Is a wet tent a Faraday cage? A Faraday cage should be of a material that is a good conductor.
While water is surely not as good as copper in that matter, it should be still a much better conductor than the air inside the tent.
So: If we got a wet tent: Is it a Faraday cage or isn't it?
Please explain why, or why not, especially the differences to a "normal" Faraday cage that might prevent the tent from being so.
 A: Presumably the answer is no, chiefly because, even if the wet sides of the tent actually did act as screening, the base/floor of the tent, often being dry, will still be exposing the occupants to ground strikes.
So, if you were lucky enough to survive the lighting discharge bring routed through the tent poles to ground, you would still be in danger.

Photo Credit: Ground Strike
You could also read this (anecdotal) story carried on the  BBC website.

The whole tent was filled with smoke while smoke was also coming out of our mouths.
  We were - to pardon the pun - in shock afterwards.
  The force was just so strong. It felt as if we had travelled at high speed and slammed into an unmoveable object. The pain was extraordinary.
  I had a burn mark on my shoulder which luckily has gone down thanks to a treatment of aloe vera.
  I think it was because I was close to the tent poles and my body was slightly touching them. I think the current passed through me and through to the others. There were scorch marks all over the metal poles although luckily the tent managed to stay together.


Damaged tent poles and wet tent fabric 
