Is it true that if your in water in your house that lightning can strike you?
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It could follow metallic vent pipes (and wiring too) into the house.  But you standing in water or not is just an accident of being near the vent pipes for the shower.  You could be washing your hands just as easily or touching an electric appliance where the lightning has come down an antenna wire or such.
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When lightning strikes a pool, if you are in it - you are as likely to die as if you were struck directly.  However, this is an extraordinarily rare thing, given that lightning is attracted to highly conductive items that stand out on the terrain (pools dont qualify under those criteria).  If you are in the Ocean, you probably do not have to worry about it, since lightning does not generally strike the ocean.  Lightning prefers to strike the earth because of the negative charge.  If lightning is apearing to strike the ocean, it's either hitting a ship, hitting land, or so close to the horison that it looks like it's striking the ocean.
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It's perfectly alright to use the mobile phone during lightning, only during that duration you will hear cracking noise in your earpeice. don't worry about lightning in the sky but spread lightning smile to your caller's face through your smile!
504825
First off, how big is the lake and what do you mean explode? How bout a square mile and explode means that the water justs bursts right out. Well, electricity isn't really matter, it's a current. So any electricity you put into the lake would leave immediately. Thus, you would have to put a tremendous amount of power all at once. Frankly, I don't think you could do it, because we can't even produce as much electricity as is in a lightning bolt in one second. A lightning strike would only affect one small section of the lake. Thus it would take multiple lightning strikes right next to each other.
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It is possible but it is quite rare. Here's why.\n\nA thunderstorm depends on rapidly rising  moist warm  air to produce the effects we see. These effects are: large volumes of rain in a short period of time, strongly gusting winds, hail, and of course lightning. When conditions aren't right (surface air is too cool and dry) it is impossible for air at the surface to rise fast and high enough to create a thunderstorm cell. Basically in winter the air is not warm or moist enough to produce thunderstorm cells.\n\nFor a deeper explanation check the source site.
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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
621977
Only if you're paranoid. There's more chance of being struck by lightning than getting a virus on a mac.
404402
It is possible, yes. You will probably not get struck by lightning, especially if you do it in a city (it would be quite a site!), since there are always higher targets for lightning to strike. Soap may not be able to create foam though, there would be acid rain after all...
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No\n\nThe car shields you because the charge of the electricity resides on the surface of the metal. This is why it is dangerous to touch it.\n\nThis is the same reason you get shocked touching a 'live', bare wire.\n\nIf in that situation just hunker down, sit tight and call help on your cell...IF......you can get a signal thru the electron-screen surrounding your car. You could probably open a window a little tho.\n\nMore than likely the sunroof is made of glass and that is an insulator. So it the rubber seal between it and the metal chassis of the car on which it seals.\n\nHowever......\n\n......if the lightning is bent on being directed to something inside the car, or under the car, the car probably won't afford you much help. Lightning would burn a hole right thru it and anything in it's path. Don't know if that's ever happened, but I think it's more unlikely than likely.
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Your concept of the linesman is correct, however, being immersed in a body of water is dangerous.  Lightning carries a far greater potential than that of what the linesman faces.  True, there is no conduction of current to ground, but the copter and the line must be equalized before contact can be made.  This is because of the state of "STATIC ELECTRICITY".  Energy that is "Static" is not moving.  Nevertheless, when it comes in contact with another object, one who's energy level is at a different potential, the energy no longer remains static.  The sudden rush of current will be felt.  That's why when you cross the rug and grab the door knob you get a shock.  You have a significantly higher potential than the door knob and when you touch it there is a rush of energy trying to equalize the differences.\n\nBeing in a pool at essentially zero volts and a crack of lightning hits close by, the ground and the water in the pool will charge up before dissipating the lightning strike, possibly leaving you dead.  Wouldn't that ruin your day?\n\nDuring lightning storms stay out of the pool or the tub, do not be running the sink and stay off the phone (cordless phones do not apply in this case as there is no direct wiring to the outside world).  There have been documented cases where persons on the phone have been struck in the head by lightning, again it's due to that equalization of energy levels thing.\n\nHey, even if everyone is wrong, wanna risk your life?  You could die in a tub if someone dropped something electrical in the water.  True, your assumption is that water conducts better than the human body, but that is a wrong assumption.  Pure water is an insulator.  It's the impurity in water that makes it conduct.  Our bodies are actually much better conductors of electricity.  Don't believe me?  Ask someone like an electric shop teacher.\n\nI hesitate to give you a test to try because of the danger of electrocution, but if I were at your house I could demonstrate in a matter of seconds that what I am saying is true.  But for the sake of not causing someone to try a potentially dangerous experiment I'll not be specific.\n\nHowever, if you must know, e-mail me and we can chat.  When I am confident of your ability to conduct the test safely then I will tell you how to do this.
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No matter how great the voltage or electrical source, the current will pass through the water through the path of least resistence to find ground...\n\nNo fish will die, even if the path is through them, since they will only act as a conductor and not direct path to ground...\n\nTo test this, You and a friend should work together...  Hold hands.  Only of you acheive a static charge, like dragging your feet on the carpet, and then the other while you are holding hand hould touch a door knob (grounded object)...  Only the person touching ground will get the shock, even though the electricity passed though you both...\n\nFlying Airplanes get struck by lightening all the time, but they seldom have any electrical issues and since they are not grounded, the passengers don't feel a thing...  It's kinda scary, but it's cool too.
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Actually, there are 3 kinds of lightning strikes:  Cloud to cloud, Ground to Cloud and Cloud to ground.  So the answer to your question is yes.
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depending on the charges involved lightning can either strike from the ground to the clouds, or the clouds to the ground, or from cloud to cloud. What you were almost struck by would have been ground to cloud lightning. Not sure which is most common (likely cloud to cloud) but all three of these can occur.
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Yes! You MUST be grounded to be struck...lol or harmed by lightning. This is because if you are not grounded there is nowhere for the electrical current to move to.\n\n ... think of it as a battery. It has to have both of those metal clasps touching on the top AND the bottom for it to work. If the battery is only touching one metal clasp the battery does not work.\n\n EXCEPTION: If u ly down on the ground u have a good chance of not being hit
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I think if you put salt in water and electrisize it you can see salt react but dont trust me.
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Of course it can. Boats are often struck. That is why being on a boat on the open water is so dangerous in a lightning storm. Lightning also strikes the sea surface many times per year. \n\nThe reference contains a picture of lightning striking the ocean off the coast of Florida, and a map of lightning strikes showing many over the oceans.
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No it isn't!\n\nWhy? Lightning! One of the easiest ways for lightning to travel into your home is through your water pipes, and it will travel right to your body since water has a high conductance. Things to stay away from include phones and computers, since lightning may also travel through the lines that are outside of the house.\n\nRemember, lightning doesn't need a metal object to travel into your home, anything that is a conductor will do. For more information, check out the great page Wikipedia has set up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_conduction