# why a lead bar on an airplane

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 27, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-a-lead-bar-on-an-airplane/662052 "2013-06-27T19:52:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-a-lead-bar-on-an-airplane/662052/41 "2013-07-02T00:17:37Z")

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> [@Blakeyrat](#):
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> Hey we Seattleites handle our own affairs.

They just viewed it as an unusually heavy rain.

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