In a message of 23 Sep 96 Jamie Adams wrote to Tim Morgan:
G'Day Jamie,
 >> DW>The *best* lightning detector is an AM radio.  You can hear the
 >> DW>interferance cause by lightning when the storm is 20 miles or more
 >> away
 JA>     Pardon me for being dumb. But you can see lightning for more than
 JA> 20 miles away. Is there really such a problem that inclement weather
Not always.  In most cases lightning is preceeded by intercloud electrical 
discharges which are rarely seen.  The AM radio indicates the presence of 
this.
BTW, in the case of lightning, you are much safer in an aluminium boat than 
in a fibreglass boat.  Several years ago a couple of boats were struck by 
lightning on Sydney Harbour. The aluminium boat lost a bit of paint but the 
occupants were fine, the fibreglass boat had a hole blown through the hull 
and the occupants suffered burns. 
  // Catchya
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