Dupe

http://www.videosift.com/video/Lightning-Strike-Victim

*discard

It's no problem. The search is a little wierd sometimes and these things don't always come up. Happens to everyone here.

In reply to this comment by potatolover:
Sorry about the dupe. Wouldn't have posted if the other would have come up. I'll be more careful with future submissions.


In reply to this comment by Lurch:
It's a dupe, but the original is down for copyright claims:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Lightning-Strike-Victim

It's a dupe, but the original is down for copyright claims:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Lightning-Strike-Victim

^what charliem was referring to were the two phases, and he did correctly describe their function
1. arcing phase (high voltage arcs the airgap between clothes and skin, establishing a current path)
2. loading phase (drop in voltage, delivers current to paralyze muscles)

it was on mythbusters, and it operates on the same principle as a lightning strike (http://www.videosift.com/video/Slow-Motion-Lightning-1)

Another plane and lightning clip here:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Lightning-Strikes-Plane-About-to-Land

>> ^spoco2:
You do all know that aeroplanes are designed to easily take lightning strikes? Because of their metal bodies, the lighting just runs around the outside on its way to ground.
By way of further explanation:

A handful of jets have been blown up by lightning, including a Pan American flight in 1963 that killed 83 people. But scientists have since figured out how to mostly harness Nature's fury. In the early 1980s, NASA (whose shuttle launch pad was struck by lightning the other day) flew a jet into a thunderstorm at 38,000 feet. It was hit 72 times in 45 minutes, and much was learned. Commerical planes are still hit about once a year, by some estimates. A strike typically starts at a wingtip, nose or tail and courses through the skin, which is often made of aluminum—a good conductor. The plane's lights might flicker, but most of the energy just heads back into the sky if there are no gaps in the skin. Modern jets often employ advanced composite materials, which are not so conductive, so metal has to be added to the composites to carry the lightning.

You do all know that aeroplanes are designed to easily take lightning strikes? Because of their metal bodies, the lighting just runs around the outside on its way to ground.

By way of further explanation:

A handful of jets have been blown up by lightning, including a Pan American flight in 1963 that killed 83 people. But scientists have since figured out how to mostly harness Nature's fury. In the early 1980s, NASA (whose shuttle launch pad was struck by lightning the other day) flew a jet into a thunderstorm at 38,000 feet. It was hit 72 times in 45 minutes, and much was learned. Commerical planes are still hit about once a year, by some estimates. A strike typically starts at a wingtip, nose or tail and courses through the skin, which is often made of aluminum—a good conductor. The plane's lights might flicker, but most of the energy just heads back into the sky if there are no gaps in the skin. Modern jets often employ advanced composite materials, which are not so conductive, so metal has to be added to the composites to carry the lightning.

i saw something about it on the wikipedia page, so i imagine a conductive trail is under research. it makes sense to me that a salty trail of chemicals would be a decent path to ground, just like we're all pretty conductive on the inside.

>> ^deathcow:
u sure about the chemical trail? I have seen this done with thin metal grounded wires ... these rockets are typically launched by blowing into a tube by the way, and having air pressure flip a switch

i saw something about it on the wikipedia page, so i imagine a conductive trail is under research. as a bio-engineer it makes sense to me that a salty trail of chemicals would be a good path to ground, just like we're pretty conductive on the inside.

In reply to this comment by deathcow:
u sure about the chemical trail? I have seen this done with thin metal grounded wires ... these rockets are typically launched by blowing into a tube by the way, and having air pressure flip a switch

Incredibleblebleble!

There is a sense of understanding and recognition when watching this, like we have seen it but not assimilated it consciously when experiencing a lightning strike. ROCKIN!! awesome!!

that's amazing... the little "sparks" make their way toward the ground, and the first one that touches gets the lightning strike. the lattice is almost like a snowflake; it's so erratic. great image

I thought I had left a comment when this video was still queued, but I guess it never went through.

I had mentioned that electricity has to go out in order to go in. So it would have cooked all his organs between entry and exit, as well as fried the camera.

As far as the TIRES go (yes, THAT is how it it spelled, you weird foreigners!) they do not automatically provide insulation just because they are made out of rubber. Yes, they insulate greatly against it, but they will still conduct if the voltage is high enough. Being that lightning strikes with about one gigavolt and 1.21 jigawatts, it's more than enough to fry just about anything.

>> ^NordlichReiter:
BTW I don't think a lightning strike will let you survive, it is rare and this video is a troll(Fake).


My grandfather was struck by lightning as a kid. He was knocked out for a while but no significant injuries.

I would have to say fake on this. Although video footage would easily survive a lightning strike. Lightning does not have a particularly strong magnetism (its a spark.. not a coil of wire), how ever the suddenly over charged flying head would def have made the tape it was touching.."colorful". Yet here we see it cuts off "cleanly" at the lightning strike.

BTW I don't think a lightning strike will let you survive, it is rare and this video is a troll(Fake).

There are actually quite a few examples of people surviving direct or close lightning strikes. They're not all equally powerful.

As long as the current doesn't pass across your heart--or if it does, there's someone nearby who can do chest compressions until the EMT's arrive--you have a decent chance of survival.