Learn Environment Canada's 30-30 rule:
- Take appropriate shelter when you can count 30 seconds or less between lightning and thunder.
- Remain sheltered for 30 minutes after the last thunder.
IF YOU ARE INDOORS:
- Keep away from doors, windows, fireplaces, and anything that will conduct electricity, such as radiators, stoves, sinks, and metal pipes.
- Do not use computer or wired video game system.
- Use battery-operated games.
- Don't take a shower or a bath.
- Stay inside.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS:
- Immediately seek shelter in a building or depression in the ground, but never under a tree.
- Do not hold anything that is a conductor of electricity, such as a cell phone, an iPod, or an umbrella.
- Get to shore if you are in or on the water.
- If you are in a car, stay in it, but stay away from trees.