What if you're stuck in a lightning storm???

[sundial]

dumb question - is a carbon frame still a lightning rod? Or should I just ride as fast as I can away from anyone with aluminum or steel frames?

I think anything is potentially a lightning rod. Cattle and horses are struck by lightning.

[wannaduacentury]

I would hate to be outside in a storm. A few years back, I had went to college, and it was a stormy morning, but was quiet at the time. I park, walk part of the way to class, then see a blue flash near the light pole(less than 50 yds from me . I literally trampled through the shrubbery to get inside the nearest building. I didn't go to that class that day. My mil was in the building I was going to and she said the lights went out, made me feel real good outside where it was. ick!! I'm real careful and respect lightning. I heard a story last summer of a lady near Mobile Alabama and she was in her kitchen. Lightning hit across the road from her, traveled underground and knocked her off her feet in her own kitchen. Pretty wicked. I just check the weather, if there's storms that might come up, I just go do something else. Jenn

[wannaduacentury]

I think anything is potentially a lightning rod. Cattle and horses are struck by lightning.

Quite often because they herd together under small clumps of trees, then lightning hit the trees and it fans out, injuring them. But we can't teach cows to avoid lightning though. Jenn

I still think it's a great idea to have lightning rods on houses, like my grandparents home. They do work.