lightning

[backwoodsman]

I thought I put in a sensible one at #14 ??

 

[williamalex1]

Apparently that is not true. Certain spots are more prone to lightning strikes than others. Certainly high ground with tall trees or buildings are particularly at risk. That is why church spires are often fitted with lightning conductors (not Andre Previn).

But you must admit he is a good conductor.

 

[williamalex1]

I thought I put in a sensible one at #14 ??

Yes you did , thank you.:thup:

 

[Smiffy]

Currently, about 30-60 people are struck by lightning each year in Britain

Jeez how unlucky can you get
I bet the frizzy haired buggers are getting fed up with it by now.

 

[williamalex1]

Currently, about 30-60 people are struck by lightning each year in Britain of whom, on average, three may be killed.

There are around 300,000 ground strikes by lightning every year in Britain. On average (based on a ten-year period), this means that someone is struck once every 6,000 strikes and someone killed once every 100,000 strikes. A 'thunderstorm day' may produce up to 10,000 ground strikes although the exceptional day of 24 July 1994 produced 85,000 ground strikes.

source; Torro. TORRO has been researching thunderstorms since it was founded in 1974. In 1993, it began developing a database of lightning impacts in the British Isles.

Very enlightening CMAC, as someone thought in an earlier post. BTW, is that a Japanese research you quoted.

 

[CMAC]

Very enlightening CMAC, as someone thought in an earlier post. BTW, is that a Japanese research you quoted.

no, your confusing that with the market research company Torra Torra Torra....easily done:smirk:

 

[williamalex1]

no, your confusing that with the market research company Torra Torra Torra....easily done:smirk:

Boom tae dae