Gary Schafer wrote in
:


Larry, I really don't believe you are that dumb to hold on to a tower
in the middle of a lightning storm. I do see that you are a great
story teller though. However please remember that there are a lot of
folks that read this group that may not be too technically savvy and
may not be able to tell the difference.

Regards
Gary


Not dumb at all. Under my feet were 36 pile-driven ground rods connected
with bridge cables to the tower in a ring about 100' in diameter, "driven
to refusal", in other words, bed rock.

The several megohms of body resistance is no path at all when in parallel
with a few MICROOHMS to such a ground system. With currents high enough to
heat the tower beyond what my hand could tolerate, there is no shock, at
all.

It was a most amazing afternoon.....(c;

Larry