{"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