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Do tipis attract lightning? Are they as safe as being in a house during a lightning storm?

April 26, 2017House lightning safe storm tipis

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Do tipis attract lightning? Are they as safe as being in a house during a lightning storm?

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Tipis don’t attract lightning any more than anything else sticking up in the middle of a flat place during a thunderstorm. Otherwise, you aren’t any more likely to be hit in a tipi than if you were home.