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Straight facts? It's shot through with
Posted by: g2d on Jul-03-11 12:28 AM (EST)

unexamined generalizations, and is unreferenced to any other scale of risk. How is one supposed to know what to do, when one has no way of judging the level of risk? NOAA wants everyone to cower indoors for half an hour after they last hear thunder. Is there any comparable level of customary cowering?

I want them to admit that the actual level of risk is low, compared to other, everyday risks. Then we can decide what to do about their recommendations.

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protection from lightning - rickdoner - Jul-02-11 7:58 AM
- good basic advice here - willowleaf - Jul-02-11 10:41 AM
  - What NOAA says - Dr_Disco - Jul-02-11 11:55 AM
    - So, what is your position on what NOAA - g2d - Jul-02-11 4:42 PM
      - My position is to adopt what they say to - Dr_Disco - Jul-02-11 10:54 PM
        
        Straight facts? It's shot through with - g2d - Jul-03-11 12:28 AM
        
        If NOAA wasn't hyper conservative in its - scombrid - Jul-03-11 1:39 PM
        
        They are not being deceptive, They - g2d - Jul-03-11 11:09 PM
        
        I understand the limited liability - scombrid - Jul-04-11 11:14 AM
        
        That's good. I wouldn't worry too much - g2d - Jul-04-11 1:03 PM
        
        Shouldn't this be on B&B? - salty - Jul-05-11 10:56 AM
      - You need to normalize your observations - MintJulep - Jul-03-11 11:15 AM
        
        Why look at it that way? The only - g2d - Jul-03-11 11:16 PM
        
        why not? - scombrid - Jul-04-11 11:26 AM
        
        If you drive to the water before you - g2d - Jul-04-11 8:41 PM
        
        dude, you're obsessing hopelessly - slushpaddler - Jul-11-11 3:31 PM
  - Electrically conductive materials - M-J-B - Jul-03-11 4:26 AM
  - sounds like good advice - jonsprag1 - Jul-04-11 7:27 PM
- Send out de Grumman foyst - FatElmo - Jul-02-11 12:13 PM
- lightning - mrmannerz - Jul-02-11 3:14 PM
  - I tend to agree with you... - jaybabina - Jul-03-11 6:36 PM
  - Sorry incorrect info - kayamedic - Jul-04-11 11:45 AM
  - Thanks - dressmeister - Jul-11-11 8:12 PM
- another tidbit to drop = graphite flyrod - bigspencer - Jul-02-11 9:21 PM
- Usually - Glenn_MacGrady - Jul-02-11 9:45 PM
  - could be very accurate Glenn.... - bigspencer - Jul-05-11 11:38 AM
- Good read about lightning - mrmannerz - Jul-03-11 9:45 PM
- odds of being struck - kerryedwards - Jul-04-11 8:59 PM
  - What you say is true. But are the odds - g2d - Jul-05-11 11:08 AM
    - It depends - kerryedwards - Jul-05-11 11:47 AM
    - Yes - waterbird - Jul-05-11 7:27 PM
- marinas more dangerous than storms - willowleaf - Jul-05-11 11:28 AM
- a storm comes up while paddling ........ - pilotwingz - Jul-05-11 11:30 AM
- Thread Starter Lightning - Booztalkin - Jul-05-11 12:52 PM
  - Surface - jimyaker - Jul-05-11 2:42 PM
    - good question - kerryedwards - Jul-05-11 3:10 PM
      - Yes, a kayaker took a near-hit on the - g2d - Jul-05-11 5:13 PM
  - trees falling ..... - pilotwingz - Jul-05-11 10:23 PM
- My Tilley Hat has the optional - Jsaults - Jul-05-11 7:44 PM
  - Lightning strike probabilities - cave_demon - Jul-10-11 6:52 PM
    - This is a classic problem - Dr_Disco - Jul-10-11 8:15 PM
    - Waiting it out in wet wetsuits - pikabike - Jul-10-11 8:30 PM
    - I see your logic, cave demon, but don't - g2d - Jul-10-11 11:30 PM
      - "large" is relative - paddlemore - Jul-10-11 11:52 PM
      - "large" is relative - paddlemore - Jul-10-11 11:52 PM
      - which of you is the meteorologist? - slushpaddler - Jul-11-11 2:12 PM
    - People vs. Other lightning targets - Booztalkin - Jul-11-11 3:45 PM
      - boats - NateHanson - Jul-11-11 6:07 PM
- Advice from lightning photographer - Dr_Disco - Jul-11-11 5:07 PM
- Voltage Gradient - TommyC1 - Jul-11-11 5:21 PM
- We have been caught several times - jackl - Jul-11-11 6:58 PM
- Funny Anecdote - dressmeister - Jul-11-11 8:31 PM