Metal ring for a 20ft yurt

[Bob Rowlands]

Ralex, my first thought about metal ring was lightning. I googled it. I don't understand the reasoning, but supposedly lightning striking a yurt is not a danger. All I know is I wouldn't want to be in a yurt that had a direct lightning strike.

Our house HAD a direct lightning strike. It literally blew a hole about a foot in diameter in the roof. Shingles, tar paper, sheathing completely blown away. We were home in the master bedroom suite, retiring for the evening, when the strike occurred. It hit the house about ten feet directly above my wife while she was in the tub. She didn't even feel a tingle but the breakers tripped and lights went off. I was reading in bed. Yeah, it was terrifying. I hate lightning.