{"id":3654,"date":"2021-04-12T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T09:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/mineola-ny-puroclean-new-hyde-park\/blog\/lightning-safety-tips\/"},"modified":"2021-04-12T09:23:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T09:23:00","slug":"lightning-safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/mineola-ny-puroclean-mineola\/blog\/lightning-safety-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Safety Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/safety\/lightning-victims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">National Weather Service<\/a>, an average of 33 people have died each year from lightning strikes in the US from 2006 to 2018. Also, about 75% of people killed by lightning strikes were in the outdoors, doing activities such as working, hiking, camping, or enjoying water sports during a thunderstorm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, when a thunderstorm occurs, it\u2019s important to find shelter immediately and exercise caution. But, as shelter isn\u2019t immediately available to everyone caught outdoors, we\u2019ve prepared tips to stay safe from lightning while outdoors, as well. Follow these lightning safety tips to stay safe indoors and outdoors during a thunderstorm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lightning Safety Tips: Indoors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stay away from windows and doors, and stay off porches, too.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t touch anything that uses electricity, such as TVs, computers, and cords. Avoid corded phones; use mobile or cordless phones instead.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t use the plumbing in your home \u2014 don\u2019t use the sink in the bathroom or kitchen, and don\u2019t take a shower.<\/li><li>Avoid leaning on concrete walls and lying on concrete floors. That\u2019s because lightning can travel through metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.<\/li><li>Take your dog inside during thunderstorms. Dogs that are chained to trees are vulnerable to lightning strikes. Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/blog\/emergency-preparedness-your-pets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pet emergency preparedness tips<\/a>.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t unplug electrical equipment during a thunderstorm to avoid the risk of being struck by lightning.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lightning Safety Tips: Outdoors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re outside and can\u2019t find a safe, enclosed shelter, follow these lightning safety tips:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Get off and away from motorcycles, scooters, golf carts, and bicycles.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t stay near things that can conduct electricity, such as power lines, wire fences, metal pipes, rails, and other metallic paths.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t stay in open fields and get off elevated areas like mountain ridges or hills. Also, don\u2019t use cliffs or rocky overhangs as shelter. Go to a low place such as a ravine or a valley, but be alert for flash floods.<\/li><li>If you are in the backcountry or wilderness, get off the mountain as quickly (and safely) as possible. Going to the opposite side of the mountain, from where the clouds are approaching, will help.<\/li><li>If you\u2019re in a forest, go in a low area under a thick growth of small trees. Yet, never shelter under an isolated tree as they act as natural lightning rods.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t stay in tents. A tent can become a grounding path for a cloud-to-ground lightning strike because most modern tents have carbon fiber or metal poles. Stay off porches, too.<\/li><li>Stay away from water and wet items as water is also an electrical conductor. Get out of bodies of water like ponds and lakes.<\/li><li>Wait at least 30 minutes after hearing the last thunder before you leave your shelter.<\/li><li>If a person is struck by lightning, call 911 and get medical help right away. Victims can have a variety of symptoms, so be prepared to get help, administer CPR, or treat burns and trauma.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thunder and lightning storms happen all the time, but following these lightning safety tips can save your life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For storm damage repair, contact PuroClean<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Powerful storms can often have an impact on your home or business. Check out our tips to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/blog\/how-to-protect-your-home-from-hurricanes-or-severe-storms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prepare your property for storms<\/a>. If your home has suffered damage after a storm, don\u2019t hesitate to call PuroClean \u2014 the Paramedics of Property Damage. We can mitigate storm and flood damage, and help bring your property back to pre-loss condition quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the National Weather Service, an average of 33 people have died each year from lightning strikes in the US from 2006 to 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19082,"template":"","blog-category":[],"class_list":["post-3654","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/mineola-ny-puroclean-mineola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/3654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/mineola-ny-puroclean-mineola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/mineola-ny-puroclean-mineola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/mineola-ny-puroclean-mineola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/mineola-ny-puroclean-mineola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/3654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/mineola-ny-puroclean-mineola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/mineola-ny-puroclean-mineola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/mineola-ny-puroclean-mineola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-category?post=3654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}