Oh! This is cool! I found out what was up w/ Desmond making that lightning rod out of the golf club.
'k....so...
Remember when Hurley was going back to the beach and he ran into Desmond and was like, "DUDE! You're nekkid, get some clothes!" and he asked where Locke was. Desmond said, "Gone to rescue your friend brutha." And Hurley was all "What?" And Desmond was like, "Oh, nevermind." (Locke NEVER TOLD Desmond that he and Charlie were going to rescue their friends!)
Theeeeeeeen...when Locke and Charlie came back to the beach and Locke was all, "Our friends have been captured by the Others! We must go rescue them! Onward ho!" and whatnot. So then Hurley looks all weird at Desmond down by the water...
Desmond can see the future!!!...or has been to the future already and that's why he was nekkid (think Quantum Leap). That's why he did the thing w/ the golfclub. He knew that lightning was going to strike Claire's shelter. Remember when he asked her if he could fix her roof?
Ha! I figured out something about LOST finally! WOOT! **does happy dance**
Feel free to congratulate me and sing my praises.
~luv, jojo