{"id":565,"date":"2019-12-03T12:29:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T12:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/campingtipz.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2021-03-31T14:39:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T14:39:38","slug":"do-tents-attract-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campingtipz.com\/tents\/do-tents-attract-lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"DO TENTS ATTRACT LIGHTNING-lightning-proof tents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The annual death by lightning is 51 people in the United States and around 2000 worldwide.<\/p>National Geographic<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Hey, campers you are probably here because you have found thunderstorms scary it is not only you, its many people issue especially while camping people get obsessed with this. But what you have to know is the chance of getting struck by lightning is very low so it doesn’t have to be a big issue but there are measures to take to decrease the chance of getting struck by lighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The odds of becoming a lightning victim in the U.S. in any one year is 1 in 700,000 and The odds of being struck in your lifetime is 1 in 3,000<\/p>National Geographic<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

So that is a very low chance but that doesn’t be you are 100% safe you have to be careful especially while doing sports outside because you are vulnerable to lightning when you are outside compared to when you are indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to lightning the riskiest activities include fishing, boating, camping, and golf.<\/p>Wikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the first place what attracts lighting? there is this belief that metals like aluminum or iron attract lightning but that is completely false. Lighting wants the shortest way to the ground. It is like when you pour water and it flows by the easiest way to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So lighting tends to strike taller things if something is taller the chance of getting struck by lightning increases. What is the reason the taller the object is the closer it is to the clouds which makes it the easiest way to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the short answer is yes, tents do attract lightning to some extent because of the extra height they have from the ground. So that means there is a higher probability of lighting to struck a tent than bare ground.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 in 700,000 is a very low chance so you don’t have to panic about it, but it doesn’t mean that you have to forget about it, you have to take measures to protect yourself or at least to decrease the chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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