Ben Franklin did not hold the string. >>> "Brian Heifner" <bheifner_at_Rational.Com> 05/06/98 11:06am >>> John Winters Wrote: >Absolutely, I have the bow person hold a copper wire overhead and trail it >in the water. That way I can do all the paddling while the rest and hold up >the wire. I assure them that the lightning will travel down the wire and be >dissipated in the water. I have never lost a partner to lightning. Most >partners appreciate my consideration. It sounds like the best thing to do is to sail a kite with a metal key, ala Ben Franklin style. For the electronic minded maybe a quick charging system could be developed for all those that need batteries to run their pumps and laptops. With all those megawatts of energy tapping off a little shouldn't be too hard. Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any injuries that result in testing from the ideas presented above. Brian. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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 Wed May 06 1998 - 13:10:35 PDT
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