Woman shoots lightning out her ass

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by _Opi_

That is so strange.

I learned in highschool geography that when you "feel" you're about to be struck by lightening to stand on one foot, and the other foot raised. If you're standing with both feet on the ground, the lightening will pass through you, and the travel up the other leg and kill you. If you stand on one foot, however, it's grounded on the floor? or something like that.

Questionable.

Lightening, like any electricity, is going to find the easiest path to ground. I don't think it makes much difference whether one foot or two are on the ground -- if the the lightening stikes one part of your body and exits either foot to ground, it ain't a good thing.

[_Opi_]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Questionable.

Lightening, like any electricity, is going to find the easiest path to ground. I don't think it makes much difference whether one foot or two are on the ground -- if the the lightening stikes one part of your body and exits either foot to ground, it ain't a good thing.

I don't know how much of it is true, but I did remember that my teacher made us a watch a program on it. I think the premise was that when the lightening hits you, it travels through your body, channels out of one leg, goes up the other and may lead to serious brain damage/death. I personally would not test out this theory but hey lol

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by _Opi_

I don't know how much of it is true, but I did remember that my teacher made us a watch a program on it. I think the premise was that when the lightening hits you, it travels through your body, channels out of one leg, goes up the other and may lead to serious brain damage/death. I personally would not test out this theory but hey lol

Actually the reason why it was suggested is probably the same reason Delt gave - the lightning will 'ground' no matter what, so lifting one leg gives it only one grounding location to exit. If you keep both legs down, it will escape from both grounding locations - this allows it to travel across the chest/heart, and possibly the brain, all of which . . . don't play well with current, to say the least.

[RU OX Alum]

i heard a car was the safest place to be because it was metal the shape of the car channeled it away from you, around you and into the tires which are then burnt b/c they're insulators.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

i heard a car was the safest place to be because it was metal the shape of the car channeled it away from you, around you and into the tires which are then burnt b/c they're insulators.

Actually, I think the main reason a car is reasonably safe is that the tires are insulators which makes it highly unlikely that the car will be struck in the first place because there is no path to ground -- unless as mentioned above, the car is touching something else that is grounded.

I'm not sure why the shape would have anything to do with it.

[adpiucf]

Holy cow. You just can't make this stuff up.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Actually, I think the main reason a car is reasonably safe is that the tires are insulators which makes it highly unlikely that the car will be struck in the first place because there is no path to ground -- unless as mentioned above, the car is touching something else that is grounded.

I'm not sure why the shape would have anything to do with it.

I think it was bill nye science guy video or something, but the lightning travels whatever it struck, and...actully, I remember now. In the middle of a metal cage suspended by plastic is the safest place during lightning, because there won't be any left. (electricity) the car works like afunnel or rain drain and carries the charge away from the center of cage/car

[RU OX Alum]

is it bad that when i see this thread the electric boogie starts playing in my head?


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