How To Improve Your Chances of Surviving a Lightning Strike

It ’s no secret that finding yourself outside and exposed during a electrical storm greatly enhances your peril of being struck by lightning . But it turns out there are some simple tricks you may use to increase your hazard of survival of the fittest if the swarm do make up one’s mind to hit you from above .

It turns out that a metal faraday suit — or even some medieval armor!—are your full options . But asMinute Physicspoints out , if you ’re lacking either of those ( you in all likelihood are ) there are still thing you may do to minimize the risk of being seriously injured by a lightning strike , even one nearby . And no , laying down is n’t as effective as you might think it is . In fact , it could make thing even forged .

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