This may strike some as a stupid question, but it came up as a topic of conversation on our last hike.
I thought I would throw it out to SPers, to see if you had any thoughts on this.
I was wondering if being in a tent is "safe", during a lightening storm in the mountains. If the tent/poles were "hit", would the lightening go down the poles bypassing the people safely inside?
The reason I ask is because, I once saw a display of a man in a large bird cage, and the cage was repeadedly hit by bolts. The man inside was fine, he was even able to put his hand flat against the inside of the metal cage and not be hurt.
would the same thing happen if I were in a tent?
TL