there was a lightning strike death story on the front page of my comcast email today.
On Jun 8, 12:57 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > If you are caught in a thunderstorm, then, what are you supposed to > > do? What if there is no shelter nearby (because you're in the middle > > of farms or on a mountain, say)? > > Fortunately, I never got caught in a mountain storm. I have no idea > where one would go on a switch back with rock on one side and a deep > drop the other. When caught in heavy T'storms on rural Midwest roads > I pull as far off the road as possible and wait it out. The growth of > no-till farming has led farmers to cut down most of their wind break > trees presumably selling the hard wood to make ends meet in bad > seasons and increasing acreage. Spring through mid-summer that means > I am by far the tallest thing around. So far at least, I have not > been hit by lightning. > > On Jun 8, 12:14 pm, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:26 AM, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > Perhaps it depends on where you ride. I have been caught in > > > thunderstorms here in the Upper Midwest where riding through was not > > > an option, even if I was not concerned about the lightning. The high > > > winds, blinding rain and hail combined to make riding safely > > > impossible. > > > If you are caught in a thunderstorm, then, what are you supposed to > > do? What if there is no shelter nearby (because you're in the middle > > of farms or on a mountain, say)? > > -- > > -- Anne Paulson > > > My hovercraft is full of eels -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
