Ololade Ogunbowale
A Nigerian met a sudden death on Sunday: He was struck by thunder. This happened in spite of the fact that he was said to be a herbalist. It happened in Aramoko Ekiti, Ekiti State, with the victim’s name given as Babatunde Sule.
Well, the truth is that thunder strike is a threat to all and sundry. Here are eight things you shouldn’t do when thunder is so raging:
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1. Stand underneath a tree
Lightning hits high places, high places fall down, you being below them means you get crushed by a tree trunk.
2. Drive a convertible
It has rubber tires; so, your entire car turns into an electric death box when it gets hit by lightning.
3. Think you’re smarter
You can’t cheat nature thinking that the storm is coming this way you should be the other way.
4.Stand in the open
As any trained sniper will tell you, the easiest target is a target that’s out of cover.
5. Don’t leave your pet outside
If you leave your dog outside in a thunderstorm, you’re just a bad owner and maybe you should ignore all the points on this list except for this one. Save the dog first.
6.Take a shower
While the odds of it are very small, electric current can move through your water pipes and zap you to death in the shower. It’d be a constant stream of painful lightning dripping down your face.
7. Use a landline
This is honestly good advice for life in general – we have cellphones now. But there is chemistry between a thunder storm and a cell phone. It is dangerous to make or receive calls during a thunderstorm
8. Stand near a window
Windows can have metal parts which can become electrified when hit by Zeus’ thunderbolts. Don’t go near them or touch them, no matter how much you want to see the bolts strike the ground.
