Re: beanstalks (was Re: Metallic hydrogen ...)
From: Richard Henry (rphenry_at_home.com)
Date: 06/15/04
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:27:08 -0700
<jmfbahciv@aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <cjameshuff-55720E.18280214062004@news04.east.earthlink.net>,
> Christopher James Huff <cjameshuff@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >In article <40cd7e9a$0$3015$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv@aol.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I thought I had :-(. I did read it three times. Thanks for the
> >> correction. I was thinking of all the momentary power fluctuations
> >> that happen when Thor gets testy.
> >
> >Those are from plain old electrical pulses applied directly to
> >conductors, not EMP.
>
> IOW, I can assume that lightning hit the grid somewhere every time
> I see a flicker or blackout?
You can "hear" lightning by tuning an AM radio to a frequency where there is
no strong station.
> 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.
Wet, sap-filled trees are better conductors that air.
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