Re: [Paddlewise] Lightning

From: Wes Boyd <boydwe_at_dmci.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 08:46:18 -0400
At 09:06 AM 4/27/99 +1000, you wrote:
>
>The news reported a kayaker out in that same Sydney storm - the hail (sise
>of golfballs and cricket balls in some places) left his boat in a bit of a
>mess. He survived but had to be rescued.
>
We had a guy get caught in a hailstorm out on a lake around here a few years
ago. He rolled, wet-exited, and stuck his head up into the cockpit and let
the hail beat on the bottom of the hull. Good thinking.

-- Wes

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Received on Tue Apr 27 1999 - 05:54:48 PDT

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