nescivi wrote: > On Monday 22 June 2009 20:44:05 TheOther wrote: >> david wrote: >>> Not much protects against lightning. Even unplugging from the mains >>> might not - lightning is powerful enough to jump across insulator gaps. >> Very true, David. I don't know of *anything* that will stop lightning >> directly. > > The opposite works though. Tesla was allegedly quite succesfull at attracting > strange weather conditions around his lab, with all his magnets. > > But yeah, unplugging the laptop as the thunderstorm was closing in might have > helped. > > Also, as far as I know, high buildings usually have thunder-antenna's (? not > sure of the English word; though I just read that Benjamin Franklin invented > them) which are supposed to catch lightning for you and bring it to ground, so > that lower (parts of the) buildings in the surroundings are not as likely to > get caught. Lightning rods. I think they not attracted and channeled lighting bolts, they also helped leak charges from the athmosphere to the ground before they became strong enough to generate a bolt. Probably Wikipedia has a useful article on the subject. -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
