Hello,
Unfortunately I could not make it out on Sunday's FOBB.
The thunderstorms started around 06:30 UTC / 2:30 AM around Reading, PA. The
lightening was flashing about every 30 seconds with loud claps of thunder.
This went on until 09:30 UTC / 5:30 AM. The rain kept coming down until
11:00 UTC / 7:00 AM. At this time I had to go into work for 2 hours. While
I was there I checked the weather radar to see how the storms were moving.
Unfortunately they were moving very slow and along the Appalachian Trail.
The weather started to clear around 16:00 UTC / 12 PM in Reading, PA. I
checked the weather radar, unfortunately there were some heavy storms just
North of the area I would be on the Appalachian Trail. I did take a drive to
the two areas I would be operating from but the trail was wet and muddy,
this would make for a very difficult hike. But the thunder in those two
areas were still too close for comfort. They thunder claps were still loud
even with the storm about a couple of miles North. Just was not worth taking
a risk, lightening will travel 7 miles from a storm. Not worth experimenting
with being a human lightening rod on top of a mountain with wire. :-)
I will be going out sometime on the Appalachian Trail in August
72 and Thanks,
Ron Polityka
WB3AAL
www.wb3aal.com
www.n3epa.org/
K1 - SN 01011
K2 - SN 01392
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