I forgot to check.  This went to Ron but I thought the list should read it,
too.  A word to the wise, sort of speak.

Phil.
K0NX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: Question About Lightning For All You Florida Hams


> Ron,
>
> tell him to put up a 250 foot tower but just not to fly any kites in
> Florida.  By the way, according to the show I watched on cable the other
> night, Castle Rock, Colorado has more lightning strikes than any town in
> America.  I live 25 miles from there and lightning can easily arc 20 to 30
> miles and kill a person.  there are 20 million cloud to ground lightning
> strikes in the United States each year and only 100 people worldwide are
> stuck  and I believe they said only 4 per year are killed.  Most people,
> according to this program are killed by lightning by talking on the phone,
> too.  So tell your friend to have his phone disconnected and to throw it
> away.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 3:52 PM
> Subject: Question About Lightning For All You Florida Hams
>
>
> > Hi List,
> >
> > Well, here's the deal.  An old (I think they used to call this type of
> > migrant) Snowbird friend of mine (years ago) just moved to Florida in
> 2006.
> > He was a ham radio operator up here in my neck of the woods--Western New
> > York State.  He claims he is afraid to put up an elaborate outdoor
antenna
> > system of any type because of the greatly increased risk of lightning
> > strikes in Florida.  He says that he has found that Florida is the
> > 'Lightning Capitol of the World' and that he is supported by the
neighbors
> > in his area who agree with him.
> >
> > This whole scenario seems a bit odd to me--since I have talked to
numerous
> > Florida hams who never mention this fact.  I have recently asked 2 of
them
> > about the situation and neither of them seems to believe that the risk
is
> > that much worse than anywhere else.  My friend lives on the Gulf coast.
> >
> > What do any of you Florida hams think of these claims?
> >
> > The Scourge Of Authoritarianism Is Intellectualism
> >
>