Sad. It is not something that you want to get all paranoid about, but it happens. It is good to be careful.
I do not like riding in the heat so much, so I usually do my long tours in the fall where thunderstorms are far less common. Of course, in the fall you sometimes get those slow moving long fronts where it starts raining in the morning and does not stop until well after you reach your evening destination. On Jun 8, 6:21 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
