Subj : Re: Thunderstorms Was: We
To   : NANCY BACKUS
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Aug 10 2019 17:09:00

Nancy,

NB> DS> Yet, even in heavy rain, an unexpected lightning strike can occur.
NB> DS> And, it only takes one strike to fry everything.

NB>True, and true... but in my experience (and maybe it something to do
NB>with location), there's often no lightning at all...  In a recent
NB>monster storm (lots of rain, all day, and mostly very heavy) up in the
NB>Adirondacks, there was no thunder or lightning, and I saw a friend at
NB>the Pond going out in her kayak... Possibly tempting fate, but she
NB>didn't have any problems....

  To me, if there's a potential for thunderstorms, that practically
negates everything. We had nearly 5 inches of rain here in less than 8
hours, and the fire department had to peform numerous water rescues for
the flash flooding. There was a very close lightning strike here just
after 5am, as the storms were moving in.

NB>Pretty sure Barry's experiment was in a laboratory, not in the middle of
NB>a storm... <G>  And I'm just as glad to stay out of storms entirely...

  You and me both. They issued an outlook for more storms for the rest
of the season, and we're in the peak of it now.

Daryl

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