{"id":104332,"date":"2016-06-29T00:42:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T06:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/forest-service-offers-lightning-safety-reminders\/"},"modified":"2016-06-29T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T06:42:10","slug":"forest-service-offers-lightning-safety-reminders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/forest-service-offers-lightning-safety-reminders\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Service offers lightning-safety reminders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lightning is seen from Vestavia Hills, Ala., a suburb of Birmingham, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (Mark Almond\/AL.com via AP) MAGS OUT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Myth: Lightning never strikes the same place twice.<\/p>\n

Fact: Lightning often strikes the same place repeatedly, especially if it\u2019s a tall, pointy, isolated object. The Empire State Building is hit nearly 100 times a year.<\/p>\n

Myth: If outside in a thunderstorm, you should seek shelter under a tree to stay dry.<\/p>\n

Fact: Being underneath a tree is the second leading cause of lightning casualties. Better to get wet than fried!<\/p>\n

Myth: Rubber tires on a car protect you from lightning by insulating you from the ground.<\/p>\n

Fact: Most cars are safe from lightning, but it is the metal roof and metal sides that protect you, NOT the rubber tires. Don\u2019t lean on car doors during a storm.<\/p>\n

The Forest Service also gives some last-resort risk reduction tips for those caught outside without safe shelter:<\/p>\n

Immediately get off elevated areas such as hills, mountain ridges or peaks.<\/em>Never shelter under an isolated tree.<\/em>Never use a cliff or rocky overhang for shelter.<\/em>Immediately get out and away from ponds, lakes and other bodies of water.<\/em>For other tips that may slightly reduce your risk, go to http:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/safety.shtml<\/a>.<\/p>\n

jmillen-johnson@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lightning is seen from Vestavia Hills, Ala., a suburb of Birmingham, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (Mark Almond\/AL.com via AP) MAGS OUT Myth: Lightning never strikes the same place twice. Fact: Lightning often strikes the same place repeatedly, especially if it\u2019s a tall, pointy, isolated object. The Empire State Building is hit nearly 100 times a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[21,658,976],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-104332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-cortez","tag-hiking","tag-outdoor-recreation"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104332"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=104332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}