Timeline for Is it unsafe to swim during a lightning storm?
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| Aug 15, 2018 at 4:44 | comment | added | Old_Fossil | Yes. It is not necessarily the highest object but the most conductive. Given a choice between a tree and a metal radio tower or a wet swimmer in the open. The latter are higher risks. However if submerged to a reasonable depth a direct strike energy is dissipated uniformly throughout the body of water. Fish survive thunderstorms. | |
| Jul 16, 2013 at 5:09 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSkeptic/status/357004100518428672 | ||
| Jul 5, 2013 at 16:12 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| S May 11, 2011 at 16:56 | history | suggested | Nicole | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 24, 2011 at 5:44 | answer | added | Paul | timeline score: 12 | |
| Mar 20, 2011 at 14:49 | comment | added | Joseph Weissman | I suggest a rephrase to "Is it safe to swim during a thunderstorm?" | |
| Mar 8, 2011 at 3:58 | comment | added | Nick T | The question title makes it sound like you want to actively seek out bodies of water with lightning storms overhead... | |
| Mar 8, 2011 at 0:09 | vote | accept | Graviton | ||
| Mar 7, 2011 at 20:19 | answer | added | jjj | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 7, 2011 at 14:56 | answer | added | David Hedlund | timeline score: 28 | |
| Mar 7, 2011 at 14:26 | history | asked | Graviton | CC BY-SA 2.5 |