[AT] OT-lightning

[Cecil E Monson]

>  don't think I said that the receiver failed because of a lightning strike.
> Lightning damage is a possibility though.  
> 
> One lady told me some time back not to ever have a dog in the house during
> an electrical storm.  "BECAUSE DOGS ATTRACT LIGHTNING" 
> 
> H. L. Staples
> McLoud, Oklahoma 
> USA


	I can tell you from experience, and lots of it, that damage
from lightning is almost never a strike where the damage occurs. It
generally generates a heavy spike in voltage that comes in on power
lines. Sometimes also on telephone or CATV. We have this problem here too
where we live. Almost any storm with heavy lightning seems to take out
our power and so do most accidents due to the way poles are set here.
When power flashes on and off several times before it goes out, it is
almost certain to bother electronic circuits.

	One of the problems here is we are on a shale ridge. I believe
we have a poor ground as a result of it. Lightning strikes seem to fan
out here and do the damndest things. I used to have my hunting dog on
a steel cable laid out thru the trees and down the hill from the house.
I wondered why the dog started going nuts every time she heard thunder
and finally figured out she must have been outside on her run at one
time and got jingled pretty good. It sure ruined the nerves of a helluva
good bird dog. As soon as I figured it out, I took the run down and never
used it again.

Cecil
-- 
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what you said.

Cecil E Monson
Lucille Hand-Monson
Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole

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