Tom Donaly wrote:
No one said ESD didn't exist. But you hit the nail on the head so far
as wind caused ESD, "Who knows?" I don't, and neither does Cecil,
although he thinks he does.

You are free to alleviate your ignorance by reading the same
technical material that I have read or continue your present
path and choose to remain ignorant.

For instance, seems to me the Electrostatic Discharge Association
knows something about charged particles that you don't know.

http://www.esda.org/basics/part1.cfm

"Creating electrostatic charge by contact and separation of
materials is known as "triboelectric charging."

"Virtually all materials, *including water and dirt particles
in the air*, can be triboelectrically charged."

Seems the Electrostatic Discharge Association is in complete
agreement with the 2000 ARRL Handbook:

"Precipitation static is an almost continuous hash-type noise
that often accompanies various kinds of precipitation, including
snowfall. Precipitation static is caused by rain drops, snowflakes
or even *wind-blown dust*, transferring a small electrical charge
on contact with an antenna."
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp