Lightening Safety VERY IMPORTANT!!!

[JC004]

There are no e's in lightning.

Cut him a little slack Dave, English is not his "first language".

It's in the title.   

[Major Lord]

Hey, remember, you can't spell "Slaughter" without "laughter".

Major Lord

[RADIOMAN015]

There are no e's in lightning.

Cut him a little slack Dave, English is not his "first language".

It's in the title.   

Unfortunately, when I discovered my spelling error I couldn't correct it.    I really hope that the spelling error, doesn't diminish the safety message.
Today at work we had a fairly severe TStorm and there was a strike fairly close by that resulted in no electrical power from 1500 hrs local onward.
RM   

[Eclipse]

Hey, remember, you can't spell "Slaughter" without "laughter".

Major Lord

Is manslaughter just some guy giggling?

[Pingree1492]

Here's an interesting, relevant story:

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=146983&catid=188

For those of you who've never been up on the summit of Long's Peak, the top of the peak is a flat area, a little bit bigger than a football field.  It's covered in pretty good size boulders, but nothing that really offers much over-head protection (the 'summit' is simply the tallest stacked boulder on the field). 

It's not in the story, but has been reported on the local TV news, that it appears as if the lightening first struck the rock he was hunkered by (being the tallest object there), and then traveled by the path of least resistance (his head) to the ground.  So, this appears as if it wasn't a direct strike, which is probably why he's still alive.

[Major Lord]

Hey, remember, you can't spell "Slaughter" without "laughter".

Major Lord

Is manslaughter just some guy giggling?

Excellent! But remember, you can't spell "Therapist" without "The Rapist"!

Major Lord