Lightning travels through the ground, so you likely received some of that charge. A car would offer protection, but it looks like you traveled by motorcycle. Maybe bring a rubber mat to put under the metal cot frame so it's not touching the ground. There's no way to be completely safe out camping in the wilderness, so checking the weather beforehand is a good idea. The lightning rod suggestion is also a good idea. We lost a 23-yr-old daughter to a lightning strike. She was out in a conservation area when a storm rolled in and the truck was parked about a mile walk away. Peace.
holey crap I am glad you are ok, so glad!! Back when I used to golf (with my parents) I remember getting caught in storms, Michigan, but also pretty lucky so far. Michigan had lots more lightning than Oregon, which I am suprised at still, there being so much more rain here. You might be able to just get a lightning rod to pound into the ground, worth a look at least. I wonder if lightning strikes had anything to do with 'the miracle of life' getting sparked into some pond scum cells and created us? Who knows....the world is electric, even before we came along, eh?
The worst lightning storms around here always occur at the Savanah Nuclear Bomb Plant, at least in my experience. The closest I have come to a strike was when I was rolling through there, back in 2002. The only casualty was my Nokia cell phone, which lit up brighter than the sun for about 1/2 a second. It never worked again, but spared the GTI I was piloting and myself any other destruction.
Lightning travels through the ground, so you likely received some of that charge. A car would offer protection, but it looks like you traveled by motorcycle. Maybe bring a rubber mat to put under the metal cot frame so it's not touching the ground. There's no way to be completely safe out camping in the wilderness, so checking the weather beforehand is a good idea. The lightning rod suggestion is also a good idea. We lost a 23-yr-old daughter to a lightning strike. She was out in a conservation area when a storm rolled in and the truck was parked about a mile walk away. Peace.
holey crap I am glad you are ok, so glad!! Back when I used to golf (with my parents) I remember getting caught in storms, Michigan, but also pretty lucky so far. Michigan had lots more lightning than Oregon, which I am suprised at still, there being so much more rain here. You might be able to just get a lightning rod to pound into the ground, worth a look at least. I wonder if lightning strikes had anything to do with 'the miracle of life' getting sparked into some pond scum cells and created us? Who knows....the world is electric, even before we came along, eh?
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Wow! I’m glad you’re ok, sweet Amy. Lightning is a very interesting, though frightening, phenomenon, that’s for sure.
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I am glad you are okay. Thank you for the informative and well written way you communicated this event. Again I am thankful for your safety.
The worst lightning storms around here always occur at the Savanah Nuclear Bomb Plant, at least in my experience. The closest I have come to a strike was when I was rolling through there, back in 2002. The only casualty was my Nokia cell phone, which lit up brighter than the sun for about 1/2 a second. It never worked again, but spared the GTI I was piloting and myself any other destruction.