An interesting aside to this:  a recent storm left a lightning strike injury
on a sidewalk near my apartment:  a pit four inches across and six deep
with molten concrete splashed around in all directions.  Pretty amazing.

Mike H.

On 6/26/06, David VanHorn <dvanhorn@microbrix.com> wrote:
> On 6/26/06, Mike Hord <mike.hord@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps cell phone users are more likely to be hit by lightning
> > because they search out open areas for better reception?
>
>
> According to Martin Uman, an actual specialist in lightning, lightning is
> blind past about 25' as it builds it's discharge.  Leaders come up from many
> points on the ground, and when they connect, the discharge happens.
>
> Tires on a car, cellphones in your hand, change in your pocket, all
> irrelevant.
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