A Power Line Just Fell on Your Car
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Every instinct states go out and run. Around a downed online cable, that can be the most dangerous choice.
If you can not safely drive clear, remain in the auto, phone call emergency situation services, and wait on the energy team. The ground nearby can carry various voltages from one step to the next. If fire pressures you out, dive clear without touching the vehicle and ground simultaneously, land with your feet together, and shuffle a minimum of 10 metres away. The beautiful rings and shedding tire are a dramatized circumstance. The film also shows why a 2016 lightning strike killed 323 reindeer in Norway.
Resources: Electrical Safety Authority (Ontario), Vehicle Safety: https://esasafe.com/safety/powerline-safety/vehicles/; Live Science, More Than 300 Reindeer Killed by Lightning: https://www.livescience.com/55916-why-reindeer-killed-by-lightning.html
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