I have seen telephone poles turned into tooth picks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hohhof
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 9:09 AM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Active Lightning Suppressor - Snake Oil, or
Science?
Yeah, I'm always amazed when a farmer has a 100 ft grain leg and lightning
will instead hit the 25 ft metal shop bldg. right next to it. Or a tree.
Or the house. Or the ground. Or instead of hitting a 250 ft tower, it hits
the transformer on the utility pole. Lightning has a mind of its own.
Although maybe that last example says the air terminal on the tower was
doing its job and the electric company needs some static cats.
In our suburb we have those concrete poles about 5 feet high with street
names stenciled on the side. One time lightning struck a tall maple tree on
the corner, then jumped out of the tree trunk over to the concrete pole and
then to ground, exploding the concrete and leaving just the rebar that was
inside. Why jump across the air instead of just continuing down the tree
trunk to ground? Who knows.
-----Original Message-----
From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 9:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AFMUG] Fw: Active Lightning Suppressor - Snake Oil, or Science?
This is from the executive director of the lightning protection institute.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bud VanSickle
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 7:41 AM
To: 'Chuck McCown'
Subject: RE: [AFMUG] Active Lightning Suppressor - Snake Oil, or Science?
Snake oil for sure. You can't stop lightning strikes because of the volume
of energy and short time period. If you put one of these devices on a fully
grounded metallic tower, it would most likely take a strike to ground. Of
course, if you ground your metallic tower properly, it is like a giant
lightning rod, so you are out the money for this "topper". By the way, on
tall towers, lightning doesn't necessarily strike the top anyway - it is
almost never straight vertical and may be at a 45 degree angle to the side.
But let me ask you this - if all the pine needles in a forest can release
ions (which they can and do) or all the blades of grass on the prairie, why
does lightning still strike there?
Bud VanSickle
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McCown [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 7:51 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fw: [AFMUG] Active Lightning Suppressor - Snake Oil, or Science?
I think snake oil. You?
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