[pct-l] Lightning Safety

[branko grujcic]

Reinhold,

There's a lot of info on the internet about the myth of metal objects attract lightning.
like this one from National Weather Service (bottom of the page)...

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/myths.htm

Cheers,
Branko



________________________________
 From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 1:31 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Lightning Safety
 
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Branko,
I don't know where you get your information from....my information is
old school and perhaps not as updated as yours.
But, if my memory serves me right, my old school info tells me metal
does attract lightning and for that reason a hiker, caught in a thunder
storm should separate himself from his hiking poles and metal frame pack.

If my old school information is wrong, please correct so I will be up to date.

JMT Reinhold
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Branko wrote:
Reinhold wrote:
Or how about the time on one of my JMT fast packs when UL was the #1
priority and I made a rain pancho out of an UL space blanket....it
worked great until it started raining and lightning....that's when I
began to worry that I might be a walking lightning rod...end of story.
-------------------------------

Why do you think you were a lightning rod?
Metal makes no difference on where the lighting strikes, but maybe the
blanket was pointy?

Branko

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