Snow and lightning??

[freestyler105]

They don't have a path to the ground, its fine.

I thought it was that if you get hit you want to have a path to the ground so the electricity can be diverted?

 

[Computer Head]

I thought it was that if you get hit you want to have a path to the ground so the electricity can be diverted?

BINGO!!!

That is why one of the safest places to be in lightning is a car, because the tires use the ground as a "ground" (no pun intended) and gets rid of the electricity.

 

[Thelis]

That is so wrong Jervin (IMO)... The tires are rubber so they are a resistor. They don't even conduct electricity. The safest place is a car because the metal frame will absorb the lighting, and none will get into the saloon itself.

 

[Computer Head]

After doing some research, Thelis is right. The tires are a myth.

 

[freestyler105]

Yeah, that's what I thought. So if by some chance a bird got hit (pretty unlikely, but IF) it would be f*cked.

Anyway, I've been in a few storms like that before, and it's crazy. Once the sky was literally like glowing green...

 

[Thelis]

After doing some research, Thelis is right. The tires are a myth.

8th grade electricity course FTW!!!

 

[Computer Head]

8th grade electricity course FTW!!!

Sh**, I hardly remember 8th grade, and I am only 18. LOL

 

[~NeonFire372~]

We haven't had a thunderstorm here for a long time. I'm not even sure if we had one during the summer at all or not.

There's only usually 1-3 thunderstorms a year and they always occur between June and September around here..

 

[Brookfield]

ya, we are currently under blizzard conditions with thunder and lightning, and its not just one or two, its as common during this blizzard as it usually is during a thunderstorm... i think im gonna stay inside today anybody else feeling this central blizzard?

They said how bad it was around Topeka on English television.

 

[Juice1]

No blozzard here

I want a blizzard though, sounds quite fun to watch with the lightning and all.