LEt me add one further safety caution from experience. If lightning threatens get into safety or on low ground QUICKLY! Last year we were camping with Cubs, it started to rain, as we rounded the kids up to go across to the pavilion the first and only lightning strike of the storm came - - not 50 feet from where where we were standing on the top of the highest point in the state. Everyone jumped, one of our Eagle scouts "screamed like a girl" (his term). I was standing just outside the dining fly, in a puddle, in moccasins. I got a jolt of electricity up my legs that put me flat on the ground. Luckily no permanent damage was done but we learned to be extra cautious in any situation where lightning COULD strike.
Suzanne OSwald
