Yeah the GF lightning strike is IMPOSSIBLE. I have done a fair few lightning strike calculations in my time and it just is NOT a natural lightning strike.
Hard to say. The trees may have been particularly dry or not close enough - they need to be no further than their height away. Or maybe he was very very unlucky and it was purely singular vertical bolt so the trees didn't get in the way. Strictly speaking lightning doesn't divert its path to more favorable conductors, its just that with taller structures all around if it comes down with some angle to it, it will hit the taller objects first.
He might have been killed just by the ground "potential gradient". This it what kills cattle, lightning hits the ground nearby and the voltage on the ground where one foot touches is different than where the other foot touches so some current goes through the body and stops the heart.
Another thing that happens, why I mention dry trees, is that charge also "comes up" from the ground to meet the energy coming down and he might have been the more favorable path for that energy coming up, and touching the truck would also factor into that. The injury to his neck might have been him flashing over to the truck or something.
Sorry to hear about that. I suppose I ought not to have said impossible, just super unlikely for a dry brick wall to be hit.
posters on commercial construction jobs "if high voltage wire falls near you--we are instructed to place our feet together--hop away like a grasshopper--DO NOT RUN
one foot could be standing on rock beneath surface with iron the other great connection to earth
However the one time in that situation i ran like a monkey--wishing to put as much room between myself and the dragon
Excellent post-- says a 45 year electrical contractor
They now instruct to shuffle away from the live power source.... shuffle as in dont take any foot off the ground (drag/slide them across the surface keeping full contact with both feet).
I remember the older method was to hop. Actually If you are in a vehicle you should hop out landing on both feet...then do the shuffle away.
But yes, easier said than done lol. Try and remember that no one can outrun electricity.
Heres the current saftey regs:
Shuffle away from downed lines using small steps:
When moving away from a downed power line, shuffle with your feet close together and on the ground. When a live wire touches the ground, electricity travels through the ground in all directions. Voltage decreases as distance from the wire touching the ground increases. If you run or take large steps, you could conduct electricity from one leg at one voltage to another leg at another voltage, which increases the potential for severe injury or even death. Shuffling is the safest method for moving away from the downed power line.
If you must exit any equipment (vehicle)...try to jump completely clear, making sure that you do not touch the equipment and the ground at the same time. Land with both feet together and shuffle away in small steps to minimize the path of electric current and avoid electrical shock. Be careful to maintain your balance.
Yeah the GF lightning strike is IMPOSSIBLE. I have done a fair few lightning strike calculations in my time and it just is NOT a natural lightning strike.
Hard to say. The trees may have been particularly dry or not close enough - they need to be no further than their height away. Or maybe he was very very unlucky and it was purely singular vertical bolt so the trees didn't get in the way. Strictly speaking lightning doesn't divert its path to more favorable conductors, its just that with taller structures all around if it comes down with some angle to it, it will hit the taller objects first.
He might have been killed just by the ground "potential gradient". This it what kills cattle, lightning hits the ground nearby and the voltage on the ground where one foot touches is different than where the other foot touches so some current goes through the body and stops the heart.
Another thing that happens, why I mention dry trees, is that charge also "comes up" from the ground to meet the energy coming down and he might have been the more favorable path for that energy coming up, and touching the truck would also factor into that. The injury to his neck might have been him flashing over to the truck or something.
Sorry to hear about that. I suppose I ought not to have said impossible, just super unlikely for a dry brick wall to be hit.
posters on commercial construction jobs "if high voltage wire falls near you--we are instructed to place our feet together--hop away like a grasshopper--DO NOT RUN
one foot could be standing on rock beneath surface with iron the other great connection to earth
However the one time in that situation i ran like a monkey--wishing to put as much room between myself and the dragon
Excellent post-- says a 45 year electrical contractor
Interesting! Never heard of this.
The safety training for that has been changed.
They now instruct to shuffle away from the live power source.... shuffle as in dont take any foot off the ground (drag/slide them across the surface keeping full contact with both feet).
I remember the older method was to hop. Actually If you are in a vehicle you should hop out landing on both feet...then do the shuffle away.
But yes, easier said than done lol. Try and remember that no one can outrun electricity.
Heres the current saftey regs: