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I tend to agree with you...
Posted by: jaybabina on Jul-03-11 6:36 PM (EST)

About getting out. I've seen lightning bounce on the water. It can actually skim on the surface and that's scary. I once paddled in with lightning cracking right over us. You just start praying. Supposedly that squat position is supposed to be best once you're out of the boat. I'm very cautious about dark clouds in the summer and don't take chances. I can understand why some may feel more secure sitting in their kayak next to shore with no trees than getting out. Tough call.

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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