I was once standing in a doorway less than 50 feet from a huge oak tree
that got struck as I watched. The power involved is unimaginable. The
idea that you can do anything at all to steer, or deter such a large
force is wishful thinking at best. No amount of #2 gauge ground wires is
going to mean anything whatsoever. In a direct hit, your "faraday cage"
oven will be a glowing puddle.
Bill Bina
On 1/17/2014 3:36 PM, Gary Nylander wrote:
The big mystery about lightning is just that - you never know what it
is going to do. I've had a half dozen friends whose boats have been
struck. On my buddy's Thunderbird (plastic one), he couldn't
understand why the boat was taking on water. Nothing was bothered
except the depth sounder, which was located on the centerline in front
of the keel - and it was just loosened in its thru-hull, not any more.
He motored down his 'creek' and across the river to the boat yard -
and called them to have the travel lift ready - motored into it, they
hauled and the sounder literally fell out!
Another had everything boiled on a Morgan 38, including a hole in the
hull - fortunately he was in a slip in water that was only a foot
deeper than his keel.....He had one of those whisk broom thingies on
the mast - no help.
And it goes on.
Gary
_______________________________________________
This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album
http://www.cncphotoalbum.com
[email protected]
