This conversation reminds me of the time I was bitten by a dog while
riding. The town insisted I get my tetanus booster updated, so I went
to the dr. He took out what looked to me like an enormous needle, so
before he stuck me with it I said, wait a minute what are my chances
of getting tetanus
Seeking shelter immediately = OK
Call wife during thunderstorm = maybe not
-jb - has been on top of 14,000 ft peak in CO during first stages of
lightning / thunderstorm = get down any way you can
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:13 AM, MichaelH mhech...@gmail.com wrote:
This conversation reminds me of
Growing up in Chicago, it was just a cool light show. Living in Colorado
and driving home in some of the storms, I was amazed several times when
lightning landed in fields next to the highway.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:57 PM, kent broken.cy...@gmail.com wrote:
The 'average' chance of being
Oh please, I think most perfectly rational people ride right through
thunderstorms rather than cowering in a ditch as soon as they hear
thunderI mean really, what are the chances of being struck?
Perhaps it depends on where you ride. I have been caught in
thunderstorms here in the Upper
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:26 AM, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote:
Perhaps it depends on where you ride. I have been caught in
thunderstorms here in the Upper Midwest where riding through was not
an option, even if I was not concerned about the lightning. The high
winds, blinding
there was a lightning strike death story on the front page of my
comcast email today.
On Jun 8, 12:57 pm, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote:
If you are caught in a thunderstorm, then, what are you supposed to
do? What if there is no shelter nearby (because you're in the middle
of
Sad. It is not something that you want to get all paranoid about, but
it happens. It is good to be careful.
I do not like riding in the heat so much, so I usually do my long
tours in the fall where thunderstorms are far less common. Of course,
in the fall you sometimes get those slow moving
John, on any given garden-variety thunderstorm, the chances of being
struck are extremely low. (This not true for vigorous storms, that can
produce amazing and terrifying amounts of lightning strikes, along
with other dangers that Joel described.) But to get struck by
lightning has devastating
Oh please, I think most perfectly rational people ride right through
thunderstorms rather than cowering in a ditch as soon as they hear
thunderI mean really, what are the chances of being struck?
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The 'average' chance of being struck is indeed very low, but certain
actions and choices make a great deal of difference to your
'individual' chances. When you're riding through the vanguard of a
thunderstorm your odds (surprise!) become MUCH better (worse) than 'a
million to one.' I don't know
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