How to backpack in lightning? (Central Florida)

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See links: http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/resources/backcountry_lightning.pdf http://www.cmc.org/Portals/0/GoverningDocs/NOLS%20Lightning%20Safety%20Guidelines.pdf http://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(14)00274-9/fulltext

Move West Ft. Lauderdale H.S. class of '85

As they say, you're "about as likely to be struck by lightning" as whatever other thing is never likely to happen. Being from the SE, I always think "lightning advice" is kind of funny. Don't get out in the open, and stay away from trees! Huh? Really, it's generally thought of as a threat at high elevation on exposed open ground, which you don't have any of in FL. My real question is: why Florida? I suppose places like the Everglades have an appeal for some, but if you're willing to dedicate yourself to a month long trip, maybe it's worth getting somewhere different, that's more scenic and has greater variety of terrain features. Somewhere you'd really want to spend a month of your life that isn't warm, wet, and buggy(and where your pictures don't look the same every day!). Worth thinking about, anyway. Personally, I do short backpacking trips in the South year-round, but come vacation time, I'm headed West to drier air, better kept trails, less challenging weather conditions, and more abundant scenery. It's always a welcome change from "normal".

"Personally, I do short backpacking trips in the South year-round, but come vacation time, I'm headed West to drier air, better kept trails, less challenging weather conditions, and more abundant scenery. It's always a welcome change from "normal"." Ditto for me.

You will probably want to hike in the cooler months so much less lightning issues then anyway. I concur with going west or north if you have that much time.

Give this a try…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVSCD1mdzY0