Lightning Safety Awareness Week

If you hear thunder or see lightning, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. To stay safe, seek shelter inside a substantial shelter such as a home. Dugouts, picnic shelters, and porches are not safe locations.

While inside, stay away from any plumbing or electronics.

Before heading back outside after a storm, you should wait 30 minutes after the last lightning you see or thunder you hear. Lightning can strike miles ahead of or behind a storm’s rain.