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Is it more safe to stay in a car or outside during a lightning storm?
Stay inside the car
How can you be safe during a sandstorm?
If you are in a car, pull over to the side of the road and turn off your lights. Wait until the sand storm passes.
What to do if your are in your car in a thunder storm?
nothing it is a safe place to be, as tyres insulate from ground
Where should you go during a electrical storm?
If there is an electrical storm, you should go indoors or get in a car. If you can't get inside, don't hide under a tree that is standing alone. If you are in an open field, kneel down, lean forward and put your hands on your knees. Don't lie down, the wet grass might attract the lightning.
Is it safe to be in a car during lighting?
Yes and No, It IS safe to be in a car when there is lighting if it is metal since its a conductor but it is NOT safe inside a fiberglass car since it is an insulator.
Why is a person not safe in a car that has a fiberglass body?
Because fiberglass carries the electrical current
Who is responsible for damage to your car if a tree falls on the car during an ice storm and you are leasing the house?
your mother
Explain what to do in a electrical storm?
1. Stay away from open fields.Do not work or play in fields during an electrical storm, as this will increase your chances of being struck by lightning. Dugouts are also not safe because they are not enclosed and leave you open to being struck by lightning.2. If you hear thunder get to an enclosed building right away and don't come leave until 30 minutes after you hear the last bout of thunder.The reason you want to go to an enclosed building is that if lightning strikes the building you're in, it will likely travel through the electrical wires in the building until it reaches the ground.Did You Know?…More lightning originates from the backside of a storm than the front side. So you're more likely to be struck by lighting after a storm than before a storm - which is not what most people would think.3. Stay off of electrical appliances during an electrical storm.Lightning can travel through the wiring in your home and reach you if you are on the phone or using electronics during an electrical storm.4. Stay away from doors, and windows during an electrical storm.Lightning can strike them - and you - if you are nearby.5. Stay away from water.That means no baths, showers, washing dishes, running the dishwasher or washing machine. No water period. Water conducts electricity, and unless you want to draw lightning to you, you need to stay away from water. This also means if you are camping, no fishing and no swimming.6. If the only shelter available is your car, make sure you aren't touching any metal parts in your car.Also, take off any metal items you may be wearing and put them somewhere so you aren't touching them. Metal conducts electricity and if your car or you were to be hit by lightning, and you were touching anything metal, the lightning could hit you. Strangely, only cars that have a solid metal roof and body are really safe. If your car is mostly fiberglass or plastic, it won't work as a shelter. Just the same, only hard-topped cars should be used as shelter during a lightning storm; convertibles with soft tops won't work.1. Stay away from open fields.Do not work or play in fields during an electrical storm, as this will increase your chances of being struck by lightning. Dugouts are also not safe because they are not enclosed and leave you open to being struck by lightning.2. If you hear thunder get to an enclosed building right away and don't come leave until 30 minutes after you hear the last bout of thunder.The reason you want to go to an enclosed building is that if lightning strikes the building you're in, it will likely travel through the electrical wires in the building until it reaches the ground.Did You Know?…More lightning originates from the backside of a storm than the front side. So you're more likely to be struck by lighting after a storm than before a storm - which is not what most people would think.3. Stay off of electrical appliances during an electrical storm.Lightning can travel through the wiring in your home and reach you if you are on the phone or using electronics during an electrical storm.4. Stay away from doors, and windows during an electrical storm.Lightning can strike them - and you - if you are nearby.5. Stay away from water.That means no baths, showers, washing dishes, running the dishwasher or washing machine. No water period. Water conducts electricity, and unless you want to draw lightning to you, you need to stay away from water. This also means if you are camping, no fishing and no swimming.6. If the only shelter available is your car, make sure you aren't touching any metal parts in your car.Also, take off any metal items you may be wearing and put them somewhere so you aren't touching them. Metal conducts electricity and if your car or you were to be hit by lightning, and you were touching anything metal, the lightning could hit you. Strangely, only cars that have a solid metal roof and body are really safe. If your car is mostly fiberglass or plastic, it won't work as a shelter. Just the same, only hard-topped cars should be used as shelter during a lightning storm; convertibles with soft tops won't work.1. Stay away from open fields.Do not work or play in fields during an electrical storm, as this will increase your chances of being struck by lightning. Dugouts are also not safe because they are not enclosed and leave you open to being struck by lightning.2. If you hear thunder get to an enclosed building right away and don't come leave until 30 minutes after you hear the last bout of thunder.The reason you want to go to an enclosed building is that if lightning strikes the building you're in, it will likely travel through the electrical wires in the building until it reaches the ground.Did You Know?…More lightning originates from the backside of a storm than the front side. So you're more likely to be struck by lighting after a storm than before a storm - which is not what most people would think.3. Stay off of electrical appliances during an electrical storm.Lightning can travel through the wiring in your home and reach you if you are on the phone or using electronics during an electrical storm.4. Stay away from doors, and windows during an electrical storm.Lightning can strike them - and you - if you are nearby.5. Stay away from water.That means no baths, showers, washing dishes, running the dishwasher or washing machine. No water period. Water conducts electricity, and unless you want to draw lightning to you, you need to stay away from water. This also means if you are camping, no fishing and no swimming.6. If the only shelter available is your car, make sure you aren't touching any metal parts in your car.Also, take off any metal items you may be wearing and put them somewhere so you aren't touching them. Metal conducts electricity and if your car or you were to be hit by lightning, and you were touching anything metal, the lightning could hit you. Strangely, only cars that have a solid metal roof and body are really safe. If your car is mostly fiberglass or plastic, it won't work as a shelter. Just the same, only hard-topped cars should be used as shelter during a lightning storm; convertibles with soft tops won't work.
Who is liable if a resident of an apartment complex car was damaged by the apartments pool furniture during a storm?
You are. That's why you have car insurance.
Why do you have to stay in car when there is electrical storm?
Rubber on the tires is an electrical insulator. No electricity can be conducted from the ground up through the car because of the tires, otherwise a downed power line in some water, with the metal car - yikes! All would be conductive, except the rubber tires.
Is a car a safe place during a tornado?
It is not.Go to your basement.
Why a car is one of safe places to be in an electrical storm?
Cars are insulated by the rubber of the tires, which usually prevents them from being grounded. Additionally, the occupants are unlikely to be in contact with any metal surfaces (although, on cars which had metal levers to open the doors, they could be, if they're touching these).
