Severe thunderstorms- do we need to lower the TV antenna?
First trip with our TT and, of course we are under severe thunderstorm warnings. We have a crank up TV antenna. Do we need to lower it?
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Lilrhody wrote:
Not worried about lightning - lots of things much taller than us where we are tonight - plus we are sitting on rubber tires.
More wondering about the wind potential. N
The tongue jack is not made of rubber. If you see lightning in the area it's a good idea to lower the antenna. Lightning is attracted to taller structures and there's no need to make your profile higher than necessary.
Wind damage is also a concern, if it bends it may not go back down....
Last camping trip we watched TV in bed, then I awoke at 3am to lightning and thunder, so I hopped out of bed and lowered the antenna.
