Amusingly, John Wiseman's classic SAS survival handbook has advice for this situation. > You can sometimes sense that a lightning strike is imminent by a >

Amusingly, John Wiseman's classic SAS survival handbook has advice for this situation. > You can sometimes sense that a lightning strike is imminent by a > tingling in the skin and the sensation of the hair standing on end. If > you are standing up, drop to the ground AT ONCE, going first to the > knees with the hands touching the ground. If you should be struck, > the charge may take the easiest route to the earth through your > arms - missing the torso and possibly saving you from heart failure > or asphixiation. QUICKLY LIE FLAT.