A tent and lightning are a bad combination.
Roof top tent lightning storm.
Your tent is designed to protect you from rain the sun and even heat.
When you hear thunder lightning is within striking distance.
Find a safe location immediately either in a building with plumbing and wiring or an all metal automobile not convertible top.
Just a few years ago rooftop tents began popping up in the outdoor market but they were ridiculously expensive.
Your tent is not safe if lightning occurs.
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.
Tents alone don t attract lightning but that doesn t mean they re safe during a thunderstorm.
Your tent is not safe.
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.
The possibility for a tent to get struck by lightning is increased by the campsite location and adjacent tall objects.