If you work outside, you should already know basic rules for lightning safety and make sure that your workers do too. If you play golf or fish, you should know these rules too, because many people are hit by lightning every year while they are outside because either they are not paying attention to the changing weather or they do not know where to go to stay safe. Recently, Backpacker magazine published an article reminding hikers that crouching down to minimize your height may not be very effective in preventing a direct lightning hit. You can read more about safety while outside in the article.
