[Phys-L] Re: Lightning and indoor pools

[Roger Haar <haar@PHYSICS.ARIZONA.EDU>]

Hi,

        The majority of lightning deaths are split
betwenn farmers, golfers and sometimes boaters.
As a farm kid, when doing feild work, we often
pushed until the storm was close before heading
for the barn,  I am a surprised we never had a
problem.  The tractor was the high point in the
field.

        Once I was on a pier, 1/4 miles out into Lake
Michigan as a storm was approaching.  Watching the
coming storm was awesome.  I touched my wife's
hand . . . SPARK, and again . .  SPARK.  Our hair
was standing up.  We made a crouched run for
shore.  We tried to warn people heading further
out the pier that it was dangerous, but no one
listened.

Thanks
Roger


> > All of this is silly worrying. In the last 13 years,
> > 756 people have died of lightning related injuries, an
> > average of about 58 people per year.
>
> And how many of the 58/year were swimming in *indoor* pools?
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