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This is why you don't stand under a tree during a thunderstorm.

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Mumbles : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Mumbles

33 votes NegativePositive

512 days 9 hours ago...

I probably would have shit myself

greyfox : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

greyfox

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512 days 9 hours ago...

at least u wouldnt be shitting lightning bolts like the guy under the tree

mattytheory : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

mattytheory

71 votes NegativePositive

512 days 8 hours ago...

i did shit myself. crap, im still at work too. this is awkward..

Cramin46 : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

Cramin46

0 votes NegativePositive

512 days 7 hours ago...

lol to close for comfort that one was cool though

Agent009 : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

Agent009

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512 days 4 hours ago...

It would be bad to stand under a tree during a thunderstorm. Lightning is more likely to hit something tall than anything else. In fact, if you are near a bunch of trees and a lake/water, then you are safer in the water. It's a common misconception that water acts as an electrical conducter when it is actually impurities in the water that are conductive, not the water itself.

EckJerome : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

EckJerome

17 votes NegativePositive

512 days 1 hour ago...

^^^ Not quite true there, Agent009.

Relatively speaking, water is a poor conductor but the impurities do not have crap to do with it with making it much more conductive. You're simply regurgitating an urban legend...any added conductivity is marginal at best. The deal with water, electricity, and human beings is that your skin is a much worse conductor than water is. Meaning if you get wet, or are standing in water, you have just increased the conductivity of your own self by many thousands of times. But, yeah, compared to copper, gold, and many other metals, water totally sucks as a conductor. Lighting that strikes a body of water does not travel very far through the water.

That said, it may be relatively safer to stand in a lake than next to a tall tree...but the fact of the matter is you're not very smart to do either. You are also relatively safe in a grove of trees of similar height.

fagbag : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

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511 days 23 hours ago...

lightning only happens when the static shock reaches the earth, too bad u wouldnt be able to see it cause usually when it happens u blink

Überfuckerwit : LVL 65: VP 5: said:

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511 days 19 hours ago...

I know this is out of the subject, but NICE NEW LAYOUT!

midnight banana : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

midnight banana

27 votes NegativePositive

511 days 19 hours ago...

Almost looks like a Christmas tree!!

hgames : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

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511 days 19 hours ago...

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Spartan0021 : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Spartan0021

-1 votes NegativePositive

511 days 18 hours ago...

This why you don't record lightning strikes outside and get scared shitless

entertainme : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

entertainme

-1 votes NegativePositive

511 days 18 hours ago...

Actually as far as water goes, and if you don't believe me try it, you can use a plastic tray of water with conductors in each end but not touching each other in series with a light bulb plugged into the wall. The water acts as the switch so to speak. The light will not light up, but as soon as you put salt in the water it will light up quickly. The water turns into an ionic solution that now will conduct very well. Different things will make the water different levels of conductivity, even dish soap. I'd post a vid of it to show you but I'm not that motivated.
He should have run up to the tree after and caught the cinders on camera.

sakukodo : LVL 8: VP 1.7: said:

sakukodo

0 votes NegativePositive

511 days 18 hours ago...

Jeez I'm surprised the tree didn't catch because fire can get up to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit but you are pretty brave to be filming this since the storm was right there

tman : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

tman

-2 votes NegativePositive

511 days 17 hours ago...

He's lucky he aint dead.

Big_D : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Big_D

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511 days 17 hours ago...

F*CKIN AWESOME

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