Be honest now. How many of you would stand out in a thunderstorm , with the
string tied to a key in a bottle, likely on the ground, and holding on to a
long thin wet piece of cloth in hopes the lightning wouldn't flash over the
string to that wet cloth to your body?
Phil.
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From: "Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: How much power in a lightning strike? RE: Lightning Arresters
> 500 Giga watts- Franklin wanted to be a ham - he had a key tied to the =
> kite and it was a straight key - the forerunner of a J37. Too bad =
> nobody had a receiver.
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 2:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: How much power in a lightning strike? RE: Lightning =
> Arresters
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> I did a research paper in high school on lightning and I have watched =
> several lightning specials on satellite channels over the years, plus, =
> as mentioned earlier, I was three feet from a lightning flash over, for =
> what that is worth, but according to one of the articles I read for my =
> research paper, lightning bolts can have up to 1 billion volts and 500 =
> amps of power.=20
> This generally , according to what I have read, is the extreme high end =
> of the rating but you can be 20 miles distant from a storm and still be =
> struck by a lightning bolt. I've also been about 75 feet from a =
> telephone pole that was hit by lightning. One of the problems of being =
> struck seems to be if you are carrying an Ipod, a cellphone, or any =
> electronic device based upon the bulk of the research to date. I carry =
> my cell phone with a clip on the back of it and clip it to my shirt =
> pocket, instead of a belt clip, because that way I don't keep brushing =
> the phone off my belt when passing too closely to a table or chair. So, =
> in short, if I'm hit, maybe my heart will be the focus of the strike. =
> Ball lightning I have confirmed by two different people. One was a =
> Nebraska farmer who saw lightning strike a tree, roll down to the ground =
> in a ball, and literally roll along the ground until it hit a fence post =
> or something sticking up in its way and then exploded as it that was =
> where it hit in the first place. Another farmer friend watched from the =
> house as lightning, in New York, struck the ground, bounced 4 and 5 =
> times into the air, and then finally exploded. That's some pretty weird =
> plasma that I don't want to be around when it hits.
>
> Phil.
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