On 5/5/98 12:22PM, John Somers wrote: >It seems to >me that if a paddler observes any of these warning signs while caught on >the water, it would be a very good idea to roll and stay under as long as >possible, absolutely minimizing your height above water as well as direct >exposure of your bod. I'm not sure that this would work either as water is a great conductor of electricity-if the lightning hits the water anywhere in the vicinity of your boat, you're still fried. At least, that's what they told us in the Wilderness Advanced First Aid class that I took...I have no direct knowledge (and hope to keep it that way). ------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Harrison-Houston, Texas email: nil_at_nol.net (_at_ _at_) web: www.nol.net/~nil/ ----------------------------ooO~(_)~Ooo---------------------------- 100% recycled electrons *************************************************************************** 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 Tue May 05 1998 - 11:11:03 PDT
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