09-16-2007, 11:04 PM | #1 |
I used to be Dragoneye...
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What would happen if your car was struck by lightning?
Now not many people have a complete understanding of how electricity works. I don't. What I do know, is that charged particles in storm clouds form an immense tension between the ground and themselves. But Air is an insulator...so, the electricity must form such a high tension, that the air turns to a form of plasma, which then conducts the electricity, and the bolt.
Now, anybody who has knowlege of EMP pulses, knows what a faraday cage is. It's a "shield" of sorts that protects whatever electrical divices (assuming that's what they are) are inside of it. That's enough intro...watch a Top Gear correspondant get struck by man-made lighting in his car: EDIT: damn...you'll have to watch it thru YouTube... My bad. |
09-16-2007, 11:10 PM | #2 | ||
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lightning is a static shock...of massive proportions.
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