Originally Posted by Chris L
February 2004. 135km/h winds, 10 inches of rain + lightning. I rode home from work without a seconds' hesistation. Then I got up and rode again to another appointment that I had, again, with no hesistation. I'm still waiting for someone to satisfactorily explain to me just what all the fuss is about.
sounds like a wild ride. you seem to be rephrasing the topic as one of general courageousness or bravery, however; we were talking specifically about the risk of lightning strikes. i would imagine that heavy rain and/or strong winds may play a role in redistributing excess surface charge, and actually reduce occurrence of cloud-to-ground lightning. but i will leave that for a meteorologist to confirm or contradict.