08/18/2021 18:57
Clarín.com
Dresses
Updated 08/18/2021 7:11 PM
She was
smiling
.
He made a
funny
face
.
In that instant,
immortalized
by the camera,
they had no idea of the danger they were in
.
A couple from the United Kingdom took a selfie outdoors and minutes later both discovered that they were close to being struck by lightning.
Sophie Pass
,
33
, went on vacation to the north of
Scotland
with her boyfriend
Richard
, the same age.
One of those days, they decided to go for a
walk
in nature.
"The water was calm, a breeze kept mosquitoes away. There was a good combination of sun and light clouds, stunning wildlife and scenery ...
the conditions were perfect
!" Sophie told local news portal
Edinburgh Live
.
"After swimming, we took a walk
along the lake
to end the day. It is a
perfect place
to take a selfie with
incredible views
," explained the young woman
.
Holidays.
The young woman posing in nature.
Photo: Sophie Pass.
Once there, the British took a photo, with the lake in the background.
She came out with
bristly hair
, but at that moment she could not review the image: "
Due to the brightness of the screen
. We did not know the danger we were really in," she recalled.
Minutes later, her boyfriend
realized
that she had hair like
that. Right away, Sophie
noticed the same thing
about Richard, too. "At the time, the weather seemed pretty calm. There was
a little drizzle
, although
nothing that seemed too disturbing,
" he told
Edinburgh Live.
"Our instincts and high school physique level made us
suspect
that this spiky hair
thing was
probably
not a good thing
and that we were in
a bit of a dangerous situation
, so we quickly headed back to our car," the couple said. .
As they returned to their vehicle, they
warned
the rest of the tourists in the area of this fact.
Why the hair stands on end
The UK's National Meteorological Service,
Met Office
, stated on its website: "If
your hair stands on end
(N. of R.: electrical charge in the atmosphere)
or you feel a
tingling
in the skin, it is possible that a
lightning is about to strike you
".
For its part, the United States National Weather Service recommended that, if you are in an open area and without the possibility of immediate shelter during a
thunderstorm
, you should
squat down and lean forward but do not lie on the floor.
.
"Moist soil is a good conductor of electricity ,
" he reported.
"When the hairs stand on end outdoors, it means that there is an
abnormally strong
electrical charge difference
between the cloud base and the Earth's surface. Under the right circumstances, a
charge difference threshold
can be exceeded
, producing
a deadly lightning strike
. The fact that the person's hair stands on end suggests that the impact
could occur near or in the place
where the person is located, "explained US meteorologist
Jeff Fournier
.
Phenomenon.
"If your hairs stand on end or your skin tingles, it is possible that lightning is about to strike you," explained the Met Office.
Illustrative photo: pxhere.
Sophie and Richard got to their car and got in.
Soon, it started to rain with
great intensity
.
Fortunately,
there was no thunder
and no lightning.
"It was
just in the car that we looked at the selfie
and realized that the phenomenon was already happening at the time of the photo. After googling, we knew how
incredibly lucky
we are both to
be still here and safe
- along with all the others, "said the woman.
