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And I'd love to know the entire, true story behind that tree at Point Reyes. OM, wassup?

Well there ya go! If one path to ground includes steel, and an identical one does not, which would you bet on? What the heck was Lisa doing with the bucket anyway?

"I understand that, but why would the presence of steel in the tree attract lightning. Sounds a bit like an old wives tale to me." Perhaps so, but that tale was accepted by authors of the USDA Risk guide, and those guys are not quick to repeat myths. Re old wives tales, we had a similar...

Good question! It's just a guess based on steel being an excellent conductor of electricity. Put this way: It can't make trees LESS susceptible, so it shouldn't be in there without a good reason. MB, it's hard to tell sometimes if trees Really need cabling; who knows how the wind will...

And Indianapolis; a big bur oak there has ~10 cables, but no bad forks. Also no lightning protection--all that steel's just gotta increase chances of a strike. re significant target or it wouldn't have been cabled in the first place, don't be too sure. The one in Indy is in a seldom-visited...

Nick, ime they usually snap because they were installed too tight. The US champ white oak has 5 or so broken cables dangling, a sick sight. Gren, the A300 (which is not the BMP) is really clear about replacing the support before undoing anything. Without more info I tend to agree with Nick re...