On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 22:21:49 +0100, Calvin Sambrook wrote:

Following on from the recent discussion of lightning strikes what is the
expert opinion here of what to do when a storm arrives and you're swimming?

The instant reaction of almost everyone today was to get out of the water
but I have a nagging doubt. In the water I was not going to provide a
preferential path to earth, although a strike would have caused the
potential of the whole lake to rise surely I would have simply floated with
it.
Out of the water I was standing on the bank soaking wet and probably more of
a target for a strike, a few mm of wet neoprene certainly wasn't going to
protect me.

So what have I missed?

Breathe through a non-conductive snorkel and wear one of these on your
head:
http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/info_300064.html