Comments on: Cycling in the rain http://savedbybikes.com/blog/blog/cycling-in-the-rain/ the new world: to work Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:50:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve http://savedbybikes.com/blog/blog/cycling-in-the-rain/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Steve Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:13:24 +0000 http://savedbybikes.com/blog/?p=430#comment-44 You are smart to find lightning frightening, unless you are indoors of course; then maybe you have issues ;) Here's some advice from the Sports Medicine area of About.com: - If on a bicycle and lightning is within 5 miles, STOP riding, get off of your bicycle, find a ditch or other low spot and sit down. - Never lie flat on the ground during a lightning storm. - As a last resort, assume the lightning-safe position If you are caught in a lightning storm and if you feel your hair stand on end, your skin tingle, or you hear crackling noises, crouch on the ground with your weight on the balls of the feet, your feet together, your head lowered and ears covered. Some experts recommend placing your hands on your forehead and your elbows on your knees to creates a path for lightning to travel to the ground through your extremities rather than through your core (heart). You are smart to find lightning frightening, unless you are indoors of course; then maybe you have issues ;)

Here’s some advice from the Sports Medicine area of About.com:
- If on a bicycle and lightning is within 5 miles, STOP riding, get off of your bicycle, find a ditch or other low spot and sit down.
- Never lie flat on the ground during a lightning storm.
- As a last resort, assume the lightning-safe position
If you are caught in a lightning storm and if you feel your hair stand on end, your skin tingle, or you hear crackling noises, crouch on the ground with your weight on the balls of the feet, your feet together, your head lowered and ears covered. Some experts recommend placing your hands on your forehead and your elbows on your knees to creates a path for lightning to travel to the ground through your extremities rather than through your core (heart).

]]> By: Askim http://savedbybikes.com/blog/blog/cycling-in-the-rain/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Askim Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:06:53 +0000 http://savedbybikes.com/blog/?p=430#comment-41 Personally, I find thunderstorms quite frightening. Personally, I find thunderstorms quite frightening.

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