On May 13, 12:50*pm, "Otto Bahn" wrote:
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http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/62824

Saturday looks like it may have some promise for a launch, Next week
is supposed to be delicious, but don't know what the weekend holds.

Go for it, Tim, you won't melt!!!

Probably not unless I get lightning struck....

?;^ 0

That would be a very bad day......

That is not an unreasonable thing to be worried about.
Learn to read the clouds and don't forget get out from under the top
and to look up.
I bet a good number of the "blue sky" lightning strikes are not really
as much "blue sky" as people think because the sun can be coming in at
an angle. making it look like a beautiful day but straight up, that
puffy cloud you see is really 20,000 feet tall. It is best to see
these coming before they sneak up on you and understand what kind of
weather pattern you are in. In South Florida that is usually going to
be "thunderstorm" almost every day from June to November ... somewhere
near you. Figure out which way the weather is moving and look to see
what you are going to get. Try to spot the little fronts that build
these tall clouds and be ready to cut your day short. I try to be tied
up at the dock, watching these things from the tiki bar before they
hit.

Don't they make surge protectors for boats?

Yes. Also lightning rods.

See http://www.marinelightning.com/ and http://www.charlesindustries.com/main/ma_surge.html