Kinda like what I refer to as the world’s sickest practicle joke;
How many folks do ya see holding an umbrella over their heads inna rainstorm / thunderstorm? Standing in a puddle or walking on wet surfaces with that thing held high.
How is it made? Generally a metal tip to keep the end ( high point when used for intended pourpose), from comming apart when juse as a cane, metal stays to keep it’s shape (like a reverse Satillite dish), when in opperating position, an nice handle made of alot of things ( most are excellent conducters), except rubber even conducts electricity when wet.
Uncle Jesse, some trees get struck over and over again. I went to school with a guy who pointed out a stunted, black walnut tree in one corner of a field near his home. He said was regularly struck by lightning. Lightning, like tornadoes, does tend to strike the same place. If the place has favorable conditions for the first occurrance, it would also be favorable for a repeat unless something changed. Some tree species, such as black walnut, are far more prone to being struck than some others. Some topographies are more likely to experience lightning or tornadoes. There is a very desireable (upscale) part of Nashville that I would avoid like the plague. It runs along the path that several twisters have visited over the years. It hasn’t seen one for 15-20 years and I suspect that most of the current residents are unaware of the history tornado tracks.
The best way to avoid a lightning strike is to not be there or be prepared for it ahead of time. A simple way to detect an oncoming storm is to carry a small radio like this one:
or any small am radio. Lightning readily disrupts the AM carrier wave of any radio regardless if there is an active transmission on that frequency. Every lightning strike will generate a crackling burst of noise on the speaker or in your ear bud on any AM frequency if the storm is close. When you hear that regular crackling popping noise get to shelter now!
