[Rhodes22-list] thunderstorms and lightning

[brad haslett]

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--- brad haslett <flybrad@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Here is another article about lightning strikes from
> the University of Florida (attached as a pdf file).
> It
> discusses the best methods to "ride out a storm".
> Take
> a look at www.strikeshield.com.  They have a
> portable
> mast grounding system that can be attached quickly
> in
> the advent of being caught in a potential lightning
> strike situation.  It seems rather expensive but I
> think an effective "home grown" version could be
> developed rather easily.  I have no experience with
> sailboats and thunderstorms but after thirty years
> of
> flying I assure you I have a healthy respect for
> them.
>  Thunderstorm microbursts can bring down 600,000
> pound
> airplanes (Delta - DFW - 1985) so I can't imagine
> what
> havoc it could wreak on a 22ft sailboat.  Some of
> that
> old Boy Scout is starting to come out in me, "Be
> Prepared!"
> 
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