Lightning Strikes

mike95490
mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
Apparently there is a huge database of storm radar data, and lightning strike data, this link is about how it was correlated together in a report. I suppose, since it's paid and maintained with taxpayer $, there should be a way for us mere citizens to access this data ?

This report concerns a fatality, and apparently they write up one for each fatality.

Bear Basin Lightning Fatality of 03 July 2008:
Lightning fatality of a 16 year old riding a mountain bike in the
Wet Mountain in Custer County, Colorado
Stephen Hodanish
National Weather Service
Pueblo, Colorado
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/?n=ltg/ltg_03aug08_bearbasin.php
Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,

Comments

  • westbranch
    westbranch Solar Expert Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭✭
    Re: Lightning Strikes

    wow, conclusion is......basically there is no safe place to be ... why it hit him instead of his riding aates..??

    Eric

    ps makes me worried about riding a quad during unsettled weather that we get here regularly...
     
    KID #51B  4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
    CL#29032 FW 2126/ 2073/ 2133 175A E-Panel WBjr, 3 x 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM 
    Cotek ST1500W 24V Inverter,OmniCharge 3024,
    2 x Cisco WRT54GL i/c DD-WRT Rtr & Bridge,
    Eu3/2/1000i Gens, 1680W & E-Panel/WBjr to come, CL #647 asleep
    West Chilcotin, BC, Canada
  • niel
    niel Solar Expert Posts: 10,300 ✭✭✭✭
    Re: Lightning Strikes

    interesting stuff. i was noting the poles with wires nearby and of course seeing the signs which are all grounded metal objects of equal or higher heights than the riders would've been, not to mention the wet grounds and buildings that are higher up, and yet this guy was struck. the tires would not have had insulating qualities at the time due to the tires being wet, but still would not have been a real good path to ground and not much different than all the other wet surroundings.