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Top Ten Things NOT to Do During a Lightning Storm

10). Golf... especially if you have to stand in a pond with a golf umbrella while trying to fend off the pirhanas with a cattle prod. — Nate, R.L. Hillerby, and Jon Buscho

9). Hang glide. — wm morrison, D Dixon, and Matthew Bolz-Weber

8). Wade in water up to your chest while fly fishing with a metal fly rod. (I was fishing with a friend who did this in a small lake in Florida while lightning was popping off the pine trees on the edge of the lake. He survived, but went on to become a lawyer.) — Harry Allen

7). Walk a highwire between the World Trade Center buildings. — pineland

6). Fly a kite . . . DUH. (Unless you are rehearsing your Benjamin Franklin impression.) — twofeathers and ed berkowitz

5). Give a big smile to your hiking partner to show off your new orthodonture. — ed berkowitz

4). Skydiving (in your Tin Man fancy dress costume or while holding a fishing rod . . . not good ideas anyway). — Dumbcamper and SteveinOz

3). Fix/Replace the lightning rod or tv antenna on your house. — Mark Shipley, Tim Free, and fifeplayer's little brother

2). After playing "King of the Mountain", hold up your trekking poles in an heroic pose at your summit-top camp site. — Tom Wilson, Tom Lafleur, Brent, fifeplayer, Joe Spadoni, and Brian Emerson

1). Urinate on a communications tower or electric generator. — eddie glenn and steele

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