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Dangerous places to be during lightning can include:
- standing outside
- standing outside on or near metal that conduct electricity
- outside near trees
- in a forest with dry/dead trees
- outside in an open field
- outside holding anything metal, e.g. keys, rake, shovel, Golf club
- half in a car, with the door open-- or any part of your body out of the car
- on golf course
- being on a 4-wheeler
- riding a motorcycle
- swimming or being near water, e.g. pool, pond, lake, river, ocean
- inside, looking out a window
- in the bathtub or shower in water, electricity can follow any pipe into the house
- talking on a land-line telephone, which use electricity in the wiring; electricity from lightning can follow the house wires right to your ear
- on the roof near antennas
- on any roof, or
- applying a roof, repairing a roof
- on the roof of the tallest building
- climbing an electrical or telephone pole
- standing under a transformer on an electrical pole
- holding onto or standing beside a lightning rod
- fishing with a metal pole
- holding a metal divining rod looking for underground water
- digging a ditch with a hand shovel
- being in an (electrical) uninsulated big machine at a construction site
- repairing electrical lines for the electric company
- standing near or inside the grounds of an electric company's back up electrical station, e.g. the sub-station
- climbing a metal fence
- making a basket where you reach up and grab the Basketball hoop
- at any outside playground, ballpark, sports event, festival
- on a carnival ride
- at a picnic sitting on metal chairs and someone standing at the grill
- inside a tent with electrical conducive metal supports
- with your dog in a metal doghouse
- a dog-catcher with a electrical conducive metal catching pole
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 14y agoHigh atop a roof holding on to a lightning rod with one hand while standing in water and holding a grounding line with the other and listening to an iPod through headphones.
Or just in water. There are a lot of bad places to be during a lightning storm and many of them don't have a thing to do with lightning. ; )
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∙ 14y agoan open field under a large tree
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∙ 14y agohigh, wet places
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∙ 9y agoUnder a tree
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Is a thunderstorm more dangerous than a hurricane?
No. In most cases a hurricane is far more dangerous.
What is the most dangerous part of a thunderstorm why?
people getting struck by lightninghail knocking you outtornadoes that can make things worse in an thunderstormheavy rain creating floodslightning creating fires in dry areasthunder can cut out your hearings
What forms a thunderstorm?
The cumulus stage, in which the thunderstorm develops, the mature stage, in which the thunderstorm is most intense, and the dissipating stage, in which the thunderstorm declines and ends.
What stages form a thunderstorm?
The cumulus stage, in which the thunderstorm develops, the mature stage, in which the thunderstorm is most intense, and the dissipating stage, in which the thunderstorm declines and ends.
Most dangerous feature of a thunderstorm?
Well... 10,000 people are killed by lightning each year, 900 from hail, 52,000 from floods. So I'd say floods.
Where is the most dangerous place to be on a boat?
A ThunderStorm
When was the most dangerous thunderstorm?
the most dangerous thunderstorm is severe thunderstorms
What is a violent thunderstorm that can lead into dangerous tornado?
A supercell is the kind of thunderstorm most likely to produce a tornado.
Why are golfing and angling the most dangerous sports in a thunderstorm?
Are they? I bet kite flying, hang gliding, para sailing are also very dangerous in a thunderstorm.
Is a thunderstorm more dangerous than a hurricane?
No. In most cases a hurricane is far more dangerous.
Why should you be on the look out for tornadoes during severe thunderstorms?
Tornadoes form during severe thunderstorms. They can be very destructive and are the most dangerous type of weather a thunderstorm can produce.
Is the great plains the most dangerous place to be during a hurricane?
yes it is
What is a violent thunderstorm that can lead to a dangerous tornado?
Most tornadoes form in violent thunderstorms called supercells.
Why should you be on the lookout for tornadoes during severe thunderstorms?
Because tornadoes are actually produced by severe thunderstorms. Therefore, anytime you're dealing with a severe thunderstorm, you have to be alert for the potential of it producing a tornado. Tornadoes are the most dangerous type of event a thunderstorm can produce.
Was the most dangerous earthquake in the US?
the most dangerous place is california
What are the most dangerous places to be with electricity?
The most dangerous place to be when electricity is present is in direct contact with a charged conductor. The next most dangerous place is where there is liquid water and electricity.
Where is the most dangerous place in the world?
The most dangerous place is in Asia which is used to be North Korea then today it's Afghanistan
