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10-Orbno Weekly Times, Wednesday, August: 27th, 1980 Lightning can be dangerous This is the peak of lightning. storm season, and although, it's spectacular, lightning can be .dangerous. Your best defences are knowledge and common sense. Lightning is caused by a sudden explosion of energy released from a cloud. It travels to the ground a step at a time, each taking a fraction of a second. As it reaches the last 50 metres, it searches for the easiest path to make the last jump to earth. "Lightning tries to select the path of least resistance," says Dr. Terry Gillespie, a meteorologist at the University University of Guelph. "So if a tree, an animal or a hüman shortens the distance between the lightning and the ground, it will take that path and strike." ' The electrical discharge of lightning heats the air and causes it to expand explosively. explosively. The explosion produces the thunder sound waves. You can use the thunder to judge the distance between you and the lightning. "Because light travels faster faster than sound, you can see the lightning before you hear the thunder," says Dr. Gillespie. "Count the seconds between the time you see the lightning and the time you hear the thunder. Allow three seconds per kilometre, or five seconds per mile." In the last century, lightning lightning has killed more people than hurricanes and tornadoes, tornadoes, Therms is always a threat during a lightning storm,, so take precautions. Don't stand near tall, isolated isolated objects, such as trees, and don't be the only tall object yourself. Get to land if you are in water, because you tend to be isolated and can attract lightning. During a storm don't ride a bicycle or carry a metal object which can attract lightning. If you are caught in a storm, take shelter in a building or a car. If that is impossible, lie in a gully and try to become level with the ground. "Anything in the house that has an outside connection can bring a charge from a nearby lightning strike," says Dr, Gillespie. "Avoid touching telephones, television sets, radios, radiators, and other electrical and plumbing fixtures fixtures which can transmit electricity from outside." The Farm Safety Association Association recommends that farmers farmers use a large measure of common sense by getting themselves and their employees employees out of the field during a storm. Clarke Public Library Closed Monday and Wednesday Tuesday 2-6 p.m. Thursday 2-8 p.m. Fiday 2-6 p.m. Saturday 10-1 p.m. Telephone 983-5507 WAKEFIELD INSURANCE agcy. QruWoU Taping - Spray Ceilings Plaster Repair Painting Wally Lucyk 983-5518 ORONO O. Chatterton Electrical Contracting Phone 983-5546 or 983-5940 •-- Orono, Ontario. , -- TELEPHONE 623-6555 1 I» JOHN MANUEL, C.G.A. INCOME TAX AND RELATED ACCOUNTING SERVICES 118 KING STREET EAST, SUITE 2 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO. 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