u/Icy-Boat-7460

How do you stay safe while recording distant thunderstorms and rain? I don't really have the ability to record from under a shelter and would have to get out into the forest/fields to move away from the roads enough for the sound to not interfere with the recording. Do you record before the storm arrives and after and just nope out of there or leave the rig under umbrella with some blanket on it or something?

I am very new to field recording, but one of my main goals with it is recording rain and distant thunderstorms, which I would like to do without getting hit by lightning for obvious reasons.

Thanks!