FYI
Lightning awareness week
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=55955
There is some great info on a link to the NOAA site too.
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/outdoors.htm
One thing of note was information that lightning can and does follow irregular patterns and can leap or change directions contradicting what seem like the logical "path of least resistance". Last year, my dad helped resuscitate two students at the school where he teaches history. The boys were standing under a large lone tree when the storm hit (they were seeking shelter, waiting for their ride home...the school was only 50 feet away). Lightning struck the tree and then jumped over to the boys who were about 5 feet away from the trunk. The lightning passed through one boy and then hit the other one before angering the grund. The second boy suffered the most injury.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/hero-teache...ry?id=11829631
I don't believe hammocks are any safer in a lightning storm. In other words, I wouldn't run into my hammock for shelter during a lightning storm. There are safer tactics.
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