[Rhodes22-list] sailing and lightning

[Brad Haslett]

"When its your time its your time!"

We in the flying business decided its never the right time.  The final act
of a violent thunderstorm results in windshear.  Not good for jets or
sailboats.  Get a Garmin 396 with XM satellite moving map display and you'll
know what is coming your way.  Most of us at least look at yesterday's
newspaper's forecast, but if you didn't, current technology allows you to
stay informed on the cheap.

Brad

reference:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_shear


On 7/31/06, Richard Smith <sailnut at att.net> wrote:
>
>
> > When I was in high school, a friend's brother died when lightening
> struck
> > his car.  He was lying underneath working on it.  He probably had a
> wrench
> > touching the engine when it happened.  A very tragic freak accident.
> >
>
> Yes... BUT if had been in the car he would have been OK.  The car would
> function as a Faraday cage.
>
> Richard Smith
>
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