If you can hear the thunder lightning is within striking distance and you should head to a location such as a building or an all metal vehicle.
Roof top tent lightning storm.
The possibility for a tent to get struck by lightning is increased by the campsite location and adjacent tall objects.
Your tent is designed to protect you from rain the sun and even heat.
A tent and lightning are a bad combination.
As scary as they might be being inside a tent presents the same risk as being in the open field.
When you hear thunder lightning is within striking distance.
Just a few years ago rooftop tents began popping up in the outdoor market but they were ridiculously expensive.
Find a safe location immediately either in a building with plumbing and wiring or an all metal automobile not convertible top.
Pop up tents and campers are inherently unsafe in a lightning storm and should only be used as a shelter of last resort if a storm comes up too quickly to find a safer place to ride it out.
However due to the higher ground and the isolated tree next to the tent this would not be a safe location in a thunderstorm.
Tents alone don t attract lightning but that doesn t mean they re safe during a thunderstorm.