Thunderstorms under Canvas

Thanks Pete. I guess the tyres play some part in that. Thanks for the tip.
Lou

Ive had to take cover in the car a few times

nothing to do with the tyres

google farradays cage principle

basically the car will allow a stike to flow around you to the ground

Thanks,
If I'd taken more science at school I might have known that :-) Read an article as you suggested and it makes perfect sense.
Lou

It might be a good idea to remove long aerials from your vehicle if there is a lot of lightning about - regardless of whether you are using it for shelter or not. Dont want a cooked radio!

Cheers,

Val

yea I pull my multi tap off

I love a good thunerstorm but when on flat or elavated ground and you being the only metal around I get a bit anstie

I had about 3 hours of waves of thunderstorms going over me in the GVD and I took shelter in the car

Thanks Royce,
Sounds a bit like yoga! First get into the pose. As you say, could be hard after an hour but I'm glad for the advice. Thanks for the research :-)
Lou

Now you're talkin'! Sounds like (away from pubs and white bears) and car is the go.
Thanks Joe.
Lou

I have been in our camper many, many times in storms, torrential rain, wind - thunder and lightning. Nothing better than lying there snug and warm under the doona, listening to the forces of nature rampaging outside - though at Ningaloo one time we had to get up at 2am to tie the awning to some trees, pegs just wouldn't stay in the sandy ground - in almost ten years with our camper, never got wet, never blew down, never got struck by lightning - I still miss the old grey Dingo - hope she is still travelling, she loved it. Put her on the back of the car, she lost about 100kg of weight and just rolled along behind.

Reminds me of the time we took refuge from a storm at the Royal Hotel Hungerford, left a few hours later, storm passed in about 15 minutes.

Was a great night and we actually stayed at the pub now I come to think of it.

I think the best thing to do is shelter as best you can and stay low........

Cheers, The Landy

Thanks Julie and The Landy.

Pub wins :-)
All aside we had to camp out as we were getting "flooded" in at Yarralin and the river was rising so we had to move to higher ground, we had set up the camper on high ground with smallish trees around but being high we could see for miles, the rain started and the storms came rolling in, we watched the lightining hitting the ground and getting closer and closer, it was so bad and big it was getting "blinding" and very loud and kids were terrifyed, after seeing it blasting a pathway and heading in our direction we bailed out of the camper and into the car, the strikes came so close you could feel the "buzzing" before it hit and there is no "delay" it is just a MASSIVE bang and blinding light and went on for 3-4 mins, it soaked the inside of the camper with the wind as it comes up from under all covers ...........
Sooooooo if you say you can stay in a tent or camper when a storm is in full swing then you have NEVER seen a real WET SEASON storm up north ....... they are awsome but demand respect :-)

Hi TerraFirma,
We're heading outback NSW in two weeks. It's just that the forecast for this weekend looked so dire I was wondering what I'd be doing if I was out there (after they'd medicated me). We were out in that dust storm last year. Freak! And thanks for putting the risk in perspective. Drama queens R Us :-)
Lou

Saw about a dozen bikes leaving Wagga this afternoon. All with their camping gear, some with trailers. Heading towards Victoria. They are going to have an interesting weekend on their rally.

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