which is why the best protection from lightning is to avoid it entirely We're a little coddled now though, I'd say. Just being on the farm, 20 acres back (a f

which is why the best protection from lightning is to avoid it entirely We're a little coddled now though, I'd say. Just being on the farm, 20 acres back (a few miles), and a surprise storm... where do you go? Under the tress, surely not! Laying flat may be the only hope. People used to be outside more, I'd say. I wonder what the historical vs modern wrt population strike numbers look like?