22 LIGHTNING 



Q. Is it better to be WET or dry during a 

 storm ? 



A. To be wet : if a person be in the 

 open field, tbe best thing he can do, is 

 to stand about 20 feet from some tree, 

 and get completely drenched to the skin. 



Q. Why is it better to be WET than dry ? 



A. Because the wet clothes would 

 form a far better conductor than the 

 fluids of our body ; and, lightning would 

 roll down the wet clothes, without touch- 

 ing our body at all. 



Q. What is the SAFEST thing a person can do 

 to avoid injury from lightning ? 



A. He should draw his bedstead 

 into the middle of his room, commit 

 himself to the care of God, and go to 

 bed; remembering that our Lord has 

 said, " The very hairs of your head are 

 all numbered." 



Q. What is a LIGHTNING-CONDUCTOR? 



A. A metal rod fixed in the earth, 

 running up the whole height of a build- 

 ing, and rising in a point above it. 



Q. What metal is the best for this purpose ? 



A. Stout copper wire. 



