Can lightning cause alzheimer's?
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Alzheimers is a gradual (usually over several years) deterioration of brain function. It appears to have some genetic component. From what we understand, which isn't as much as we would like, lightning or electric current in the vicinity of us is not a factor. The distribution of Alzheimers is not related to the distribution of electrical storms e.g. mountain ranges have more storms but no more Alzheimers. \n\nA direct hit by lightning could affect brain function in a survivor, but would not be classified as Alzheimers. So the answer is "No".
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Deja vu is a normal experience that everybody gets. However frequent and intense Deja vu can occasionally be part of an Epileptic seizure from the Temporal lobe - but dont worry, everybody gets Deja vu.\n\nIt is not a feature of Alzheimers.
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yes every thing i touch schocks me  \n\nWe usually only notice static electricity in the winter when the air is very dry. During the summer, the air is more humid. The water in the air helps electrons move off you more quickly, so you can not build up as big a charge.
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Thunder / lightning is caused when a cold front and a warm front come together.  More info on lightning can be found here:\nhttp://www.insuremyhouse.com/lightning.html
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It is just a thought and I don't know where you live but when winter hits, it causes the air to have less moisture in it. Consequently, the less humid air causes more static electricity. Walking on carpets with shoes that have rubber soles makes it happen some how. The electricity comes from the friction between your boots and the carpet. It won't hurt you and it won't cause you to get struck by lightening.
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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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280,000,000 to one\nACCORDING TO 'STORM DATA'... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUBLICATION... AN AVERAGE OF 87 LIGHTNING FATALITIES OCCURRED PER YEAR FROM 1959-1995. DUE TO UNDERREPORTING... THE FIGURES ARE MORE REALISTICALLY ABOUT 100-120 DEATHS PER YEAR. ONLY ABOUT 10% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUCK ARE KILLED... LEAVING 90% WITH VARIOUS DEGREES OF DISABILITY.\nMy husband was struck in Nevada several years ago and only sustained burns.
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According to one teen in London, definately no.\n\n"==\nIn the British Medical Journal, they highlight the case of a teenager left with severe injuries after being struck by lightning when talking on her phone.\n\nThe metal in the phone directs the current into the body, they say.\n\nA 15-year-old girl was struck by lightning while talking on her phone in a large park in London during stormy weather. \n\n...\n\nWhen a person is hit by lightning, the high resistance of human skin causes the lightning charge to flows over the body - often known as an 'external flashover'.\n\nBut some of the current can flow through the body. The more that flows through, the more internal damage it causes.\n\nConductive materials in direct contact with the skin such as liquid or metal objects increases the risk that the current will flow through the body and therefore cause internal injury. \n=="\n\nSo, best thing to do when your in a thunderstorm is to hold off calling your friends to tell them. Well, that and get inside.
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There is a great article to read on this, from How Stuff Works.  Its under "How Lightning Works", but it talks about both lightning and thunder.  My students got a lot out of it.
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very, i lost everything in my computer once because of lightning. if you're sure to unplug your computer whenever theres a storm coming, you should be alright
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Lightning is electricity. When the clouds build up too much electrons and the voltage between the cloud and the ground is great enough to cause air to break down and conduct, you get lighting. Its like a spark.
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I had a close encounter many years ago, when I was a boy scout and having field camp in school. It happen to be a thunderstorm and I was walking in an open field with an unbrella when I felt my hairs standing on end. Next thing I knew, lightning struck a metal fence some 15 feet away. I was shocked by this, but felt nothing and continued my way to the nearest shelter!\nSo the next time I feel a build up of static electricity around me, I am going to run into the nearest building I can find. Especially on a rainy day.
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Lightning during a snowstorm.
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I would say yes for two reasons........ The lightning can run in on the phone line. Secondly, it could run in through your electricity.  Either way, it's best just to stay off the computer, phone, etc during lightning.........
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I don't have it, but strobe lights can affect people in different ways; I find they can induce migraine in me; I believe the "flicker rate" of things such as windscreen wipers on cars and peripheral markers on motorways are all constructed and placed to avoid critical frequencies.
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Lighting is static electricity of charged particles in our atmosphere. The difference in the charges causes lightning. It is not often (If ever) for ground to cloud strikes over water. Water is a grounding source, since water is highly conductive (Salt water like oceans more so than fresh water like lakes and ponds.)and it is electrically, and physically grounded, the electrical energy is both grounded, and dissipated by the large volume of conduction.
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Hello,\nLightening is caused due to the build up of electrons in the upper layers of the clouds during a storm. These electrons are attracted towards the positive potential of the earth, but the air gives a stiff resistance and does not allow the electricity to pass through. But when a huge potential has been accumulated, the electricity forces its way through the air molecules. This causes a lot of friction and hence releases heat energy. A tremendous amount of heat energy. This causes the air molecules to vibrate and this produces the cracking sound known as thunder. Thunder rattles the windows if it is loud enough. Sound is just the air particles vibrating and when the vibrating air molecules hit the window, they cause it to rattle. Lightning usually strikes the highest point and the most positively charged area. This is becuz lightning looks for the easiest way out of air. A high place means it has to travel less distance...