[TowerTalk] Lighting

[Keith Dutson]

>My "gradually and constantly bleeding off the charge" scenario takes place
before that, before the storm arrives.

I don't get it.  Exactly what is bleeding off before the storm arrives?

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Keller
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:25 PM
To: Tom Rauch
Cc: (Reflector) TowerTalk; ke3q at msn.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lighting

OK, one more try!  Your example describes the cloud as already over the
tower. My "gradually and constantly bleeding off the charge" scenario takes
place before that, before the storm arrives. In my scenario, the tower area
rarely gets enough charge built up to be attractive. When the stormcloud
arrives, the area around the tower is already "discharged", maybe even to a
greater degree than other surrounding areas, so it looks less attractive to
the charge in the cloud. That's what I call a sort of "prevention", but it's
really just making the tower a less likely target.  
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