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Old 12-21-05, 03:39 PM   #11
don1reed
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Steel ships are not above electrical ground. The hulls are a part of the "circuit". Radio/communications systems are never shut down aboard ship, no matter the weather.

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I doubt that any Captian would elect to stay surfaced let alone keep a watch crew up there in a bad lightnnig storm. I know the sadistic bastard captins of this forum might
Surface ships don't have that option. Aircraft carriers...on down have deck watches, flight ops,etc., during foul wx.
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