The council was already unmasked at the beginning of this century but there are official entities and insisting authorities. Based on what?
It is one of those cases where science has already deconstructed the thesis, but the thesis, this idea, is still spread over thousands or even millions of people.
This case is related to days when it is thunder: How to protect yourself from lightning?
The immediate answer will be: go to a safe place; Within a solid building, with electrical installation and metal pipes. Or, on the contrary avoid dangerous places, basically to the AR BOOK – such as open fields, beaches, mountains or ruined areas, or especially isolated trees. And of course, move away from metal structures.
And it is likely to find another advice on the internet (by the way, it happened to us when we were preparing this article): bend. Maybe with your feet together, maybe not. The idea is “to stay as little as possible, putting your hands on your knees and head between your knees.”
Who said? What does it help? In fact, in nothing. Is that this position does not make it safer.
In the US, the National Lightning Safety Council (NLSC) again warned these days that This tip is useless – This in a week when storms, including lightning, reach the country again.
The “squat” is an outdated advice. The NLSC, this national security council in times of lightning, asked meteorologists to stop recommending this tip.
“If it is caught abroad during a storm, the best action plan is move as soon as possible to a safer place ”reinforces John Jensenius, NLSC Lightning Safety expert, quotes the.
“The sooner it comes to a safe place, the lower the risk. It only crouches the risk of being reached”Warned Jensenius.
Is that this warning about crouching is outdated-and it was unmasked For almost 20 years. The NLSC no longer recommends it, the National Meteorology Service is not either; But institutions such as the American Hiking Society and the city of Bellmead, Texas, continue to recommend this position.
It does not give any extra level of protection: the National Meteorology Service recalls that it has failed to indicate this tip 17 years ago and, in, adds: “Whether it’s standing or crouchingif a lightning channel approaches directly from the top (or very close to it), It is very likely to be reached and killed or wounded by the lightning. ”
And there is another risk: people who believe that crouching results can become compliant and stop looking for a safe shelter until the last minute. That is, wherever they are, squat and think they are safer. Wrong.
In fact, if you are outdoors in a storm of lightning or thunder, there is no totally secure option.
