Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Lightning danger versus no-wake zone rules

PaugusBayFireFighter · 03-18-2016, 01:58 PM

You can be 5-10 miles from a thunderstorm and get struck. In sunny skies!
If you're close enough to hear thunder, then you're close enough to be struck by lightning!
Lightning is the only thunderstorm threat that can reach outside the periphery of the storm.
Mother Nature is a mad scientist!

03-18-2016, 01:58 PM	#89
PaugusBayFireFighter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 837 Thanks: 361 Thanked 674 Times in 264 Posts	food for thought You can be 5-10 miles from a thunderstorm and get struck. In sunny skies! If you're close enough to hear thunder, then you're close enough to be struck by lightning! Lightning is the only thunderstorm threat that can reach outside the periphery of the storm. Mother Nature is a mad scientist!