how do i explain to my classmates with right reason to convince my friends the reason if it is safe to be in a car if lightning were to strike? do you have any idea?? my classmates are around 15years for your info...
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READ PATEINTLY.. IT MAY APPEAR LONG BUT I GURANTEE YOU SATISFACTION....\n\nyes it is safe....\n\n\nBUT NOT BECAUSE OF RUBBER TYRES..... REMEMBER...\n    \n    NOT BECAUSE OF RUBBER TYRES...\n\nActually when lightening strikes earth surface the charge is in search of the shortest path (least resistance path) to reach the zero potential surface that is earth. Now a car with metallic body is a very good thing to provide that short route to the ground. Same concept as that of a "lighting rod" placed at the top of high rise buildings which attract the lightning towards it instead of the building concrete.\n\nI assume that you know that A PERSON WILL NOT FEEL ANY SHOCK UNTILL AND UNLESS THERE IS FLOW OF CURRENT THROUGH HIS BODY PARTS...\n\nWhen light strikes on the car top, it will get dispersed in all directions and flow through the frame to the wheel frames and then jump from there to the road through the wet tyres. This short jump (of around 8 cm height), in any case, requires less work than conducting electricity through highly non conductive air for height of about a car (120 cm).. or pass through you head and get out from your shoes...\n\nNow imagine yourself sitting in car... you are not in contact from the top... so when light strikes it has 2 options... either to jump  to your head or flow through the conducting car body... answer is obvious and it will pass through the car body...\n\nNow if my legs are touching the car floor then why not i get a shock then..? so answer again is that now when charge is at the floor it is having a zero potential surface below it and there is no point entering into your body and move unneccesarily upwards...\n\nHope you got it...
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The statement has little to actually do with lightning, especially these days.  It really applies to human nature and events.\n\nBefore the advent of tall buildings and lightning rods, it was rare for lightning to strike the same location twice; there were many likely targets.  While it could happen, it was outside the daily experience of most people, and back then, that's about all they had to work with.  \n\nThe statement came to mean any event that rarely happened twice to the same person or group; like a previous poster said, winning the lottery twice, or any other event that's rare enough the first time, and extremely unlikely the second.
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Okay, again, lots of answers, getting nowhere.\n\nFirst of all let me tell you I am the Chief Meteorologist of a local news/weather forum, just so you know I`m a credible source.\n\n\n--My answer--\nI was at a meteorological science convention with a few of my peers not too long ago.  This was one of the "tests" that came up.\nAs the last post said, it is RELATIVELY rare (only occurring in 6 out of 20 studies)......... but it did happen.  Electricity was successfully transferred from the plumbing system of the test bathroom, to the sensors inside the "man" in the shower.\n\n**Bottom Line**\nStay off the phone, stay off the computer, stay out of the tub........ just sit and enjoy mother nature, as she does her work.\n\n\nTake care...\nWeather_Wise911
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((Grandpaw  Aaron will answer this one, OK))\n\nLittle girl, In my day, we kids had to walk 12 miles through the snow, 8 feet deep, to go to school, even in da summer.  \nThere, we might find only one other person whom we thought was as smart as us. Usually, tho, we wuz taught to fear everone.\n\nToday, whatwith this Internetie thang, ya get more answers, and mabbe some smart answers at thet; but, are you better off?  \nI SAY NO, you don't know anything about me, or the other people what answers yer questions here, mabbe they make up stuff, and you'd believe it.  \n\nBetter off, if you go off and throwed yer dern cumputer into the trash, and read books.  \n\nThe world is too big, too scary for you, best to stay inside, best for you to jest cover up yer head wid yer covers, and pray its all over soon.
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As long as they are not doing any damage. I think it is very cool to watch lightening. It always amazes me at the way it goes through the sky. I could sit for hours watching a lightening storm.
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Actually 50% of all lightning fatalities occur inside the house when people talk on the telephone, take a shower or are in contact with any other conductors while lightning strikes their home.  I personally would not count on the surge protector to save my life, I would just shut down the computer, stay away from all electrical and just read a book until the storm has passed.  Remember, lightning is the number 2 weather killer in the US each year (73 deaths) just surpassed by flash floods.
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Well. \n\nHow fast does sound travel in three seconds?\n\n3x 340 m/s = 1020 m. I thought that was \na little fast, but I could be wrong.\n\nLight travels way faster than that, so you pretty\nmuch see the lightning right when it happens.\n\nSo the event occurs 1020 meters away.
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There are four ways a person can get injured from lightning: a direct strike, "splashes" (when the lightning bounces off something and strikes you), ground strikes (when lightning strikes the ground and then you conduct the electricity), and EMP waves (i don't know what this is). You have a 1 in 3000 chance of being hurt by lightning, and a surge protector lowers that odds even more. So according to the fact that chances are pretty low, I'd say it's safe to stay on the computer.
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In my opinion, ESE is a bunch of hot air.  The link below shows a few scientists/engineers that are also opposed to the idea being any more effective than the normal lightning rod.\n\nThe best lightning protection we have now is a well-placed lightning rod system connected with appropriately sized cable.  The cable should lead to a buried rod that is suffiiciently deep.
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Yes.  Today my husband and I left our home to deliver papers at 2:20 am.  We finished at 5:30 am.  On our way home, we got a flat tire.  Long story short, through a series of events, our radiator was leaking and we had to be towed to a place to get it fixed.  It is now 7:45 am.  The car wasn't fixed until 11:30 am.  I got home and go to go finally at 11:45 am.  That is over 9 hours.  \n\nBy the way, I'm a teacher.  I never have time to go the bathroom.  I'm so busy with kids, lesson plans, etc., that I guess we feel if we cannot leave class to use the restroom, you will have to use it on breaks.  I know it is hard to get from the classroom to another classroom in such a short time, go to your locker and to the restroom.  Try getting a pass for a little extra time from one of your teachers.  \n\nI just try not to think about it.  It really isn't good for you at all.  If this because a real health issue, ask your mom to have your doctor write you a note.  Teacher's have to pay attention to those.
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Interesting.  The Lord has put many in my life. Right now, I have a group of late teens, early twenties... I am preparing them for college,  by training them in Christian apologetics. This will help them defend their faith against the worldliness of college. My ex-wife... without her I may not have gotten to know the Lord and not be doing what I am doing now.  I had a wonderful class a few years ago and was able to teach science from a Christian perspective. One of the students, Sarah died last week. I believe she is in Heaven. This is rough when you see this happen to a 16 year old. But I hope I was able to make some difference in her and her families life.
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There's actually a funny saying that all my teachers have hung up in their classrooms. It says "Everyday I give special attention to one person... today is not your day..... tomorrow doesn't look good either." You don't have to say that, but I thought that is pretty funny... but in all seriousness you should approach them and be like "Listen... you all are very close to me, but there isn't enough me to go around." Then if two of your friends get into a fight you simply say... "i'm sorry... but I am NOT taking sides." Sometimes... unfortunately... you have to take a stand with your friends like that. Good luck!!!
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the lightning actually starts in the ground from static electricity...I always thought it was odd starting from ground...
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The volcano always does it for me, they are awesome, but lightning comes close behind, the sheer raw power of nature.\nNine months ago we had a strange phenomenon, it seemed that lightning came from the earth and sky at the same time, the sky exploded in a brilliant orange flash, that shook the ground, it frightened almost everyone and they rushed indoors. Unfortunately although I had anti surge protectors on my computer for both telephone and power, the computer was knocked out, and had to be repaired the next day.
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Thats because it it Internet Explorer, use Firefox and it wont happen. If lightning struck your power source there would be a lot more trouble than web pages.
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Cars are NOT built air tight\nyou'll be fine\nremember to make sure the car doors are locked, park in a well lit area ( like a rest stop)\nstay safe!
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Actually, in the great outdoors, it doesn't really matter where you are.  You may be sheltered from the rain, but lightning is always another factor.  Though the chances of you (yourself) being struck by lightning is very slim to none...you can't rule out the possibility of it striking a tree, for example, and running through the ground and hitting you that way.\n\nThey say that the best thing to do while camping and sheltering in a tent is NOT to lay down to avoid exposure to ground currents.  You also want to be away from the tallest things around you, however, you do not want to be the tallest thing around.  If you are in an exposed site (i.e.no trees)that would make your tent probably the tallest thing around you.  In which case you should abandon everything and get somewhere (such as your car) that provides better shelter.