It should be remembered that sandy and stony soils are safer than clay soils. And do not rush to move when the thunderstorm begins to leave - wait 20-30 minutes after the last lightning struck.

During a thunderstorm in the field, you must not: move, especially walk, straightened; hide in haystacks, under lonely trees or islets of trees, all the more to touch them with hands and other parts of the body. Human psychology such that in the big and powerful he tends to see protection. In a thunderstorm, the opposite law works: the smaller you are, the more chances you have of not being hit. Therefore, we go around the trees further.

To avoid being struck by lightning if you are near a body of water

If a thunderstorm approaches, immediately leave the body of water and move as far from the coastline as possible. A person on the boat, when a thunderstorm approaches, must immediately land on the shore. If this is not possible, drain the boat, change into dry clothes, if any, raise a protective awning, put a life jacket, boots, equipment, etc. insulating objects, cover with polyethylene so that rainwater flows overboard, not inside the boat, but the polyethylene must not come into contact with water!

During a thunderstorm near the reservoir, you cannot: to climb into the water, take refuge in floodplain bushes and under trees.

To avoid being struck by lightning if you are in the mountains

In a mountainous area, when a thunderstorm approaches, one should try to descend from heights - ridges, hills, passes, peaks, etc. It is dangerous to be near watercourses (crevices, gutters, etc.), since during a thunderstorm, even small cracks filled with water become a conductor for the drainage of electricity. It is best to stop near a high vertical plumb line ("finger"). In this case, the height of the plumb line should be at least 5-6 times greater than the height of a person, respectively, the safety zone will be equal to the height of the plumb line, measured in horizontal plane... However, you cannot approach the wall closer than 2 m. You can hide in natural niches-caves in the slope, but also no closer than 2 m from the wall. Metal objects - climbing hooks, ice axes, pots, should be collected in a backpack and lowered on a rope 20-30 m lower along the slope.

During a thunderstorm in the mountains, you cannot: leaning or touching when moving or resting on rocks, sheer walls, hide under rock overhangs.

To avoid being struck by lightning if you are in the car

The machine protects people inside quite well, since even with a lightning strike, the discharge goes over the metal surface. Therefore, if a thunderstorm finds you in your car, close your windows, turn off your radio, cell phone and GPS navigator. Do not touch door handles or other metal parts.

To avoid being struck by lightning if you are on a motorcycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle, unlike a car, will not save you from a thunderstorm. It is necessary to dismount, pack the vehicle and move about 30 m away from it.

When you are in a country or garden house during a thunderstorm, you should:

Close doors and windows, exclude drafts.
Do not heat the stove, close the chimney, since the smoke coming out of the chimney has a high electrical conductivity and can attract an electric discharge.
Turn off the TV, radio, electrical appliances, turn off the antenna.
Switch off means of communication: laptop, mobile phone.
Avoid staying near a window or attic, or near massive metal objects.

If a thunderstorm caught on the street:

Do not be in an open area, near metal structures, power lines.
You shouldn't touch everything wet, iron, electric.
Take off all metal jewelry (chains, rings, earrings) from yourself, put it in a leather or plastic bag.
Do not open an umbrella over yourself.
Under no circumstances should you seek refuge under large trees.
It is not advisable to be around the fire.
Stay away from wire fences.
Do not go out to remove clothes drying on the clothesline, as they also conduct electricity.
Do not ride a bicycle or motorcycle.
Do not swim, move away from the reservoir.
It is very dangerous to talk on a mobile phone during a thunderstorm; it must be turned off.
A thunderstorm usually hits the highest point on its way. A lonely person in a field is that very high point. It is even worse to be in a thunderstorm on a lonely hill! If for some reason you are left alone in the field with a thunderstorm, hide in any possible depression: a groove, hollow or the lowest place of the field, squat down and bend your head. Lying on wet ground during a thunderstorm is not recommended.
Don't ever try to hide under the lonely standing tree.
During a thunderstorm, do not swim, fish, or stay near bodies of water.

How to escape from ball lightning

If you are at home in a thunderstorm or in any room, do not stay near batteries, windows, electrical appliances, antennas, wires and metal objects. It is necessary to close windows, doors, chimneys and ventilation holesso that avoid drafts that attract fireballs.

Ball lightning looks like a horizontally or chaotically luminous ball floating freely through the air with a diameter of several centimeters to several meters. Ball lightning can exist from several seconds to three tens of seconds. It has great destructive power, causing fires, severe burns and sometimes death of a person or animal. It appears unpredictably and also suddenly disappears. Penetrates even into an enclosed space through a switch, socket, pipe, keyhole.

Remember, if you witness such a phenomenon as ball lightning, try not to move or run away from it. Lightning bolts are attracted to moving, tall, metallic and wet objects. If ball lightning has flown into the room, you need to slowly, holding your breath, leave the room. If this is not possible, you need to stand without moving. After 10-100 seconds, it will bypass you and disappear. Ball lightning can appear without harming a person or a room, but it can explode, and the resulting air wave can injure a person. Ball lightning has a temperature of about 5000 ° C and can cause a fire.

Helping a victim of a lightning strike

For providing first aid to a person struck by lightning, it should be moved to a safe place immediately. Touching the victim is not dangerous, no charge remains in his body. Even if defeat seems fatal, it may not actually be so.

If a lightning victim is unconscious, lay him on his back and turn his head to the side so that the tongue does not sink into the airways. It is necessary, without stopping for a minute, to do artificial respiration and heart massage before the arrival of medical assistance.

If these actions helped, and the person shows signs of life, before the doctors arrive, give the victim 2-3 tablets of analgin, and put a wet, cold, rolled cloth on his head. If there are burns, they should be poured with plenty of water, the burnt clothing should be removed, and then the affected area should be covered with a clean dressing material. When transporting an injured person to the nearest medical institution, he must be placed on a stretcher and constantly monitor his health.

For relatively minor lightning injuries give the victim any pain reliever (analgin, tempalgin, etc.) and a sedative (valerian tincture, corvalol, etc.)

Photo by Anna Fomicheva

Despite the beauty of nature, at times its manifestations are fraught with risk and danger to humans. One of these natural phenomena that can cause irreparable harm is a thunderstorm. It often arises in the warm season, when people like to get out to rest outside the city, spending time by the reservoir or in the forest. What are the safety measures during a thunderstorm , how to protect yourself during this period and what the consequences may be, we will consider in this article.

What is thunderstorm and lightning strike

Thunderstorm is atmospheric phenomenoncharacterized by heavy rainfall, thunder, squally winds and lightning strikes. Its harbingers are cumulonimbus clouds, characteristic feature which is dark color and an oblong, elongated shape.

Lightning is one of the manifestations severe thunderstorm... This is an electrical atmospheric discharge that can cause fires. Its voltage is up to 100 million, accompanied by a shock wave of sound (thunder) and a bright flash of light of a bizarre shape. On average, its length is up to 2.5 km.

Internal organs, especially those containing air, will be the first to suffer when lightning strikes a person. A sudden muscle contraction under the influence of such power can lead to bone fractures, including the spine. Stunning, disorientation, shock, paralysis and death - these can be the consequences for a person from a lightning strike.

According to statistics, about 70% of her victims are men. Knowing and following the basic safety rules during a thunderstorm can prevent many tragic accidents.

In an open area

If you find yourself in an area where there is absolutely nowhere to hide from an impending thunderstorm (plain, field), then first decide how far away from you the lightning is. To do this, you should measure the time that will elapse between the flash and the heard thunderclap. If the time is - 3 sec, then the distance will be 1000 m, 2 sec. - 600 m, but 1 sec. indicates that the natural electrical source is only 300 m away from you.

Your safety during a thunderstorm will depend on the correct actions. The main and most common mistakes:

Trying to hide under a lonely tree or haystack
Run, walk or stand tall
Search and climb any hill

In order to wait out the thunderstorm in an open area, you should find some kind of lowland (pit, ravine) or just squat, but not lie down on the ground. The distance from tall single objects should be at least 200 m. Remember that usually a lightning strike chooses the most tall objects, and you, finding yourself in the open area, will be one of them. Do not go near bodies of water and do not use your phone, it is better to turn it off.

In the woods

In forested areas, it is safest to find shelter under small bushes. If there are no small bushes nearby, then there should be a distance of at least 4-5 m between the trees and you. You need to sit down, taking the pose of an embryo.

You should know that if a tree is strong and powerful, this does not mean at all that it is able to withstand a lightning strike and provide you with a reliable shelter. According to statistics, the most common "victims" of thunderstorms are oaks, spruces and poplars, lightning is one of them.

There is no need to make a fire until the thunderstorm is over, because fire is capable of attracting electrical discharges.

By a pond or lake

Water is an excellent conductor of electricity, so in case of a thunderstorm, you should immediately leave the reservoir and move away from it at a safe distance (at least 100 m). You should not wait it out on the beach in a tent or hiding under the trees.

If a natural phenomenon caught you in a boat and sail far to the shore, follow these rules:

Wet clothes can also attract zippers like water surface body of water, so sit on any dry items. A life jacket will do as well.
Cover yourself with an awning or cellophane from above, but so that it never touches the water.

In addition to water and wet clothes, the following things can attract a zipper: a working mobile phone, an umbrella (especially knitting needles and a rod), any metal things (keys, tools).

If you come to rest in a car, you can wait out the bad weather in it. Close windows, turn off the engine and lower the radio antenna. No need to touch door handles, keys.

In room

As a rule, thanks to lightning rods, a room is the safest place to ride out a thunderstorm. But, there is a variant of meeting with ball lightning, which can often fall into any room through open vents, windows and doors. In case you are waiting out a natural phenomenon at home:

Eliminate any drafts by closing all windows and doors. Don't forget the chimney.
Do not use a telephone, including a landline telephone. The same applies to a fireplace or stove. Chimney smoke can attract thunderstorms.
Turn off all electrical appliances and stay away from electrical wiring, outlets, or shield
Don't be near windows
Take off your jewelry

Actions when meeting with ball lightning

Safety in thunderstorms and lightning in the form of a ball depends on how much you are able to control your emotions and actions. The main thing that you should remember is that this lightning appears for a maximum of 2 minutes. During this time, try not to make any movements, because it follows the currents of air. Having run, you will only make her "chase" you. If possible, you should stay away from any electrical appliances.

If the ball lightning is moving in your direction, then in no case throw objects at it in an attempt to change direction. When colliding with any object or surface, ball lightning will simply explode, which can also lead to disastrous consequences. The best option will slowly, without sudden movements, move away from its trajectory (only if it is still far from you). Watch your breathing, it should be slow and shallow. Be sure to freeze when the ball approaches. Moving in the direction of the air, it will simply fly aside past you.

Following these simple rules, you will wait out the thunderstorm without consequences and will be able to continue enjoying your outdoor recreation.

Part of the information was taken from the official website of the Russian Emergencies Ministry www.mchs.gov.ru

LightningIs a spark discharge of electrostatic charge of a cumulus cloud, accompanied by a blinding flash and a sharp sound (thunder).

Lightning discharge is characterized by high currents, and its temperature reaches 300,000 degrees. A direct lightning strike for a person is usually fatal. Lightning kills about 3,000 people worldwide every year. Static electricity usually follows the path of least electrical resistance.

Dangerous is the step voltage that occurs when the lightning discharge current spreads in the ground. The radius of the striking action of the step voltage can reach 30 meters.

Lightning jumps and induced charges are also dangerous.

During a thunderstorm, being in a city is less dangerous than in an open area, steel structures and tall buildings perform well the function of lightning rods.

To reduce the risk of lightning damage to economic facilities, buildings and structures, lightning protection is arranged in the form of grounded metal masts and wires stretched high above the facility's structures.

Preventive measures before a thunderstorm

Check the weather forecast before going outdoors.

If a thunderstorm is predicted, reschedule your trip to another day.

If you notice a thunderstorm front, then first of all determine the approximate distance to it by the delay time of the first roll of thunder, the first flash of lightning, and also estimate whether the front is approaching or receding.

Since the speed of light is enormous (300,000 km / s), we see a flash of lightning instantly. Therefore, the sound delay will be determined by the distance and its speed (about 340 m / s).

Example: if after a flash to thunder 5 s have passed, then the distance to the thunderstorm front is 340 m / s x 5s \u003d 1700 m.

If the sound delay increases, then the thunderstorm front recedes, and if the sound delay decreases, the thunderstorm front approaches.

Actions during a thunderstorm

If you are in a rural area: close windows, doors, flues and vents. Do not heat the oven, as high temperature gases escaping from chimney, have low resistance. Don't talk on the phone: Lightning sometimes strikes the wires stretched between the posts.

During lightning strikes, do not go close to electrical wiring, lightning rods, roof drains, antenna, do not stand near a window, if possible, turn off the TV, radio and other electrical appliances.

If you are in the forest, then take cover in a low-growing area of \u200b\u200bthe forest. Don't hide near tall trees, especially pines, oaks and poplars.

Do not stay in a body of water or on its shore. Move away from the shore, go down from a high place to the lowland.

Summer thunderstorms with peals of thunder and lightning are common for us, but, nevertheless, dangerous. I think everyone knows that a lightning strike is very dangerous for humans and often even fatal. And if you are caught by a thunderstorm on your way, then you need to know what to do during a thunderstorm in order to minimize the risk of lightning strikes.

It is quite difficult not to notice the approaching thunderstorm. Usually the sky begins to darken on the horizon, the clouds gather in large heavy clouds and thunder is heard from afar.

If you notice the first signs of an impending thunderstorm and determine that the thunderstorm front is heading in your direction, you should take care of a reliable shelter.

Where lightning hits most often:

to the highest point of the terrain;
in solitary trees;
in freestanding objects, towering on the ground;
into metal objects;
into electronic devices;
into reservoirs;

What to do if a thunderstorm caught in the field?

Being in the field during a thunderstorm, you will be the highest point in this place and the risk of being struck by lightning increases significantly. During a thunderstorm that has begun, you cannot continue to move or run towards the forest. Therefore, if you do not have enough time to get to the nearest shelter, you need to find some kind of hole or hollow that would be below the level of the surrounding area. Get down there and squat down, covering yourself with a raincoat or whatever you have. Of course, you can lie on the ground and so also reduce your height, but lying in a cold puddle for a long time is also not safe for your health.

Sometimes there may be loose trees in the field. In no case should you hide under them and generally approach. You should also not hide in a separate haystack, no matter how tempting it is. It will also be the highest point that potentially attracts lightning.

What to do if a thunderstorm caught in the forest?

During a thunderstorm it is relatively safe in the forest, but there are also some nuances. Most tall trees play the role of natural lightning rods. Therefore, you should not approach those trees that are clearly higher than the rest of the forest.

Pay attention to the species of trees around you. Most often, lightning strikes oak, elm or poplar, a little less often in spruce or pine, and very rarely hits birch or maple trees.

If you can see several trees around that have already been struck by lightning, then this place attracts lightning by some parameters and it is better to leave such an area.

If a thunderstorm finds you in the forest, it is best to take refuge among a group of young, low trees with dense crowns or bushes. You shouldn't even make a small fire - smoke conducts electricity perfectly and lightning can strike right into your hearth.

What to do if a thunderstorm caught by the reservoir?

If a thunderstorm begins, and you are on the shore of a reservoir, you must immediately go away at least 100 meters from the shore. Water is a conductor of electricity and lightning often strikes directly into the water, and an electric shock can be received through moisture-saturated coastal soil. Therefore, you cannot hide in the bushes and under trees on the shore.

If you are in a boat and do not have time to swim to the shore, you should try to isolate yourself from below from moisture, for example, by placing a life jacket or dry things under you. The top should be covered with an awning or cellophane so that the water flows over the side of the boat, but the awning should not touch the water.

What to do if a thunderstorm is found in the mountains?

If you are in the mountains and noticed the approach of a thunderstorm, you must first go down a little lower. Never stay on the tops of rocks or hills. Cracks filled with water should also be avoided - they will be conductors of electricity.

You can hide in natural niches in the slopes or in caves, but you should not lean against the walls and wet rocks. Better to be at least two meters from the wall.

If there is no natural shelter, it is better to stop at a high vertical plumb line several times larger than human height. At the same time, also do not sit tight to it, but a couple of meters from the wall, but no further in distance than the height of this rock.

It is better to collect all the metal equipment in a pile and securely fasten them down the slope, 30-50 meters away from you.

What to do if met with ball lightning?

Sometimes ball lightning appears next to a person, which looks like a small luminous ball floating in the air. They are no less dangerous than ordinary ones and can also kill a person or cause severe burns. Ball lightnings appear for no more than two minutes. So don't panic and wait a bit. Until she disappears.

If you noticed close to yourself ball lightning, try not to move or run away from it - air turbulence can carry the lightning behind you. If you notice that it is moving in your direction downwind, slowly and without sudden movements, try to leave its path to the side.

Let's summarize.

What to do if you are caught in a thunderstorm:

leave the open area;
find shelter in the midst of low trees or bushes;
sit down and stand as low as possible in relation to the environment;
move away from the shore of the reservoir at least 100 meters;
turn off all electrical appliances (phone, navigator, player, plshet, etc.);
take off all metal objects, including jewelry;
move away from freestanding trees, power lines and metal objects;

What not to do during a thunderstorm:

you can not be in an open area;
you can not hide under detached trees and tall structures;
you can not swim and be near the water;
you cannot climb the tops of hills or rocks;
you can't sit by the fire;
you cannot walk or ride a bike in open areas;
you cannot talk on a mobile phone or turn on the radio;
do not snuggle against tree trunks and wet objects;

These simple rules you need to know not only if you are going on a hike, but also in ordinary life situations... Most of these tips will be relevant in a small village and in a metropolis and in any other place where a thunderstorm caught you. Therefore, if you know what to do during a thunderstorm and take correct actions, you can protect yourself and your loved ones from trouble.

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