Fw: Re: [Cal_Boats] Lightening strikes, noteworthy considerations, was: Re:Ground wires

--- On Wed, 4/14/10, richard beliveau <ri… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: When I lived in the St. Pete area one of the guys I worked with was on a boat coming around the corner of Tampa Bay when his boat was hit. It blew the through hulls right out of the boat and sank in 10' of water. He gave up sailing after that. Richard,I'm glad I kept the Marlon thru hull fittings that came with my boat! I used to worry about getting struck by a meteor while I was asleep in bed. Now I sleep in a cave, it's very quiet and restful, but I'm still afraid the cave will collapse during a major earthquake, and I'll be buried alive.Aaarrghh! Jerry