- A live electric line has fallen on your car. What’s the safest thing you can do?
- Run
- Walk
- Crawl
- Stay in your car
- What was the number one cause of death during Hurricane Bertha?
- Falling trees
- Drowning
- Electrocution
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- True or False: Birds can safely sit on power wires that would kill people.
- True or False: Power lines coming from the transformer to your house are covered and okay to touch
- 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.
- True or False: It is safe to touch a power line with a pole, antenna or other object.
- 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 be:
- 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
- Lying face down on the ground
- True or False: Using a telephone during a lightening storm is dangerous.
- True or False: A car is a safe place to be in an electrical storm because it has rubber tires.
- 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
- Joggers
- True or False: All overhead power lines are completely insulated.
- True or False: Water is the best conductor of electricity
- True or False: Electricity is always seeking ground
- Don’t release _______ near power lines
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