Our tour of the compound and Locke 25 line is now over ! There is a lot of lightning and small hail coming down now . The temperature just dropped 25 degrees an about 15 mints !!I It was in the high 70's but it is now around 50!! When we saw the clouds gathering over us we headed back north to the plant buildings for shelter at a slow jog and just made it to dryness before the clouds dumped on us!! The key to surviving a hike in this area is to make it to the powerhouse before about 2PM . After that the weather is a crap shoot . It is easy to see why the power lines associated with this plant had so many lightning caused failures! It's about 3:30 pm as this photo was taken and we are looking out the window of the log cabin at the rain . If you want to see examples of the insulator types used on the Locke 25 line [id=147737852]. Also, here is a 1904 vintage advertising add for the famous Locke 25 [id=24421194]