So being new to the Hammock thing I was wonder what you guys do in a lighting storm? Trees attract lighting correct? So hanging from one doesn't seem safe. Opinions?
So being new to the Hammock thing I was wonder what you guys do in a lighting storm? Trees attract lighting correct? So hanging from one doesn't seem safe. Opinions?
What? You wanna live forever?
Predictions are risky, especially when it comes to the future.
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http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=28468
Yeah I just go back to sleep, whatya gonna do?!
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Just stay away from Florida and North Carolina, the # 1 and 2 states in the country for deaths from lighting strikes. Might have something to do with all the golf courses we have here. I got to see a friend get struck by lightning (he lived).
As long as you are not hanging from wire rope you should be ok.
I am still 18 but with 52 years of experience !
Just don't pick the tallest trees in an area
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But you can never, ever win without a fight"
-Rush
Sounds like a good idea for a new stove. Lightning powered.
Fronkey
In a storm, lightning is the least of my concerns. . . I worry much more about the possibility of large branches and/or whole trees coming down on me.
Don't alter my altar
don't desecrate my shrine
My church is the water
and my home is underneath the shady pines
From the song "One Man's Shame" by William Elliot Whitmore
Got that right!Originally Posted by salamander42
I had My Clark Hammock set up near the Little Pine State Park near Waterville, Pa. On a Saturday evening, I heard a radio broadcast on my little Coby Cx 50 radio about Tornado warnings (about 50 miles North from me), and severe thunderstorm warnings. As soon as that wind started to pick up, I changed the pitch of the tarp. I climbed in making sure I had grabbed what I needed: My water bottle filled up, my book, my head lamp hanging on the ridge line, and my radio. Not wanting to take any chances, I zipped closed the WeatherShield.
Then bam, that storm really hit!! 50 MPH gust, torrential gust-driven downpours, and plenty of thunder and lighting. I sailed (literally) through that storm with the high winds bucking me dry and comfortable. ( hats off to mother Nature for strong trees) Storm or no storm, I still managed to read 4 chapters of my book.
What a tough hammock!!
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I am the hawk and there's blood on my feathers, but time is still turning they soon will be dry;
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