this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
310 points (98.7% liked)

Asklemmy

43945 readers
846 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy ๐Ÿ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] axzxc1236@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Use a cellphone under trees in rain.

Learned few days ago that it's not actually dangerous, at least doesn't make you have a higher change to be struck by thunder.

[โ€“] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be honest, I feel like I'd be more concerned with my phone getting water damaged, than getting struck by lightning.

[โ€“] DreamSonic@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

It's not a good idea to stand under a tree when it's lightning, but if you really want to for some reason, then don't stand next to a trunk.

load more comments (3 replies)