Stupid question….lightning storms

[Rusty PW]

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[SamO.5]

"the only thing predictable about Lightning, is that it is unpredictable."

At work, we are required to go inside a building, not to stay in the work truck. They are being extra safe.
If you are in the woods, there are taller things than you around, they should get hit first, is one thing to remember, if that theory is true.

I had a friend with a Corvette (fiberglass of course), on a causeway, on his way to work in a lightning storm. It was 45 mph in the area, I imagine he was doing close to that. Lightning struck near, or on the Vette. He passed out, luckily driving off the road, and slowing down. He woke up groggy and disoriented. He remembers a flashing bright light before going out. He was out for 5 or 6 minutes, he said. Car was okay. He thought it struck in front of him, as he retold the event. That's the only story I know of a vehicle getting struck by lightning. But, you have an idea of what can happen.

 

[Rusty PW]

"the only thing predictable about Lightning, is that it is unpredictable."

At work, we are required to go inside a building, not to stay in the work truck. They are being extra safe.
If you are in the woods, there are taller things than you around, they should get hit first, is one thing to remember, if that theory is true.

I had a friend with a Corvette (fiberglass of course), on a causeway, on his way to work in a lightning storm. It was 45 mph in the area, I imagine he was doing close to that. Lightning struck near, or on the Vette. He passed out, luckily driving off the road, and slowing down. He woke up groggy and disoriented. He remembers a flashing bright light before going out. He was out for 5 or 6 minutes, he said. Car was okay. He thought it struck in front of him, as he retold the event. That's the only story I know of a vehicle getting struck by lightning. But, you have an idea of what can happen.

You don't want to be around trees. When lightning strikes a tree. It goes down and into the tree's root system. If the tree's roots go out instead of down. Those roots will be energized. If standing on those roots. You will be part of the circuit. Bunch of golfers got killed and injured a few years ago doing that.

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