Lightning Season: Lightning Protection Knowledge to Help You Survive Safely

With the arrival of summer, lightning activities are becoming more and more frequent, bringing considerable threats to the safety of people's lives and properties. Lightning is a strong discharge phenomenon in nature, which may not only directly cause injuries and deaths, but also cause fires, damage to electrical equipment, and even lead to paralysis of the power system. Therefore, in the high incidence of lightning season, we need to master some basic knowledge of lightning protection to ensure their own safety.

I. Understanding lightning warning information

During the season of high incidence of lightning, we should pay close attention to the lightning warning information issued by the Meteorological Department to understand the likely time and area of lightning activities. Once we receive a lightning warning, we should take precautions in advance and avoid staying outdoors.

II. Indoor lightning protection measures

1. When lightning strikes, the best option is to stay indoors and away from conductive objects such as windows, doors, and metal pipes.
2. Do not touch or use any electrical equipment, including TVs, computers, cell phones, etc., to avoid damage to the equipment or electric shock injuries due to electromagnetic pulse caused by lightning.
3. Avoid using landline telephones as much as possible, as telephone lines may be disturbed or damaged by lightning.
4. If there are metal pipes such as water pipes and heating pipes in the room, you should avoid contact as much as possible to prevent lightning from being transmitted into the room through these pipes.

Third, outdoor lightning precautions

1. If you encounter lightning outdoors, find a safe place to shelter as soon as possible, such as a low-lying area or inside a building. Do not stay in open areas, under large trees, on top of hills or other high places.
2. Do not use metal umbrellas, fishing rods and other conductive items in lightning weather, so as not to become a lightning “lightning rod”.
3. When encountering lightning in your car, close the windows, keep the car dry, and don't touch metal objects in the car.

IV. Other lightning protection recommendations

1. Installation of qualified lightning protection devices to ensure the safety of buildings and equipment.
2. Regularly check your home electrical equipment to ensure that it is well grounded to avoid electrical failures caused by lightning.
3. (c) Strengthening publicity and education on lightning protection and enhancing public awareness and ability to protect against lightning.

In short, the high incidence of lightning season requires us to remain vigilant, master the knowledge of lightning protection, take effective preventive measures. Only in this way, we can safely through the lightning weather, to protect their own lives and the lives of others.