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Thanks for that Spudz, just what the doctor ordered

Katie

Camping in a thunderstorm is awesome - enjoy it

The best place to be in a thunderstorm is as close to the ground as possible - ie in your sack on an airbed.

Quote: Originally posted by dave-t on 25/5/2009

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Camping in a thunderstorm is awesome - enjoy it

The best place to be in a thunderstorm is as close to the ground as possible - ie in your sack on an airbed.

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Ditto

Love it !

Not going to worry about what if...

If we lived our lives like that we would never cross the road

Angie

Quote: Originally posted by dave-t on 25/5/2009

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Camping in a thunderstorm is awesome - enjoy it

The best place to be in a thunderstorm is as close to the ground as possible - ie in your sack on an airbed.

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Quote: Originally posted by PaulDG on 25/5/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by dave-t on 25/5/2009

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Camping in a thunderstorm is awesome - enjoy it

The best place to be in a thunderstorm is as close to the ground as possible - ie in your sack on an airbed.

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No.

While the best place if you have no other choice is to kneel on the floor with your head tucked onto your knees, laying down is a good way to get killed if lightning strikes the ground near to you.

The worst place is lying down near a tree.

You really are not safe in a tent in a thunderstorm.

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I stand corrected although I am not sure what the difference is being on your hands and kness on the ground as oposed to lying on some insulation - the airbed

I was once on a plain that was hit by lighting - that was interesting as you could see the lightning all around you with just a litle tingling sensation - strange smell in the air too

Oh please make your mind up, should I be lying on my back or praying on my knees for goodness sake   With the weather the way it is I need to know sort of.........................NOW!

Katie

Thanks Angela, will make sure I'm lying on me back in the car praying that if I need to I can make it onto me knees in time (MY knees are in a shockin state! Just hope the OH doesn't get the wrong idea) 

Katie

Get in the car. You're fine there. (Unless a tree drops on you.)

No car? Stay on some sort of ground insullation ie your self inflating mattress or airbed.

Frame tent? It will ground a strike round the canvas and metal poles. Just don't touch the metal poles.

Synthetic tent? Lightening isn't interested in synthetic tents, unless they have metal poles (see above) or you are camping on top of the highest barren hill around. Then you'd better be in the car or on the airbed.

Actually the best things to do in most circumstances is either sit in the car and watch the show or go to bed and sleep. My family slept through the Great Loire Storm of 2003 and I watched it from the window of my frame tent, while periodically nipping out to check guylines. I was more in danger of being battered to death by a wall of leaves blowing around, tbh.