Just wonder what the Dutch PA PI & PE think about this.
They often live below see level.
Jos
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From: "Didier Juges" <didier@cox.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 4:22 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: Static, Lightning, and protection
> Good point. At higher altitude, the dielectric strength of air is less,
so
> the voltage cannot build up as much before the strike starts, so the
clouds
> cannot build as much energy as they can in Florida.
>
> 73,
> Didier KO4BB
>
> At 07:41 AM 3/22/2004, you wrote:
> > From personal experience there is a lot of lightning in CO,
> >but the intensity is somewhat less since the ground elevation
> >is at 5,000 ft so the storms have 5,000 ft less elevation to
> >develop their charge.
>
>
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