Cecil, W6DXP wrote:
"Well, it was re-enacted on the Discovery Channel."

There were no mountains around the medium-wave broadcast plants where I
worked, but I can testify that atmospheric electrical activity there
often started well in advance of the storm arrival while the sky
overhead was still blue. Notably, tower guy insulators flashed over
repeatedly. Transmitter overloads tripped the transmitters off the air
for an instant to clear r-f arcs which followed the arc paths created by
the static discharges.

Bolts do come out of the blue but do no damage in a well designed radio
station.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

Justín Käse wrote:
You reinforce the crux of my comment that there were NO mountains
between the charged clouds and the ultimate strike point.

From Webster's: "mountain - (1b) an elongated ridge."
Perhaps you need to adjust your definition of "mountain".
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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"Justín Käse" wrote in message
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In posted on
Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:52:00 -0600, Richard Harrison wrote:


Fatal misconception
but never has a strike totally "ignored" a tree or tower and directly hit
something at its base.
/Fatal misconception

Justín Käse wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:
From Webster's: "mountain - (1b) an elongated ridge."
Perhaps you need to adjust your definition of "mountain".

Re-read your original post, especially the first line where you said;
"There were no mountains around the medium-wave broadcast plants where I
worked, but I can testify that atmospheric electrical activity there..."

I *NEVER* said any such thing. Please stop misquoting me.
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