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FlyDunes
Since 09 Oct 2007
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 Tue Aug 19, 08 6:51 pm |
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| registered wrote: | my rule of thumb from above was for safety,
If you want to be ignorant then you could kite /glide/ golf your with the sound/time/distance triangulation and don't let the hair on the neck and wierd smells ect scare you... you got it all figured out.
killin' it
You could also safely kite in squals...... you have a safety and a bow kite right.... 
I have had to drop our packs in the bugaboos to reconsider the pounds of gear on our backs during the daily afternoon thunder/lightning events.
Best to avoid these type of things
but someone has to step it up for the darwin awards contest for the entertainment... I mean the news.
when building bridges .... with all the steel and cranes ..... they say thunder we used to go home. |
Jeez, you are kinda hostile. All I did was correct your data. I'm not advocating kiting in thunder storms....
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registered
Since 12 Jul 2005
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tsunami
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| Tue Aug 19, 08 7:21 pm |
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If thats hostile then Florence should be avoided at all costs.... very hostile waves ,sharks and bigg meanies like me trying to watch out for my fellow kiters .... and laughing to.
good luck.
My rule of thumb, passed down from living people not struck by lightning, ..... not data  .... is from when I was a kid in Minnesota....fishing on lakes safety boating stuff...... not data ......of what you could do .......but what you should do.. IF.. you don't want to play with the chance of death....
but we are kiters so most of that is ignored with a hint of challenge and enjoyment. |
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blowhard
Since 26 Dec 2005
2027 Posts
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| Wed Aug 20, 08 6:19 am |
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| FlyDunes wrote: | | blowhard wrote: | thermal convection in Fl. is slow moving horizontlly
whearas most of country has frontal convection
which moves rather quickly comparativly
sound travels at 650 ' per second
so about 10 seconds and it's a mile from you |
Not according to Wiki. The posting there says "1129 ft/s, or approximately 5 seconds per mile"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_sound |
Thanks,
I have been under a false conclusion all my life ,,  and not a very safe one at that.
I think Regi is the one I will follow for advice as when to run away  |
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bulae99
Since 12 Jul 2006
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| Wed Aug 20, 08 6:56 am Lightning strikes in my home town!! |
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I grew up in the southwest united states by a golf course. As a kid I remember one day in the early summer when a thunder storm had developed and rain was pouring down. We were outside playing and the rain tapered off and the lightning started to crackle all around us.
I remember this like is was yesterday! There was a smell in the air and we could feel the charge of the air change. As the lightening got closer, snap crakel and pop, we decided to get next to the house. There was no pause from strike to thunder!
My sisters, the neighbors and about 6 kids lined up shoulder to shoulder with our butts against the garage door eve. We could sense that this was a unique situation and lightening was flashing very close to us and the air was charged. As we all pressed against the door and each other a bolt came down and hit the man hole cover directly in front of my house.
The sound and sight of this 200lb chunk of metal spinning like a penny was really surreal.
The manhole cover flew straight up into the air about 10 feet and landed in the street. It began to spin like a penny in the street. Holy shit we all screamed and then decided to run into the house.
It turns out that same day a couple of golfers were struck as well. New Mexico is known for lightening strikes as the high elevation and the fast moving storms build incredible thunder heads all of the time.
REspect mother nature.
 http://www.lightningsafety.com/
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