- A live electric line has fallen on your car. What’s the safest thing you can do?
- Run
- Walk
- Crawl
- Stay in your car- Stay in your car until help arrives. It is dangerous to try to escape the vehicle with a live electric line on the car
- What was the number one cause of death during Hurricane Bertha?
- Falling trees
- Drowning
- Electrocution- Folks didn't make sure that their emergency generators were properly grounded; but it's also interesting to note that 12 were sent to Duke Hospitals for Carbon Monoxide Poisioning because their generators did not have proper ventilation and the poisonous gases overtook the homeowners
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- True or False: Birds can safely sit on power wires that would kill people.
True. Birds can safely sit on power wires that would kill people, because birds are not touching the ground or any other grounded object.
- True or False: Power lines coming from the transformer to your house are covered and okay to touch
False. Power lines coming from the transformer to your house are covered, but they're NOT okay to touch. Always stay away from power lines.
- True or False: It is safe to climb a tree located near a power line as long as the limbs aren’t touching the line.
False. It is not safe to climb a tree located near a power line at any time. Electricity has the ability to "jump" from the power line to the tree, thus electrocuting the "tree climber."
- True or False: It is safe to touch a power line with a pole, antenna or other object.
False.
- If you see a downed or low hanging power line, you should:
- Move it out of the way and call your local electric cooperative
- Don’t worry about it
- Stay clear and call the electric cooperative immediately.
- How much voltage is needed to hurt or kill people:
- 120 volts
- 240 volts
- More than 240
- Any voltage
- Which of the following can conduct electricity?
- Metal
- Tree limbs
- Human body
- All of the above
- Electricity travels at the rate of:
- 120 MPH
- 2,800 feet per second
- 186,300 miles per second (speed of light)
- Most power lines are:
- Bare and dangerous to touch
- Insulated and touchable
- Bare, but okay to touch
- Flammable materials should:
- Always stored near electrical equipment that may cause a spark
- Not be stored near electrical equipment that may cause a spark.
- Where is the safest place to be during a lightening storm?
- In a car
- In the middle of a field
- In a house- by far the safest place to be during an electrical storm is in a house or building. The metal plumbing and wiring in the walls of the building form a protective barrier. It is important to remember not to be touching the metallic cage, i.e. stay away from electrical appliances, pumbing fixtures, etc.
- Lying face down on the ground
- True or False: Using a telephone during a lightening storm is dangerous.
True. Lightning can strike telephone and electrical wires and travel into your house, through your phone cord, into your telephone, to the handset, and shock you! Cordless phones are not dangerous because there is no physical connection to the wires. It is, however, dangerous and rude to use your cordless phone during an electrical storm to call your neighbor who does not have a cordless phone.
- True or False: A car is a safe place to be in an electrical storm because it has rubber tires.
False. While cars are a very safe place to be, it is not the tires that protect you! This is a very common misconception. it is actually the metal that is surrounding you that affords the protection. This is due to something called the skin effect, which says that electricity, like lightning, will travel only on the surface of enclosed metal objects, so while yoru car may be hit by lightning, as long as you stay inside, you are safe. This is of course provided that you have a metal car that is not a convertible. Incidentally, your tires would have to be about a mile thick and made of solid rubber to afford you adequate protection.
- The average number of people who die in the United States each year from being struck by lightening is about how many?
- 10
- 100
- 1,000
- 100,000
- The greatest number of people who die from being struck by lightening are who?
- Golfers
- Fishermen
- Farmers- According to a study by Dr. Martin A Uman, in his 1971 book, "Understanding Lightning," 29 percent of those killed were farmers. This compares to 19 percent being golfers and nearly 15 percent were fishermen. Joggers were not mentioned in the study.
- Joggers
- True or False: All overhead power lines are completely insulated.
False. Many ovehead power lines are partially insulated, but are still dangerous to touch.
- True or False: Water is the best conductor of electricity
False. It is actually silver.
- True or False: Electricity is always seeking ground
True.
- Don’t release Kites near power lines
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