Lightning will always strike any elevated ground feature, and especially if it is slender and/or pointed. The elevation goes along with the reduction of distance (electric potential) from the ground to a charged cloud. Slender verticals and pointed ends greatly increase the intensity of the electric field. This is the whole principle of a lightning rod.
Even something modestly tall. There have been cases where people walking across open golf courses have been struck by lightning, as they create a local intensity of the Earth's electric field. (No point in trying to run across open spaces. The speed of electricity makes it as though you were standing still.)
It's a terrible temptation. "I think I can make it from this tree to the clubhouse before lightning can strike me." How many people would think that way? Too many.
Lightning will always strike any elevated ground feature, and especially if it is slender and/or pointed. The elevation goes along with the reduction of distance (electric potential) from the ground to a charged cloud. Slender verticals and pointed ends greatly increase the intensity of the electric field. This is the whole principle of a lightning rod.
Oh okay. Anything tall. All right.
Even something modestly tall. There have been cases where people walking across open golf courses have been struck by lightning, as they create a local intensity of the Earth's electric field. (No point in trying to run across open spaces. The speed of electricity makes it as though you were standing still.)
You cannot outrun lightnings. Howls.
It's a terrible temptation. "I think I can make it from this tree to the clubhouse before lightning can strike me." How many people would think that way? Too many.