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Three underlying principals need to be recognized with regard to lightning safety: (1) Assume that a location is unsafe until it can be shown to be made safe from lightning, (2) Being safe from rain is not the same as being safe from lightning, (3) Myths about lightning safety are more often wrong than correct.
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Cooper, M.A., Holle, R.L. (2019). Identification of Safe and Unsafe Areas. In: Reducing Lightning Injuries Worldwide. Springer Natural Hazards. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77563-0_16
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