Q. If a person be in a carriage in a thunder-storm, in what way can he travel most safely?
A. He should not lean against the carriage; but sit upright, without touching any of the four sides.
Q. Why should not a person lean against the carriage in a storm?
A. Because the electric fluid might run down the sides of the carriage; and (if a person were leaning against the sides), would make choice of him for a conductor, and perhaps destroy life.
Q. If a person be in a house during a thunder storm, what place is safest?
A. Any room in the middle story. The middle of the room is best; especially if you place yourself on a mattrass, bed, or hearth-rug.
Q. Why is the middle story of a house safest in a thunder-storm?
A. Because (even if the fluid struck the house), its strength would be exhausted before it reached the middle story.
Q. Why is the middle of the room more safe, than any other part of it, in a thunder-storm?
A. Because, if the lightning came into the room at all, it would come down the chimney or walls of the room; and therefore, the further distant from these, the better.