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westom westom is offline
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Default Lightning protection (again), water and swimmers

On Jul 8, 6:18*am, NT wrote:
A strike in water is almost bound to be fatal, the voltage developed
across the water will be high.


More likely a popular myth. In one situation, lightning struck
water containing scuba divers. Those who were touching the bottom
were shocked. Those floating freely in water apparently did not know
lightning struck. Makes sense once one learns the underlying
principles.