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Article #649Re: best design
From: Roger Garnett
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1987 14:07
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1987 14:07
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In article <848@uop.edu> robert@uop.edu (Hi how ya doin) writes: >Also is there any relevance to using glass poles as opposed to aluminum >for reduced lightning attraction? >*Someone* must have some type of meager statistics on this. Meager, Yes, here's one: I don't know about the statistics, but recently, at Darian Lakes Park (between Rochester and Buffalo) there was an incident where a tent was checked because it's permit had expired and (weak stomachs q here) the occupants were found dead inside, the victims of a lightning strike 2 days before. There wasn't much left of their *metal* pole. Roger Garnett (garnett@batcomputer) Cornell Phonetics Lab (garnett@tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU) Ithaca N.Y. (bitnet: sggy@cornellC) okbye
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!garnett From: garnett@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Garnett) Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: best design Message-ID: <3218@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 18 Dec 87 14:07:40 GMT References: <848@uop.edu> Reply-To: garnett@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Garnett) Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 16 Keywords: stress, wind shear, tents