RE: Attracting Lightning

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Original poster: "Dave Halliday by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dh-at-synthstuff-dot-com>

I would love to visit here:
http://www.lightningfield-dot-org/

Only issue is that they do not allow photography...
Small minded of them...



 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 8:33 PM
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Attracting Lightning
 >
 >
 > Original poster: "Jim Mora by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jmora-at-jetlink-dot-net>
 >
 > Hello All,
 >
 > One could always fly a kite with piano wire as our esteemed
 > U.S. inventor did.
 >
 > I had bolt lightning strike within four feet of me during a
 > tornado in the Midwest while turning a corner in the car. It
 > blasted a power pole, fireballed along a guard rail, and
 > finally grounded into railroad tracks. Stuns one a bit:)
 >
 > Making small strokes is exhilarating. Firing rockets beats a
 > kite I suppose, but I still love watching such storms from a
 > hopefully a safe vantage point.
 >
 >   Lightning is awesome.
 >
 > Golfing, fishing in aluminum boats, and seeking refuge under
 > large trees on a hilltop purportedly works well too:)
 >
 > Play Safe,
 > Jim Mora
 > Ojai, Ca
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 6:55 PM
 > Subject: Re: Attracting Lightning
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "kayaker by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <kayaker-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>  >  > Hello
 > All;  >  > NASA still uses the method in Florida. Be safe.  >
 >  > Doug  >  >  > ----- Original Message -----  > From: "Tesla
 > list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>  > Sent:
 > Friday, June 20, 2003 10:45 AM  > Subject: Re: Attracting
 > Lightning  >  >  >  > Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of
 > Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"  > <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>  >  >
 >  >  > Tesla list wrote:  >  >  >  >  >  > Original poster:
 > "Goku Goku by way of Terry Fritz  > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"  >
 >  > <goku1415-at-hotmail-dot-com>  >  >  >  >  >  > Hi,  >  >  >  >
 > >  > I was wondering if anyone knew of Tesla's thoughts
 > regarding the use of  >  >  > natural lightning. Is it
 > possible to "attract" a bolt of lightning to a  >  >  >
 > desired point?  >  >  >  >  >  > Leon  >  >  >  > Yes.
 > During the early 1940's lightning researchers at Westinghouse
 >  >  > used rocket-launched wires to "attract" lightning
 > strikes in order to  >  > measure details of the discharge
 > currents.  One of my professors at  >  > Caltech was part of
 > this group and reported an amusing (at least to  >  > some)
 > incident when one of the rockets went off more or less  >  >
 > horizontally and the attached wires shorted out a bit
 > interstate power  >  > line.  >  >  >  > More recently there
 > have been reports of using laser-ionization trails  >  > in
 > air for a similar purpose.  Although I've seen mention of
 > this in the  >  > popular press (Scientific American) I've
 > never read a peer-reviewed  >  > paper verifying this so it
 > may just be anecdotal.  >  >  >  > Ed  >  >  >  >  >  >
 >
 >
 >