From: "Kirk Olsen" <kolsen_at_imaginelan.com> > Way back when I read the newsgroup rec.boats.paddle there were several > threads about seeing lightning strikes down in canyons. One of the Discovery Channel's weather shows documented a case of a cyclist killed or injured (don't remember which) by lightning. He was in a broad valley IIRC. The most significant difference between this and a typical strike was that the storm system was several kilometers away on the other side of a mountain - he was in bright sunshine with blue sky overhead. The path that lighning finds is not necessarily the shortest or most obvious one around. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 - 15:44:08 PDT
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