

Human: I'm caught in a lightning storm in a tent with a variety of camping gear. Is there any gear I should isolate or put at a distance from myself because they attract lightning or conduct electrical currents?

Assistant: Do you have a cell phone or radio with you?


Human: I'm caught in a lightning storm in a tent with a variety of camping gear. Is there any gear I should isolate or put at a distance from myself because they attract lightning or conduct electrical currents?

Assistant: That’s a really good question.  I’d say one thing to isolate and keep away is the cell phone charger.  Many cell phone chargers use metal or plastic that is sometimes "grounded", which means that it conducts electricity through the metal part.  It would be best to keep it separate from you because lightning might travel into the ground through it and it might conduct current to your body.
I'm caught in a lightning storm in a tent with a variety of camping gear. Is there any gear I should isolate or put at a distance from myself because they attract lightning or conduct electrical currents?
user
Do you have a cell phone or radio with you?
assistant
I'm caught in a lightning storm in a tent with a variety of camping gear. Is there any gear I should isolate or put at a distance from myself because they attract lightning or conduct electrical currents?
user
That’s a really good question.  I’d say one thing to isolate and keep away is the cell phone charger.  Many cell phone chargers use metal or plastic that is sometimes "grounded", which means that it conducts electricity through the metal part.  It would be best to keep it separate from you because lightning might travel into the ground through it and it might conduct current to your body.
assistant
I'm caught in a lightning storm in a tent with a variety of camping gear. Is there any gear I should isolate or put at a distance from myself because they attract lightning or conduct electrical currents?
user
That’s a really good question.  I’d say one thing to isolate and keep away is the cell phone charger.  Many cell phone chargers use metal or plastic that is so
assistant