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Level 3:
With lightning near, everyone should enter a safe shelter.
Level 4:
If no safe locations are available, the best actions to avoid being struck should be
taken.
Level 5:
If a strike is imminent, the lightning safety position should be assumed. If more
than one person is present, the group should spread out to prevent lightning that has
struck one member of the group from striking another.
Level 6:
If someone has been struck, active treatment should begin.
(More information about lightning is available at the websites of the American Meteor-
ological Society,
www.ametsoc.org/pilicy/Lightning_Safety_Article.pdf
,
and the National
Weather Service,
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gof/index.htm
.)
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REFERENCE
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Adapted from the National Weather Service,
www.nws.noaa.gov
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