[TowerTalk] Lightning protection and a close one

[K8RI]

On 7/8/2013 3:04 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
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> -----Original Message----- From: David Robbins
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> There are stories, presumably documented, of people being struck by
> lightning from a storm ten miles away, in an area that did not appear to
> be
> at storm risk... bright, sunny and clear.

The NWS  classes used to have a photo of two teenagers? at a scenic 
turnout in the mountains.  They are laughing as their hair is standing 
straight out from static. They were killed just seconds after the photo 
was taken.


73

Roger (K8RI)

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> Colorado, a park with no clouds in sight, clear blue sky.  Cyclist
> dismounts and is hit by "a bolt from the blue" and killed.
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> Researching this using the lightning DF systems deployed around the
> country, a storm was found over a mountain out of sight to the park.
> The lightning came from that storm.
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> This is a well documented case and has been fodder for a TV special.
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> Patrick AF5CK
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