What Advice About Lightning Is Wrong?
About this episode
This episode discusses common misconceptions about lightning safety and provides tips for staying safe during storms.
A lot of sayings and ideas about how to avoid getting struck by lightning are misguided. Learn how to stay storm safe in a building, a vehicle, or outside in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/do-rubber-tires-insulate-car-from-lightning.htm; https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/10-lightning-myths.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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