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Re: [TowerTalk] lightning & trees

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] lightning & trees
From: doc <kd4e@verizon.net>
Reply-to: kd4e@verizon.net
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:10:10 -0500
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I have been told that pines are often attractive because of the
sap down the middle, might there be a similar conductive stream
of moisture in the tulip poplar?

doc

Jim Jarvis wrote:
> It was written: 
> 
> Tulip Poplars are Very prone to Lightning hits. I have quite  few on my
> place that show evidence of hits above 40-50 ft.  A Tulip Poplar that has
> been hit will show a "Y" or a "Zag" where the top was when it was hit.
> 
> and I wonder:
> 
> Why would one species of tree be more likely to be hit by lightning 
> than another?   Unless perhaps there is a stand of one species in a
> higher location than other trees?
> 
> n2ea
> jimjarvis@ieee.org 


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Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e

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