Lightning and RV'ing
Today, lightning hit a little too close for comfort. It made a direct hit on an 80' tall pine tree 30' feet from my rig. I think it took out my Winegard Pathway X2 which was sitting on a stand near th...
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tegu69 wrote:
I'm thinking that one thing sure about lightning is that there's nothing sure about lightning. I've got caught in a few lightning storms offshore and had lightning hit so close to the boat that I could see the water vaporizing. I was definitely the highest point around and didn't get hit, thank God. When I'm in the camper, I hope that the metal frame structure would offer some degree of protection. Pulling the power cord ahead of time might not be a bad idea.
A METAL framed RV will act as a Farraday Cage and you probably won't be hurt. Not sure about the RV though -- unspecified results there.
