[philmont] Baldy Porch Talk - Lightning Safety.

----- Original Message ---- From: John LeBlanc <philmontjohn@yahoo.com> To: philmont List Member <philmont@troop47.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:44:14 PM Subject: [philmont] Baldy Porch Talk - Lightning Safety. ....I feel sort of like we are all preaching to che choir on this subject as most have expressed virtually the same sentiment. this list has a combined experience of probably several hundreds of years in the out of doors.... Preaching to the choir is appropriate on a list like this at times because a lot of people at the "church service" don't sing during the service but only lurk in the in the pews while others participate. Hopefully they are not asleep during the sermon... Six years ago today I was at the local summer camp and it got a little overcast at 2:00 PM, misted a little around 2:30 and at 2:40 a single bolt of lightning traveled horizontally through the sky and exploded in a tree about 15' feet away from the dining fly where we were working with the scouts. I have never been rained on before by wood but sure was glad I was not the highest thing around at the time. The sun was out by 3:00. You just don't know when lightning is going to strike (unless you go Back To The Future and need gigawatts of power to get back to 1985 ;=) Mike Wegenka ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7

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