Re: beanstalks (was Re: Metallic hydrogen ...)
From: Eric Gisin (ericgisin_at_graffiti.net)
Date: 06/15/04
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:00:05 -0700
"Richard Henry" <rphenry@home.com> wrote in message
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> > Trees get hit and are made of wood. I never saw wood conduct well.
> > Yet I would never go under a tree to hide from a thunder storm.
>
Stick a couple green twigs into your 120V outlet and tell us how it feels.
> Wet, sap-filled trees are better conductors that air.
>
All living trees are wet under the bark. A neigbour fell a tree on the 14KV
line and it started burning.
Lightning sees everything but good insulators as a conductor.
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