I'm on digest, so maybe other folks have responded in the meantime. This spring my weather spotter update course spent a bit of time on the 45 degree safety cone rule of thumb. Evidence shows it's a myth. Numerous people have been injured or killed by the secondary effects of a lightning strike on the large tree they were taking shelter under. Will provided a good description of how this occurs. Here in the Twin Cities, we've been repeatedly reminded of this due to the PGA golf tournament that just came through. The last time Hazeltine hosted a major golf event, 5 people were killed or injured due to secondary effects of a strike on their "safety tree". www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_pls.html contains some good info. Paul *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 21 2002 - 08:33:46 PDT
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