"Richard Clark" wrote
"Jack Painter"
wrote:
And most of us who get anywhere near as much rain as Richard
does (in WA) unfortunately have a LOT more lightning to deal with in the
summer.

Hi Jack,

In all actuality, Seattle sees the least lightning nationwide. If
you drew a line from Seattle to Miami, you would find that the
incidence of lightning grows roughly ten-fold as you progressed along
that line.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Hi Richard, I knew that, and meant by inference that it was admirable for
someone (you) with so little lightning, to realize it is not a minor-thing
for others.

I might act like my station is bulletproof (because I spent the time and
money to try to make it so), but when you watch that line of a storm
approaching, and lightning is striking every few seconds on a path you can
see coming straight for you, the realization that one is likely to land on
top of you is real, not a phobia, lol. All too often, it does strike one of
the tall pines in my yard, sometimes jumping to non-conductive things like
wooden fences, which it splits on its way to ground.

In Virginia Beach, we get more than half the lightning Miami gets, but
slightly less than half what the 100+ area of West-Central Florida does. It
serves to make summer a lot less fun for those with masts, wires and towers
up in the air!

Best regards,

Jack