[Boatanchors] Testing a ground connection / lightning

[mikea]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:56:37PM +0000, Barry H wrote:

[snip tale of lightning strike killing lots'o'stuff]

> Among other things, ol' Ben Franklin really had guts. Not only should you
> not fly a kite in a storm -- but be sure to keep your keys in your pocket.
> ;-)

Shortly after Ben published, someone else tried it and got fried. 

Ben was gutsy and damn lucky. 

So were you, as bad as the damage was. _Quite_ a story. The most
I ever had was a switch welded closed on our electric stove. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin