australia:lightning_safety
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| australia:lightning_safety [2025/12/01 22:34] – [pitch your tent assuming there may be a storm overnight] gary1 | australia:lightning_safety [2025/12/01 22:34] (current) – [pitch your tent assuming there may be a storm overnight] gary1 | ||
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| ***tents are NOT Faraday cages and they do NOT protect you from lightning nor from flying shrapnel from an exploding tree** | ***tents are NOT Faraday cages and they do NOT protect you from lightning nor from flying shrapnel from an exploding tree** | ||
| - | * if possible seek shelter - a building, alpine hut, hard-topped car, cave | + | * if possible seek shelter - a building, alpine hut, or hard-topped car |
| * **if you must " | * **if you must " | ||
| * ensure you have chosen a low risk site as above and preferably with the ground remaining dry under you in a storm (ie your tent is on higher ground but not too high it becomes the tallest object) | * ensure you have chosen a low risk site as above and preferably with the ground remaining dry under you in a storm (ie your tent is on higher ground but not too high it becomes the tallest object) | ||
australia/lightning_safety.txt · Last modified: 2025/12/01 22:34 by gary1