G'Day, Its the stormy season again in Sydney. Can anyone tell me if there is any truth to the story I hear over and over again that carbon paddles attract lightning more than fiberglass? I've never understood how this can be so as I shouldn't have thoght the carbon fibres formed a continuous conducting path. It seems to me one needn't worry about the paddle in a storm. The paddle will be OK because the human body is much more conductive and more likely to attract lightning. But I'ld be interested to hear reasons why I might be wrong. All the best, PeterO. *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Oct 10 2003 - 02:22:40 PDT
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