I've been in boats during really severe lighting storms but never a Kayak... one lighting bolt striking within 50 FEET of my (sail) boat. The sea "lit up" but we didn't feel a thing except fear. My dad, who had arthritis at the time, didn't have another bout of arthritis for 20 years. He is 87 now and says he thinks he needs "another treatment." I Heard about one guy getting struck while sitting on the fantail of a steel hull boat when lightening struck him. It blew a hole in the boat and burned his bottom badly, but he survived. If you are paddling and your boat begins to glow... you are in trouble. Robert *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon May 04 1998 - 18:44:38 PDT
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