Re: [TowerTalk] followup question on verticals in trees

[Bill Aycock <baycock@direcway.com>]

This does not match my experience and the evidence I see.  A recent hit was 
on one of the shortest trees in a low area. It was the second hit for this 
tree, and it came down.
Bill

At 12:41 PM 9/17/2004 -0400, w9ge wrote:

> The reason Tulip Poplars are prone to lightening is because they are 
> generally the highest thing around.  The one next to my barn/shack is now 
> 110 feet tall and dwarfs my 80 foot towers.  It does a nice job of holding 
> up a 75 meter delta loop tho.  That tree was one of the main reasons I 
> bought this piece of property.  73 bob de w9ge
> -

Bill Aycock - W4BSG
Woodville, Alabama 


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