[pct-l] Lightning Safety

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

Dear Reinhold

Simply because our bodies conduct electricity well. The metal object
make burns on our bodies, so the misunderstanding emerged.






2012/11/27 branko grujcic <xo4xx at yahoo.com>:
> Reinhold,
>
> There's a lot of info on the internet about the myth of metal objects attract lightning.
> like this one from National Weather Service (bottom of the page)...
>
> http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/myths.htm
>
> Cheers,
> Branko
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 1:31 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] Lightning Safety
>
> [pct-l] I'm Fine--Lost PCT Thru Hiker is FOUND
>
> Branko,
> I don't know where you get your information from....my information is
> old school and perhaps not as updated as yours.
> But, if my memory serves me right, my old school info tells me metal
> does attract lightning and for that reason a hiker, caught in a thunder
> storm should separate himself from his hiking poles and metal frame pack.
>
> If my old school information is wrong, please correct so I will be up to date.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> ---------------------------------
> Branko wrote:
> Reinhold wrote:
> Or how about the time on one of my JMT fast packs when UL was the #1
> priority and I made a rain pancho out of an UL space blanket....it
> worked great until it started raining and lightning....that's when I
> began to worry that I might be a walking lightning rod...end of story.
> -------------------------------
>
> Why do you think you were a lightning rod?
> Metal makes no difference on where the lighting strikes, but maybe the
> blanket was pointy?
>
> Branko
>
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