Re: [Paddlewise] Lightning?

Philip wrote;

(SNIP)

>Now, just what are the possibilities if one happens to
>be paddling a nylon skinned, aluminum framed kayak under
>such circumstances. Should there be cause for alarm or
>does one just reconcille themselves to the idea that
>they just might be sitting in an electric toaster?  %^)
>I am slightly concerned here.

If one is at sea in a really small boat like a kayak and no place to land I
am not sure there is anything one can do . I get the impression (Maybe
wrongly) that lightning is inscrutable.

Cheers,
John Winters
Redwing Designs
Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft
http://home.ican.net/~735769/

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