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Lightning Safety

July 2016

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.