Timeline for Is it unsafe to swim during a lightning storm?
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 9:41 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jul 11, 2013 at 11:56 | comment | added | Paul | This answer has been extensively revised. You may wish, therefore, to delete and/or repost revised comments if apropos. | |
| Jul 11, 2013 at 11:55 | history | edited | Paul | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
revised answer extensively; added multiple sources for electrical effects on body; added NWS information; credit Ted Funk for PDF
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| Jul 11, 2013 at 10:52 | history | rollback | Paul |
Rollback to Revision 2 - Roll back vanadalism by people who apparently don't read or follow SE edit policies. RTFL Read The Fine Link, the Forensic Text. It is a decent textbook source, and cites much lower currents. than the vandal-inserted 2nd paragraph.
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| S Jul 7, 2013 at 20:43 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
corrected an error they said that the current kill you , - not true
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| Feb 1, 2013 at 23:15 | comment | added | yo' | @JoeWreschnig on the other hand, water is a good conductor and therefore the energy is faster spread around and grounded, if that makes some sense (I cannot express it better I'm afraid). Lightning strikes the water more likely because the water has higher conductivity and therefore provides better grounding. As well, in a slightly hilly area, the chance of a lightning to hit the lower parts are higher: The difference in the distance in air is low, but lower places are more humid (groundwater), therefore providing a better grounding. | |
| Nov 6, 2011 at 13:18 | comment | added | user792 | I'm not buying #2. The damage would be a wider area when it strikes water because water conducts more easily than dirt, but it seems to me lightning should be striking water proportionately less than non-water if anything, because water is the lowest possible point. | |
| May 12, 2011 at 0:49 | comment | added | Mateen Ulhaq | It is not the voltage that kills you, it is the current. | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 5:49 | history | edited | Paul | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 24, 2011 at 5:44 | history | answered | Paul | CC BY-SA 2.5 |