There’s one thing concerning the immense energy of lightning that has fascinated cultures and other people all through the centuries.
The way it behaves, the way it strikes via the sky and the power and harm that it could actually deliver.
If information reviews are something to go by, it could be straightforward to assume that being struck by lightning solely occurs to golfers or seashore anglers.
My visitor right this moment is neither of these and shares her story of being struck by lightning whereas main an outside exercise on a faculty camp.
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Key episode takeaways
- Present recommendation based mostly on Australian Customary Lightning safety AS 1768:2021; Clause 6.4.2. is: all out of doors actions ought to cease as soon as thunder is heard, or within the occasion of climate monitoring units, the storm is 15 kilometres away whatever the timing of the thunder and lightning.
- Perceive the earlier recommendation of the 30:30 rule and the way that has modified
- If in a gaggle, don’t keep collectively – unfold out
- Get down from excessive factors like ridges and knolls-be low on the panorama
- Don’t shelter in overhangs or caves
- Realise that ‘taking shelter’ means shelter from the lightning, not the rain
- All the time verify forecasts
Hyperlinks from this episode
Outdoor NSW & ACT – Lightning Recommendation
Bushwalking Victoria’s Bushwalking Manual.
Transcript
Obtain the transcript right here
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Sponsor // Paddy Pallin
Rescued Podcast foremost photograph // Ben Cirulis and fotografija.com.au
