[TowerTalk] Disconnecting cables and lightning (questions --

Tom Osborne w7why@mail.coos.or.us
Sat, 06 Jun 1998 04:38:08 -0700


Bill Coleman wtote:
 
> Of course, lightning is dumb, and it doesn't understand theory - it
> strikes where and when it wants....

Not exactly.  I saw a show on TV where they were shooting rockets with
attached wires into storm clouds, and the lightning followed the wire
back to the ground.
Tom W7WHY

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