Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 10:23:50 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b1) with ESMTP id 1254062 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 02 Jun 2002 03:00:36 -0400 Received: from swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.123]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 02:55:21 -0400 Received: from sdn-ap-002watacop0681.dialsprint.net ([63.187.202.173] helo=f3g6s4) by swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17EPLw-0006Gf-00 for lancair.list@olsusa.com; Sun, 02 Jun 2002 00:00:37 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <00a201c20a03$b617fc00$adcabb3f@f3g6s4> Reply-To: "Dan Schaefer" From: "Dan Schaefer" X-Original-To: "Lancair list" Subject: Re: Lightning strikes in glass X-Original-Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 00:04:16 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Trying to predict the effects of a lightning strike is nearly fruitless. A friend in Denver (which has quite a bit of lightning, I'm told) reloaded hunting ammunition for a hobby. To keep his house, wife and kids as safe as possible, he kept his supplies and did his reloading in a small shop away from the house. He also decided to protect himself by installing not one, but two lightning rods, properly grounded. Didn't seem to help much as his shop was struck during a storm and the bolt jumped off the rod and into his shop. The path inside was obvious from the burns on several metal storage racks where he kept his gunpowder. One of the metal powder containers had a 1 inch hole burned in the side and a bunch of the powder had spilled out but hadn't ignited! Go figure! I guess the mere fact that the shop was still there (he had a number of pounds of powder in it) was a testament to just how fickle a lightning strike can be. Bottom line, I guess, is that you can't predict what will happen to your Lancair if you are unlucky enough to sustain a hit. Dan Schaefer