When it comes to severe thunderstorms, you must first of all be prepared. Have disaster supplies on hand, including:
• Flashlight and extra batteries
• Battery-operated radio and extra batteries
• First aid kit and manual
• Emergency food and water
• Non-electric can opener
• Essential medicines
• Checkbook, cash, credit cards, ATM cards
If you are caught outdoors and no shelter is nearby, find a low spot away from trees, fences, and poles. If you are in the woods, take shelter under the shorter trees. If you feel your skin tingle or your hair stand on end, squat low to the ground on the balls of your feet. Place your hands on your knees with your head between them. Make yourself the smallest target possible; minimize your contact with the ground.
And speaking of skin tingling, I once cleaned the upholstery of the back of my limo with some generic lemon solvent I got at a car wash. The high school prommers who sat in it complained later of rashes and light burns. Never again.
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