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.
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.
Here is the key, if you cannot outrun a dog, you cannot outrun electricity. Howls.