Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Fisherman Lead the Way...

Article in a fly mag a few years ago stated you can be struck by lightening from a storm up to 10 miles away. ⚡️

Makes me glad to have a smartphone now with Doppler. 

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On Jun 26, 2014, at 9:02 AM, tperkins <thomas.perkins1@gmail.com> wrote:

Definitely agree on getting off the water if there is lightning around. Found a cool website a few day ago:
http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page_0=30

It is a live feed of where lightning strikes are occurring. It seems to be community based and you can buy a sensor to mount at your house to track lightning. The webpage isn't great as you can't zoom in to a specific area, but there is this one which uses the data from the first:

http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime?lang=en

I should have hopped on this last night during the storm, would have been cool to watch.

On Thursday, June 26, 2014 8:36:03 AM UTC-4, namfos wrote:

The graphite fishing pole you hold in your hand is an excellent conductor of electricity. If there's lightning, get off the water.

Mark

On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 4:03:42 PM UTC-4, Brendan wrote:

Not the best category but -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/06/24/fishing-leads-u-s-lightning-death-activities/

Be safe out there. 

B

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