Virga, rain, cloudsuck - how close do you get?
At 11:09 09 September 2020, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 5:36:24 AM UTC+1, Mike Reid
wrote:
If you avoid flying in cloud or the rain directly under a thundercloud,
the chances of a lightning strike are small.
Mike
If you talk to Ken Sorenson, I think he might disagree. You can
dig up his report about getting hit at a USA Standard Class Nationals
in Moriarty a number of years ago. IIRC, he was well underneath
and in front of a cloud (in the clear) that didn't even have rain yet.
RO
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