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Old May 8th, 2019, 10:25 AM posted to uk.legal,rec.travel.air,soc.culture.russia,sci.military.naval,uk.politics.misc
Fred J. McCall
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Default Plane crash in Russia

Joe wrote on Wed, 8 May 2019 09:08:49 +0100:

On Tue, 07 May 2019 17:46:38 -0700
Fred J. McCall wrote:

Keema's Nan wrote on Tue, 07 May 2019
20:47:41 +0100:

Because people are not quite so susceptible to induced charges,
being full of water.


An interesting supposition but not born out by the facts. It takes
100 mA to kill you.


Humans have been struck by lightning and survived, sometimes more than
once. Golfers are particularly susceptible, as they often raise their
own lightning conductors into the air.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23621324


True, but no new information. Such survival has nothing to do with
"being full of water" and they survive because, despite the huge power
present, they don't take 100 mA of current through their body.
Electricity takes the path of least resistance. Sometimes that tends
to be just under the skin.


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