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TWL: Re: From the experts on lightning (long)

From: Steve Wight (no email)
Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 06:44:54 EST

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    And, for your personal protection, it helps if you can sweat, and crouch on
    one foot. The sweat is a good conductor, and the current will flow outside
    your body rather than through (less resistance) although all your body hair
    is likely to be nipped off. The one-foot is in case of a nearby stroke,
    when a voltage gradient could induce a current up one leg and down the
    other, the ultimate 'buzz' . (not likely a concern with sea boots on)

    And wrapping yourself in tinfoil, or a metal boat, would create a Faraday
    pail that... well, another time :>)

    Steve
    Fales, 'Gulli'
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