How to Survive a Lightning Strike

If you get caught in the middle of a big, open field during a lightning storm, which of the following uniforms would be most likely to keep you safe? A thick wetsuit; a superman costume; a medieval coat of armor; or a birthday suit?
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[@gregry111]

I have survived many lightning strikes. My method is to always be somewhere else.

[@Tatusiek_1]

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[@gregry111]

No, it's true. Whenever there's a storm coming, I go somewhere else and I have never had a problem.

[@UberGoober69]

lolololololol

[@coffeelink943]

Your method works ;D this should be added in a school safety drill

[@gregry111]

Yes. I intend to offer a class in lightning strike prevention. I will charge one hundred and fifty dollars and will show people how to go inside when a storm approaches. I will also demonstrate what clouds look like. There's much more but I don't want to divulge everything until I'm ready.

[@zarinjanis]

To survive a lightning strike one must be hit by it first. So, your best chance of surviving a lightning is to do everything in your power to get hit by a lightning. While counter-intuitive, the right thing to do is to climb up the tree, therefore increasing the probability of being hit, therefore being that much closer to surviving a lightning strike.

[@T211K]

This whole paragraph is full of paradoxes.

[@TheLKStar]

+Tamoor Khan No, it's not. It's a funny way to say it because it purposely misses the point of the question, but it still is truthful and accurate.

[@supernachos9948]

+TheLKStar This is a masterpiece XD

[@TheThomasBerry]

+zarinjanis The title is "How to survive a lighting strike" not "How to survive a direct hit from a lighting strike" It doesn't need to hit you to be considered a lighting strike. It can still kill you if it strikes near you.

[@zarinjanis]

William Bradey Does it mean I am surviving ~100 lightning strikes a second happening around the globe? Cause I obviously am surviving them by your definition.

[@LeventDV]

1:40 he sounds like sayin " Stand upright and you are fucked. Lay down and you are fucked again. "

[@apurbamallick6633]

😂

[@valensomm]

2:06 missing critical organs? I personally think my testicles are pretty critical organs

[@caracasmihai01]

LMFAO...u made my day

[@valentinrafael9201]

Well-cooked eggs bro

[@maxmontalvo3400]

Valentin Rafael i read your comment saying"you have cooked eggs bro".and i was like WTF

[@giggitygoebbels3612]

for you attach a short metal chain to your feet

[@paulmahoney7619]

You could still survive.

[@marcusallan6834]

my teacher would take 3 lessons to say that

[@rsingh6216]

Hey are you alive my friend

[@GreatHeightsEntertainment]

What about if lightening while crossing two legs, just burn our dick

[@JS-go1bk]

Great Heights Entertainment Its not that big

[@roelienchik6887]

same

[@kurxozybeats]

Man you alive?

[@millionsteve]

I'm playing golf in a medieval suit from now on.

[@Tom81dd]

I'll need one for swimming

[@hagalathekido]

Thomas Alexander xD

[@zoltanszaszi2264]

Which is by the way a very badass way to play golf and the extra weight also makes it good cardio so it's an absolute win

[@sumitranjan1203]

😂😂😂

[@Bizorke]

This happened to me. I was outside in an insane lightning storm late at night when I was working late one day. I just wanted to walk home less than 1km away, but I had to cross a parking lot. I felt static building up within me as my hairs begun to stand on end. I got half way across the parking lot before I panicked and ran back inside my work. I stayed until past midnight for the storm to clear before I left to go home to sleep for work at 8am the next morning.

[@ajmosutra7667]

Congrats

[@Frog_Of_Shame]

Milk 🥛

[@QSBraWQ]

so you was half way at a parking lot, but decided to go back all the way? tbh the same chances

[@karikalan8830]

W

[@nathansora1]

When I saw all those dead cows, all I could think was "poor farmer"

[@symix.]

+Ooga Blooga they werent dead, their legs were shocked.

[@SweRaider1993]

Right... the farmer that exploits the cows for personal gain is the one to feel sorry for.... *sigh*...

[@rurutherussian]

+Jon 93 it's the way of human life. shut the fuck up and get back to reality.

[@SweRaider1993]

The Divine Rod Just like slavery and any number of atrocities once was... Fortunately people are coming to their senses now. Although the same can't be said of some people such as yourself that tries to justify it with logical fallacies.

[@SweRaider1993]

SoulRCraft "So what I raped her? I bought her flowers and gave her massage before doing it. So that makes it okay." And of course this is pretty much what happens to cows... They're artificially inseminated with bull semen - aka raped - to produce milk and then shot when they become useless to the industry... Giving them feed (with often poor nutrition) doesn't change that atrocity...

[@kingtunip6386]

was camping and the thunder was close to me to the point where I didn't know what was the safist course of action. I did the 3rd best thing and tried sleeping. Thanks for the vid

[@TueVlog]

So you´re saying that my penis is better off getting shocked than my heart? BLASHPHEMY!

[@Desolator635]

wp

[@fawnspots4042]

WTH

[@SpecialEDy]

Something interesting I learned from playing with Van de Graff generators. If you point your finger while being charged with ~300,000volts of electricity, the charge will quickly dissipate into the air almost as if you're grounded. If you hold a metal object like a pen or nail pointing in your outstretched arm, the charge dissipates even better. So a lightning rod works not primarily by absorbing a lightning strike, it actually discharges the static buildup from a structure making the lightning less likely to hit the building in the first place. This would lead me to believe that if I stood next to you in a field and I was wearing a suit of armor while you werent, the lightning would be more attracted to you.

[@rajat8713]

Hey

[@johonny2313]

I learned more from a yt comment than my whole science class

[@GV5]

Yeah they call it corona discharge. Sailors sometimes see it on the pointed ends of their ship, and sometimes you can even see it coming off of trees when the conditions are worse. You can find pictures on google

[@ernestt8398]

Maybe you should ask Team Rocket..

[@Crapcarp555]

But they're pokemon, so they're a lot more resilient to it.

[@trashcompactorYT]

Crapcarp555 Team Rocket is 2 people, not Pokemon...

[@NicklasTheKid]

DJCDavisDubstep Team Rocket is an organization in Pokemon. I believe you are thinking of two members of "Team Rocket" - Jessie and James Just, by the way.

[@joshuayuan666]

DJCDavisDubstep we humans desended from animals i'm i not right? then since pokemon are the so called "animal" of the pokemon world, they desended from pokemon, am i wrong?

[@nicgresham3105]

Fuck u all

[@TheBros2theend]

u know not to be immature or anything...but with the whole crouching down....the currect would kinda go through a very important part of the body

[@moozooh]

Not if your legs happen to touch somewhere below that point. I'd say keeping knees pressed together would do the trick.

[@brinjal66]

It's almost as if they didn't realise that your genitals were more important than your heart, lungs, brain and other organs above your legs. /sarcasm

[@TheBros2theend]

AYE! AYE! ......they are kinda equaly important....thats how we make babies. are u saying making babies isnt important? :O

[@memenumnoscopus]

TheBros2theend No, but I'm saying living is more important than making babies.

[@AleksandrKramarenko]

Can't make babies if you're dead.

[@ToriathFallanor]

Well, electrons can either go through the suit, or through your body. Since the resistance of the suit is much, much lower than the resistance of your body, most of the current will just travel through the suit, and very little through your body. The question is, how much current will flow through a lightning strike that hits you.

[@GameChanger77]

Would the suit of armor protect you from the heat of the lightning? or would it weld the joints in the suit together and heat you up like a convection oven?

[@Hereson]

0:38 IRONically ;)

[@oreozzbutidontmakevidsevry8455]

haha lol

[@Nighthawk1000]

God dang it I just realized it after i read it a second time.

[@Pseudonimations]

Hereson YO

[@erendegirmenci5271]

couldn't understand as not a native. explain please.

[@violetthe9946]

@@erendegirmenci5271 Iron is the most common metal we use, medieval costumes and stands are made out of iron, ironically has iron in it

[@daviddempsay4930]

Even though metal is a great conductor of electrical current, I would think that a suit of armor would get rather hot in the process of conducting the lightning bolt to the ground, and so if one were inside it when it was struck by lightning, then one would want out of that metal suit as quickly as possible--assuming that getting out of the suit of armor would even be possible at that point.

[@waffleown4258]

It would not be possible to get out of said suit. The amperage going through would make the metal suit turn red hot in a split second

[@boudaakararam9007]

@@waffleown4258 what if you put wear heat resistant clothes before wearing the metal suit?

[@waffleown4258]

@@boudaakararam9007 then you would have about 15 seconds to get out, before you go get above the temperature at which the suit would be able to keep the heat out, and it would start to melt or burn.

[@mehhmehhh3458]

*gets struck by lightening * well its a good job I decided to wear my suite of armour today

[@paulmag91]

Armor +100 Dexterity -3 Electric resistance +99%

[@klyxes]

who knew just about every rpg with an electric resistance stat was wrong?

[@saulo4302]

"Ah, Good thing I chose to casually wear my medieval suit of armor made of iron for my casual walk to pay a casual visit to Mr. Tree over at the flat natural fields."

[@348joey]

You spelled lightning with an e. You're on my list.

[@ragavkishore9081]

@@348joey lol😂😂

[@KaptenN]

Wow. I would have thought that alying down was the best way to avoid being hit by lightning. I didn't think about the charges moving along the surface of the ground.

[@Rogun987]

If RPGs taught me anything you just have to press X when you see the flash and you can dodge the bolts no problem.

[@NekoYuki]

I see someone earned the Venus Sigil.

[@Rogun987]

I actually never did despite my efforts.

[@callchickengt8678]

THANKS I LEARNED VERY MUCH AWESOME. I will sub

[@dwightk.schrute1089]

Where's the X button?

[@zupinu2000]

final fantasy 10 eh? XD

[@eianguevarra774]

You mean... Having a medieval suit isn't normal?

[@eianguevarra774]

***** You need connections, man

[@ryank1273]

THE PUNS!

[@David_Last_Name]

So if you are caught in an open field with a lone tree, is it better to hide under the tree or run away from it? If you move away from it you are now the tallest thing in the field, so it seems like lightning would be more likely to strike you. However if you stand right next to the tree you are no longer the tallest thing (yay!), but you are now standing right next to the tallest thing which is going to attract lightning (boo). So which one is better? Or is it best to stay near the tree, but not too close?

[@mickycarcar]

Actually it can go either way. In almost all cases, the negative bottom of a cloud induces a positive charge in the portion of the ground below it, and when the difference in charge is great enough a lightning strike will equalize the two--and electrons move down. But sometimes the positive top of the cloud can also shoot off a lightning bolt towards the ground ("positive lightning"), in which case the electrons would be moving upward.

[@ScoobyDoobyDrew1122]

TELL THIS TO NINTENDO SO I CAN STOP DYING WHILE WEARING ARMOR IN STORMS IN BREATH OF THE WILD

[@crazytuner111]

But wouldn't the suit of armor be extremely hot after being struck?

[@glenkua]

Not if it has a very low resistance.

[@crazytuner111]

Oh okay. So not just any suit of armor would do than?

[@glenkua]

crazytuner111 Um, just an armor made of a material with good electrical conductivity.

[@Coi1221]

Only materials with high resistance will get hot because the electrons have a harder time passing through (-> their energy gets converted into heat).

[@crazytuner111]

Coi1221 Ah thank you

[@johndebord7802]

But how would the electrons know which way is the best path without going through it first?

[@MRC00LI0BEAST]

quantum mechanics

[@TheThibz1]

They don't really know which path is the best, but they are attracted by the best path

[@DushyantDeshwal]

Relative potential difference .

[@gregry111]

Electrons have ESP.

[@chadyonfire7878]

They're attracted by The closest one

[@cimmik]

This piece of science is not only interesting. It is also some useful knowledge that everyone should know.

[@VGatheist]

I thought if you get struck by lighting, and survive you can see the future? lol

[@dominickdravinski9941]

***** Neurons in the cannabinoid receptors of the brain introduced to that high voltage over charges the central region of the brain where the hippocampus is, inducing visions and hallucinations of events like to occur to you based on your stress patterns, personality, and current memories. This is common knowledge among the science community.

[@VGatheist]

***** or some magical mystical energy field that can not be documented or verified. It is just really fun to believe in. lol

[@raynac224]

Dominick Dravinski Can you cite me the name and author of the paper it was in, I still have access to universcity resources for a little longer and it might be interesting to read. I doubt your claim that it is common knowledge among the science community ;D your just trying to make your claim sound more valid Until such a paper has been produced I'm going to assume this is sarcasm or trolling because it sounds like bullshit to me ;D

[@nitemare906]

one of my friend got struck by lightning and he said it hurt a lot like it was the worst pain he every felt no super powers

[@dominickdravinski9941]

....

[@WaffleMonstification]

actually what you're suppose to do is hold your hand in the air shout "KARIN" you'll be immune to the lightning while also being able to control it

[@whateverreally1347]

Wouldn't Joule heating fry you alive ? The resistance of the suit is probably small but a lightening bolt can be up to 50000 amps. Wouldn't the suit heat up so much you're charred ?

[@PaulMagnusSrensenClark]

+WhateverReally Good question. But I can't remember ever hearing that cars get very warm when struck by lightning, so I don't think a metal suit would be either. Nevertheless, it would still be much better than being struck directly without a suit.

[@GamerTheTurtle]

lightning strikes at less than a micro second

[@spaghettilives5106]

This guy has it all wrong, you need to grab an umbrella and get to high ground

[@sephangelo4603]

otherwise the bolt of lightning can zap you at massively hypersonic speed

[@spaghettilives5106]

Seph Angelo yeah, gravity speeds them up

[@paulmahoney7619]

What about being in a house with a lightning rod (and lighting is already going at the speed of light, so it cannot go faster, as well, going higher increases chance of strike.

[@RatusMax]

Paul Mahoney LIGHTNING DOES NOT TRAVEL AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT!!! THE LIGHT EMITTED FROM THE LIGHTNING DOES!!!! BUT NOT THE LIGHTNING CHARGE ITSELF!!!!

[@escraftTH]

also hold up a tesla tower too. that should help

[@jasonrosenberg13]

Thank you, Henry. I enjoyed that lightning-fast presentation. It was, dare I say, illuminating.

[@mudaebots]

OMG this channel deserves more subscribers because the information is so interesting and they also use entertaining art to keep us watching.

[@alliecatsnursery7055]

hey check out the subscriber count now

[@CrasyFilmingTube86]

Roasted balls anyone?

[@tjahjobagaaa]

I chose superman cause then i could fly away

[@jamesanthony8438]

But then that would place you up closer TO the lightning...

[@lverboy4685]

+James Anthony lol

[@tjahjobagaaa]

+James Anthony fly super fast near the ground

[@tjahjobagaaa]

+James Anthony And besides, superman is invincible, unless it's kryptonite lighting

[@DefinerMig]

Yes, yes very true he is... But the suit is not giving him his invincibility nor his ability. So you'd just be standing in a field with a cape on fire looking like a knob.

[@Caio-sw7hh]

i learned about faraday cage yesterday, and i havent understand it until now THANK YOU

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

I'll always remember how dumb I was as a kid, when it comes to lightning. I was on a camping trip with my class and the 2nd evening it starts pouring down, with violent lightning strikes all around, but I tell my friends that it's okay; that all we had to do is keep jumping, not to touch the ground _(because...? it would totally cancel out the lightning if it struck us, while off the ground - I mean, it's not like a charge of energy that could travel all the way from the clouds to us, would have the energy to travel from our feet to the ground below, right? [sarcasm])_ So, like a bunch of numb-nuts, we'd be out in this large field, looking up at the clouds, jumping up and down. Boy would my face be red to this day, if a friend of mine next to me, had taken a bolt to the face and wound up a charred lump of meat.

[@ragefox3620]

it would be a nightmare if it happens

[@myspacebarbrokenevermindif9892]

Daniel Renard lmao even if you're not touching the ground, the electricity will still travel through your body to the ground

[@fishycats8006]

Hey guys we need to jump and we will be o- -gets struck by lightning-aw cr-dead

[@thundergodwannabe7260]

:OOOOOOO TOUHOU-ER HELLO MAH FRIEND

[@ducminhtran4136]

the sound

[@EdenNov]

Thanks! I have another question-why are lightnings not straight lines (instead of having many corners and splitting to smaller "mini lightnings")? Surely one straight line of air molecules has less resistance than that monstrosity.

[@MagicNoThief]

It's because of air density. Where the air is less dense, there is less resistance

[@kilroy987]

I wasn't aware that laying on the ground was a bad idea. Crouching and keeping your feet together - very useful. Thank you!

[@ThunderStriker]

it said survive a lightning strike not how to avoid :(

[@TheThomasBerry]

+ThunderStriker It told you how. Wear a metal suit or stay crouched. Rewatch the video and listen this time.

[@TheThomasBerry]

IlluminardyGaming Good one

[@erwinsmith5921]

William Bradey thx

[@PeliRapu]

+William Bradey (Test) Promesses.

[@silverbird1639]

Instructions unclear, got the helmet stuck on my head.

[@mohammadalioo3022]

He probably red hand instead of head

[@nolanwestrich2602]

Complaint unclear; that's where helmets go.

[@ximertracks-subtome9907]

@@Endertastic they can see through the helmet holes!

[@NidusFormicarum]

I was on a hiking trip once when an intense thunderstorm reached my area. I was sleeping in a tent in an open field with just low bushy vegetaion and heather plants. (Beautiful!) I got so scared that I decided to head straight for the nearest village about one kilometer away and walked there closed to the road. When the weather had past away, I went back to my tent. My reasoning was that since the houses had lightning conductors, this should be a lot safer place for me than to be at the open heather plants field.

[@SilverWave64]

1:48 - Should my feet touch each other?

[@KevinAnimalCrossing]

That's what I was thinking.

[@TaylorYarick]

sure, that might help. The point is to provide the shortest possible path for current to flow from one foot to the other

[@TheKapinkrunchkid]

Doesn't matter it's passing through anyway.

[@ShapeDoppelganger]

SilverWave From what I saw from the video, and the little that I know I guess no, your feet is small, at least compared to your thighs, so even though it would be the shortest path from one feet to the other, it would have much less area to dissipate heat. So when the current running through your feet would actually burn it to crisps. Now both of your legs have much wider area and resistance than your feet only, so even if the lightning coming from the ground got to you, it might not even step up on your leg because of the resistance of your legs, but if your feet were touching it other, the total resistance would be much lower, and so you would have a fried foot.

[@TaylorYarick]

ShapeDoppelganger yeah... I guess I take my comment back. The point is only to keep the current path away from the heart. Having it go all the way through both legs is probably better than letting it spark across your knees....

[@cptnickk7462]

He said avoiding vital organs...but didnt said anything about testicles..!

[@paulmahoney7619]

You can survive without them.

[@cptnickk7462]

Believe me I don't want to imagine a life without them ;)

[@cptnickk7462]

***** yes because they were always in your mouth 1-1 :P

[@giggitygoebbels3612]

Paul Mahoney The main problem is you will likely die from cardiac arrest due to extreme pain after the zap,therefore chances of survival isn't necessarily increased.

[@marcustornea2821]

Yup. He didn't talk about our testicles turning into fried eggs.

[@ericdiederik3732]

The metal suit will protect you from a lightning strike since the electrons pass along the exterior of the suit like a faraday cage. But what of multiple lightning strikes? Won't the heat of the exterior layers increase, reducing their conductivity, making the electrons seek out the more inner layers until they pass along the inside of the suit?

[@secretunknown2782]

No the heat won’t increase because of rapid earthing and it might be raining so forget heat

[@OttoPussner]

Why not just crouch low then touch heels?

[@fondren001]

Nice.

[@MagicTsukai]

love the DP :)

[@valentinrafael9201]

Levitate while thunderstorms. More easy.

[@sorvex9]

Suppose the person is wearing an armor with an outer layer made of copper, followed by a layer of fiberglass and Kevlar, and an inner layer made of rubber and fiberglass. The person is positioned outside during a thunderstorm when a 100,000-ampere lightning bolt strikes it. As the lightning strikes the armor, the outer layer of copper helps to dissipate some of the electrical current, but at 100,000 amperes, the current is so high that the copper layer may heat up rapidly and potentially melt or vaporize. The fiberglass and Kevlar layers could help to absorb and dissipate some of the energy of the strike, reducing the impact on the person's body. However, at such a high current, the energy of the strike could still cause significant damage to the armor and potentially destroy the person. The inner layer of rubber and fiberglass could help to insulate the person from the electrical current of the strike, but at 100,000 amperes, the current is so high that it could potentially overwhelm the insulating properties of the rubber layer and cause electrical arcing or burning. After the lightning strike, the person and the armor would likely sustain significant damage, and it's possible that the person may be destroyed completely.

[@JamesJamal-zt5sz]

cool

[@jackstriker4148]

The New52 version of Superman's suit is made of a nigh-indestructible Kryptonian fabric and lightning would bounce right off of it. Just putting that out there.

[@jackstriker4148]

***** How would you know? Learn to 4th wall. ^_^

[@maxmontalvo3400]

Jack Striker You dont see superman just walking in the city do you?

[@jackstriker4148]

Max Montalvo How would you know? He has a secret identity. ^_^

[@maxmontalvo3400]

your 3 years old are you?

[@jackstriker4148]

Max Montalvo 24, actually. And in my defense, I never once said, nor did I even imply, that Superman's New52 suit was real. I simply explained how the New52 suit works in the comics.

[@specialk3460]

1:50 if I did this would my balls get zapped?

[@zeeisthelastletter7884]

Yep.

[@18aidanme]

No because you're mr popo.

[@Ayplus]

LMAO. Just realized that

[@marcustornea2821]

Poor sperms. They wanted to win the amazing race

[@dudegaming6560]

Special K yep

[@sebbes333]

2:00 *IMPORTANT* Do your best to touch your heels together (while being off the ground), it's much better if the lightning goes up in one foot, through your heels & out the other foot, instead of the lightning has to travel through both your whole legs & crotch.

[@MithgalAlFayez01]

What did the cows ever do to electricity ? And ya , the MISSING CRITICAL ORGANS , how can it miss something so big ?

[@ethanlozada4470]

Why not leave the suit in the open to lure the lighting

[@adatta3046]

Because the lightning still has a chance to hit you?

[@jamesanthony8438]

And because this is real life, not a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Lightning's not gonna fall for a cheap trick like that. :)

[@zoltanszaszi2264]

Step 1: Lure lightning with suit Step 2: Trap lightning Step 3: Tame lightning, become Thor Step 4: Profit

[@QuadroNVS]

The name of the song is called -Pour Vous if anyone wanted to know. Artist : Dr. Schroeder on sound cloud.

[@reiokimura6519]

The last one = You don't say? Or we wouldn't even be watching this video..

[@SimenSebastian]

Reio Kimura lol

[@MihailGamingMK]

i was just thinking the same thing!

[@rangedfighter]

+Reio Kimura Smartphones, I'm from the future.

[@samuraipanda85]

Wait, does that mean the metalbending police force (who were metal armor) in legend of korra would have been immune to the equalist's electric shock gloves?

[@Rime_in_Retrograde]

I don't think so, at least, not completely. Looking at their uniforms, they aren't fully enclosed, like a mediaeval suit of armor is. They wear cloth pants, and go with their hands and faces uncovered. I'm not sure exactly how well their suits would protect them, if at all, but I am pretty sure that the metal would alter how they are affected and that even if they are somewhat protected, they wouldn't be entirely immune to electric attacks.

[@zeHatWearingMan]

Yes bro (or sis)!

[@ludovicusbong5972]

Thank you very much, it is very good to educating people who don't know anything about Lighning.

[@sinistar3198]

Requesting song.

[@ThatWarioGiant]

Sini Star Its Darude- Sandstorm

[@sinistar3198]

Wario Giant Thanks.

[@sinistar3198]

Wario Giant In all seriousness, I would like to know the title of this song. I didn't see it on soundcloud.

[@franzvisitacion5248]

Sini Star click the link in the description. The song is titled Pour Vous.

[@BboyRagnar0us]

+Franz Visitacion no it's darude Lightningstorm

[@pistol1994]

Wear a chemical suit. At least this way you have a chance to become the Flash. :)

[@ghassenmez7810]

any material has a point of saturation : when current passes into it , it increases its resistance , up to a point where your body becomes more conductive of electricity so it depends on the energy delivered by lightning . i don't know if you took that into consideration , because you failed to mention it . otherwise , grate advice .

[@samking73]

We lost a herd of cattle to lightening strike on our farm when I was a kid.

[@samking73]

Haha! Never thought of that.

[@Kevin15047]

al-Bakh'kam Who needs a microwave?

[@cai6972]

The lightning cooked them for u

[@samking73]

Caius McLeish Yes, thats what my reply was about. Someone said basically that, but apparently some other ignoramus marked that comment as spam. ??

[@348joey]

You lost a herd to the level of light increasing? Because that's what "lightening" is.

[@seanpeery7780]

How hot would the suit get from the current running through it?

[@andrasfogarasi5014]

Not very hot. For heat to be generated, electricity has to go through resistance, which metal doesn't have much of.

[@seanpeery7780]

András Fogarasi Well, that would be true of something like copper. But plate metal is not nearly an ideal conductor.

[@andrasfogarasi5014]

Sean Peery It is better than you. Lightning will prefer it over you.

[@paulmag91]

Steal is good enough. Aluminum also.

[@andrasfogarasi5014]

PaulMag Hi. You are at my other comment.

[@masum_pori]

What about Crouch low and touch your two heels together. It will create a shorter A B point.

[@strengthbuild]

Moral of the story: do more squats

[@verygood578]

Lol your comment is so old , I hope you are still there haha

[@rickool07]

Poor cows... :(

[@funishark8201]

At least theres a cooked steak

[@manubelfort9383]

Awesome bro...next time I will try wearing Faraday suit during Strom's...

[@therealorberon]

When a metal Pole comes in handy.

[@immortaliserwow]

So if I was unfortunate enough to get caught in a Lightning storm the best to do is to sit down and wait for it to hit me sooner or later? Or sit there for hours in the rain hoping that I wont die from hypothermia? What about getting into the forest? Lots of trees there, hopefully a huge wet tree would be a beeter conductor than me.

[@immortaliserwow]

Oh,and smth interesting! Being in an armor, may spare you from getting struck but what about the electical resistance of the armor itself? At the end of the day being struck for a second may be preferable to being baked...alive...inside a red-hot metal cage. Just sayin... :P

[@immortaliserwow]

***** You clearly havent seen a house hit by one- the electricity conducting wire on the side of the house(dont know the word, forgive me) shines bright as a star and remains red hot for a good ...2 or 3 secs. I myself dont wanna be there. It is some scary shit so u'd better have lower chances of being struck than having higher ones of surviving a struck

[@quink2060]

Called a lightning rod

[@kansasthunderman1]

The best way to avoid getting hit is to keep moving and avoid standing in the same place. If you suddenly have an itchy feeling, notice a strong smell like ammonia, or your hair is standing out, that's a precedent for a strike and you need to run away from your present location ASAP.

[@jenniferjung8549]

Wait are you saying that One Piece was wrong all this time?!?!?! And Luffy was not able to block out Kami's lightnings?

[@AifosViruset]

Well, it's not that rubber does not block electricity, because it kinda does, but in a car it is the metal that does the trick. The lightning is drawn to the metal chassis of he car, as it is a better conductor then your body, but it skips through the air the last bit instead of going through the wheels. Rubber is indeed a very poor conductor. In the same way Enel/Ener's lightning didn't effect Luffy because he is a worse conductor then the air around him, which is why the lightning skipped through the air around him and left him unharmed.

[@RikuKonekoUzumaki]

Not necessarily. Rubber is pretty good *insulator*, not conductor. They prevent electricity from passing THROUGH one object to another, unlike conductors. Which is why the human body can allow electricity to move from one limb to the other, but if your body was made of rubber, nothing would happen. You might scorch some, but you'd probably still live.

[@AifosViruset]

Riku Uzumaki Poor conductor=Insulator. Conductivity is a property of all materials, the ones with poor conductivity are called insulators, like rubber. You are describing the same thing as I did. I just worded it in a way so that it would be easier to understand that rubber does not stop the electricity in its tracks but rather redirects it. It still reaches the ground, just not through the rubber.

[@huyduong5403]

Yah, because "logic" is what you think of when you think about One Piece

[@squidwardfromua]

I like how lightning is just a giant, million times bigger spark that you have in lighter or oven.

[@CodClips594]

But won't the effects/force of the lightning hitting the armour do some serious damage altogether? If your to close to the lightning will the thunder act as a shock wave?

[@Zerepzerreitug]

I feel a current of lightning knowledge going through me. Thanks Henry, you bring a spark to this stormcloud ;)

[@xplurxx]

How do I get a cool scar from the lightning and still survive?

[@Armorqueen00]

You will look like harry potter hahhaa

[@erikfassett]

You have a 70% survival chance from lightning. Which means you are more likely to get struck and survive with a cool scar than die..

[@sephangelo4603]

unlike a bullet a lightning bolt will hit you at mach 58309

[@sammolloy6937]

Seph Angelo actually its about half that

[@gabrielgomesbrito]

Nice Schrodinger's cat reference.

[@MrNeutross]

wouldn't the suit of armor get really hot from all tht current running trough it, if so wouldn't if cook u alive inside?

[@NaokisRC]

The strike would be so fast I don't believe it'd be an issue. My guess is based on that you can feed a wire 10 amps when it's rated for only 1 amp and it won't damage or heat up if it was turn off fast. The more resistance and the longer it's on for however gives you more watts, or heat. If it was a quick pulse however, there wouldn't be enough time to generate the heat

[@souadtihli6218]

ALSO, RUN AROUND LIKE CRAZY SO THE LIGHTNING DOESN'T HIT YOU sorry i had caps on

[@michaelespeland]

+Souad Tihli Were you running while typing? Accidently hitting the CAPS LOCK?

[@souadtihli6218]

Michael Espeland maybe \

[@michaelespeland]

Living dangerous. Good for you :-D

[@andrasfogarasi5014]

YOLO is the acronym for "You only live once", andI don't think it is appropiat at this time.

[@highr8764]

This video in a nutshell : *dont go outside* no need to thank me

[@Austinflank]

Or you could be a real man and take the lightning and enjoy it.

[@giggitygoebbels3612]

Wouldn't the armor burn you and potentially weld together,turning you into a statue?

[@a.carter5119]

Giggity Goebbels That's what I was thinking (the burning part). Still, better to end up with burns that suffer cardiac failure.

[@giggitygoebbels3612]

Abigail Carter If you end up immobilized in a welded suit and having severe burns,you won't survive for long either,since you are not able to call for help easily.

[@rajeshgupta1055]

Giggity Goebbels hahahaha. But a good question indeed. Any science student ready to help us?

[@a.carter5119]

Giggity Goebbels Maybe I was performing an experiment and the control, who crouched 25 meters from me, also survived the storm. My friend would help me!

[@giggitygoebbels3612]

MrSporeowns Well that will only be true if the armor is thick.If it is thin,it can get hot enough to burn you anyway.

[@jaishreesingh4800]

wow this thing still holds up

[@TheGoProGuy07]

"The current will travel up one leg and down the other" lol not as easy as it sounds pal...

[@ryank1273]

Step potential... same with electrical utility.

[@matszz]

I think that metal suit would become quite hot.

[@bigt5818]

It's better than being completely roasted

[@matszz]

Travis Lobbestael A bolt of lightning is about 30, 000°C - six times hotter than the Sun.

[@thinkfast8662]

+matszz for about less than second, maybe 50th of an second?

[@matszz]

***** Good point, I still think that'll be good enough to generate alot of heat. Haven't crunched any numbers though. You might be right.

[@PaulMagnusSrensenClark]

+matszz Lots of people have been struck by lightning without protection and survived. They don't get charred or anything. Usually there are burn marks only where the lightning entered and left the body. A suit of metal will dissipate of the energy even more effectively so the suit will get less burned than a human.

[@EirikXL]

These tunes are so relaxing!

[@Curlgurl]

Poor cows.

[@gdog7105]

if you're a real pro you can try to jump at the right moment and then the lightning wouldn't hurt you because you're not touching the ground, and it has no reason why to hurt you in mid air becuase you're not touching the ground.

[@idontknow11829]

If you time it INcorrectly.. oh yeah thats not really of a shortcut too... :/

[@ultimatenoob3]

***** obviously electricity can jump through air, the best example of that is the topic of the video, a lightning bolt. Lightning definitely has reason to hurt you in mid air though since its a discharge of electrons from clouds to the ground, and will follow the path of least resistance to discharge. You are a better conductor of electricity than air, it will find its way through you to avoid air, and get to the ground with lesser resistance. Or if a tree is nearby it will go to that... in which case you might as well just stand beside the tree

[@hagalathekido]

if you jump at teh rigth time your head is hit

[@sammolloy6937]

GSyg Vhs the lightning went all the way from the clouds to you, but its gunna bitch out at that last foot or two?

[@keiyakins]

GSyg Vhs There's already enough power to go through the air easy, it'll just take that nice 5-6 foot shortcut anyway.

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

I would as a precaution wear something over the metal armor so just in case the metal is too thin you don't get jolted with the armor, but the suit of armor serves as what is known as a faraday cage, typed this mid way through watching the video.

[@hunnino9812]

When I was a kid me and my friend came out of the bathroom at the same time and we were almost at class but then lighting strike at the middle of us and for 2 second I can only see white my friend was keeping her feet together and squatted and I did that to

[@savannahc.8633]

Wow that for that helpful tip MinuteEarth I would have never thought of that

[@mihaiemilian8313]

Thank you soo much. You are right conssidering basic electricity physics. :)

[@epilouge1]

THANK YOU OMG I NEEDED THIS THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!

[@VideoGameStarChannelSupreme]

Don't you need an double-size rubber armor to survive lighthing? and maybe a phone?

[@MrCivilopedia]

Outdoors tip: for a little extra safety, use the crouching posture on top of your backpack if possible. Backpacks tend to have lower conductivity than us, which will reduce the likelihood of current passing through even more.

[@grundyboy34]

Very curiously, this was broadcast on the weather channel withoit any mention or credit of this youtube channel.

[@fenrir97043]

The term grounding comes from the word ground (obviously). The ground has a seemingly infinite supply of free electrons compared to the cloud so even though a cloud is overall negative it is in essence positive in relation to the ground. So the electrons should in fact travel upwards.

[@arte6009]

next time a storm hits, Im raiding the museum

[@TheDancingHyena]

Technically, yes. The electrons race upwards. But the "current" moves downwards because we talk about current as how positive charge moves and electrons are negatively charged.

[@MuhammadIqbal-cp1wg]

Thanks for information

[@Riplee]

"a welded suit of armor" nobody's walking around in an immovable iron container 😂

[@blowmeliberal]

I think there may be an error here. I remember reading up on gold vs other metals conductivity and distinctly recall gold being a poor conductor - through its bulk - that is, it's an excellent conductor on the surface - silver would be a better choice for say, stereo connectors, if it wasn't for the fact that it tarnishes/oxidizes.

[@shuhasegawa9752]

Sees dead cows Me: Poor cows Also me: eats steak for dinner