When you see lightning, should stand or sit up?
If you have a rain or thunderstorm while in the middle of a wide and empty area, the best position for you is to kneel, your knees close together, and your hands on your knees and leaning forward. . In the meantime, if you wear an extra Raincoats, you have "cover" to avoid natural disasters very effectively .
The basic principle to have the best posture to avoid lightning is to lower the person as low as possible, avoid direct lightning strikes and minimize the contact area between the body and the ground.
Absolutely avoid getting into cavities because the soil is a very good conductive medium. If possible, use a cloth or clothing tightly rolled into a roll about 10 cm thick and kneel on it to completely isolate the body's contact with the ground. If you are following a group, you must quickly split up, do not focus on the same place. For those who are driving a car, if they cannot find a really safe place to stay, they should sit still in the car.
The following locations are not accommodated if they want to avoid lightning: large trees stand alone in the middle of an empty area (especially the lower branches and reach far away from the trunk), the area near the power lines, antenna columns, rails trains, iron fences, lakes, swimming pools, wide beaches, sitting on bicycles, standing next to cars or under the car.
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