Updated advice about lightning safety when you’re outdoors, including “hiding in a cave is a bad idea”, “lying down puts you in even more danger than standing up”, and “the lightning position is useless”.
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A friend of mine was hit by lightning while sheltering under a rock ledge waiting out a storm, probably happened exactly as they say in the story.
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