I remember being a kid at summer camp, and the head counselor got struck by lightning as he was kneeling down with his hand in a puddle. Huge pine trees all around, but the lightning chose him instead. He was okay, just hurt his arm a bit. There was a huge blast crater in the dirt where that bolt hit the puddle.
The tires completely insulate all the vehicles, so they really don't count for height. The building should be taller and electrically conductive to some degree, even without a lightning rod, but the fact that the guy was the lowest resistance path is pretty crazy.
The rain definitely helped, as did the vast area of the parking lot, rather than being in an area with more paths for charge to accumulate.
If there are puddles, then shoes wouldn't make any difference if the water can touch skin. It does kind of look like the lightning strikes just as the guy hits a puddle, but that might just be coincidence in the video.
[ - ] oyveyo 1 point 10 monthsJun 30, 2023 17:12:42 ago (+1/-0)*
I'm gonna go with death ray. An aircraft shot a laser beam at him. The laser beam was only a pulse lasting a few microseconds, but had such a high intensity as to cause the air along the beam to ionize and plasmafy, thus creating a conductor directly to the man for the ground/cloud discharge. They do it with mobile ground units equipped with tesla coils... why not utilize the natural energy source from above?
If they don't yet have this technology... whoops I guess I spilled the beans. I expect my royalty checks. Seriously though, if you fuckers would actually pay me I could build you some badass weapons.
[ + ] Crackinjokes
[ - ] Crackinjokes 1 point 8 monthsAug 26, 2023 09:01:08 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] BulletStopper
[ - ] BulletStopper 5 points 10 monthsJun 30, 2023 15:42:35 ago (+5/-0)*
"What's that? No, no reason, I don't even know that guy. I just zap one of 'em every once in a while. Keeps the rest of them on their toes."
(ARMA 3 players will get it. "Look, just play the objective, okay?")
[ + ] Her0n
[ - ] Her0n 1 point 10 monthsJul 1, 2023 21:47:49 ago (+1/-0)
Conductivity does.
The vehicles and building surrounding him were all less conductive than he was at the time.
[ + ] SmokeyMeadow
[ - ] SmokeyMeadow 3 points 10 monthsJun 30, 2023 16:37:35 ago (+3/-0)
[ + ] Nosferatjew
[ - ] Nosferatjew 3 points 10 monthsJun 30, 2023 16:07:07 ago (+3/-0)
[ + ] localsal
[ - ] localsal 3 points 10 monthsJun 30, 2023 16:01:27 ago (+3/-0)
The tires completely insulate all the vehicles, so they really don't count for height. The building should be taller and electrically conductive to some degree, even without a lightning rod, but the fact that the guy was the lowest resistance path is pretty crazy.
[ + ] bobdole9
[ - ] bobdole9 [op] 0 points 10 monthsJun 30, 2023 16:08:12 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] localsal
[ - ] localsal 2 points 10 monthsJun 30, 2023 16:11:55 ago (+2/-0)
If there are puddles, then shoes wouldn't make any difference if the water can touch skin. It does kind of look like the lightning strikes just as the guy hits a puddle, but that might just be coincidence in the video.
[ + ] oyveyo
[ - ] oyveyo 1 point 10 monthsJun 30, 2023 17:12:42 ago (+1/-0)*
If they don't yet have this technology... whoops I guess I spilled the beans. I expect my royalty checks. Seriously though, if you fuckers would actually pay me I could build you some badass weapons.
[ + ] Thought_Criminal
[ - ] Thought_Criminal 2 points 10 monthsJun 30, 2023 16:46:05 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] domains
[ - ] domains 0 points 10 monthsJun 30, 2023 18:42:55 ago (+0/-0)