[TowerTalk] followup question on verticals in trees

[Bill Aycock]

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
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Bill Aycock - W4BSG
Woodville, Alabama