I was out on long Island last Friday, while it was raining.
I parked in the street and noticed a tree smoking. Upon
further observation, I could see the power line arcing ,
which was burning the tree. The rain kept it from flaming
up. I called 911, the fire dept. came out, looked at it and
said, ''we can't do anything till it falls down''. Then they
left. the tree was still smoking.

Scotty



"Maxprop" wrote in

The principle is the same for golfers--don't stand alone
in the open with a
9-iron over held aloft over your head in the thunderstorm
unless meeting
your makers is chief on your list of things to do. Stay
in the proximity of
trees, which will take the strike most likely.

Max