Advanced Priority wrote in message ...
Jim Black wrote:


Somehow I doubt it's the brevity that makes static electricity
harmless.

Who said static electricity is harmless? Lightning is static
electricity, but I don't see many people standing outside in a thunderstorm.

Oops ... but you know what I meant -- static electricity at around
2000 - 4000 volts, as was being discussed. Practically everything is
lethal if you get enough of it.