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Re: [TowerTalk] lightning & trees

To: kd4e@verizon.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] lightning & trees
From: Gary Schafer <garyschafer@comcast.net>
Reply-to: garyschafer@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:38:37 -0500
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No. Doesn't make a bit of difference.

73
Gary  K4FMX

doc wrote:
> I have been told that pines are often attractive because of the
> sap down the middle, might there be a similar conductive stream
> of moisture in the tulip poplar?
> 
> doc
> 
> Jim Jarvis wrote:
> 
>>It was written: 
>>
>>Tulip Poplars are Very prone to Lightning hits. I have quite  few on my
>>place that show evidence of hits above 40-50 ft.  A Tulip Poplar that has
>>been hit will show a "Y" or a "Zag" where the top was when it was hit.
>>
>>and I wonder:
>>
>>Why would one species of tree be more likely to be hit by lightning 
>>than another?   Unless perhaps there is a stand of one species in a
>>higher location than other trees?
>>
>>n2ea
>>jimjarvis@ieee.org 
> 
> 
> 



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