[pct-l] FW: lightning

[Scott Herriott]

Radar wrote:

<The standard recommendation is to squat/sit down on an insulator (sleeping
pad, backpack) with your arms across your knees, feet together. This allows
the ground current from a nearby strike to pass through your legs and arms
and not through your chest and heart.>


Another recommendation I read in a wilderness survival manual was, along with the above actions, one should keep their mouth open.  Apparently, this reduces the air pressure in your noggin and diminishes the chances of having your eardrums blown out.



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