RIPPEN Posted June 23, 2006 Report Posted June 23, 2006 Day or so ago I saw this on the local news... Thought the rubber on the tires protects you from getting struck by lightning. Guess it doesn't.. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3965395 Pretty crazy.. RIPPEN Quote
DIRTMAN350 Posted June 23, 2006 Report Posted June 23, 2006 With that kind of voltage rubber does not stand a chance. That would have to be one of the worst ways to die. Quote
Brooke Posted June 23, 2006 Report Posted June 23, 2006 Day or so ago I saw this on the local news... Thought the rubber on the tires protects you from getting struck by lightning. Guess it doesn't.. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3965395 Pretty crazy.. RIPPEN i think youre confusing being on a motorcycle during a lightning storm with being in a car. in a car you are safe, not because rubber is a good insulator but because the metal shell around you is a better conductor than your body. youd need to be sitting on solid rubber tires about a mile thick for it to save your ass, since air is just about as good an insulator as rubber, and lightning has already traveled through so much air before it gets to you, you can see why rubber doesnt do much good. on a motorcycle youre pretty much wide open. Quote
Animalman294 Posted June 23, 2006 Report Posted June 23, 2006 With that kind of voltage it isn't like getting electicuted by powerlines, the voltage is a hell-of-a-lot stonger and less controlled. It kinda makes you wonder what really happened though the witnesses said there was the flash and the bike was in the wall.......... :The lightning left a crater in the asphalt about 12 inches by 8 inches wide and 6 inches deep, Read said. I am wondering if the timing was right and the lightning struck the ground at the same time he went over that spot and got caught in it in a fluke occurance. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm................. That sucks though no matter how it happened. Quote
Cotton eyed Joe Posted June 23, 2006 Report Posted June 23, 2006 i think youre confusing being on a motorcycle during a lightning storm with being in a car. in a car you are safe, not because rubber is a good insulator but because the metal shell around you is a better conductor than your body. Thats called a Faraday Cage. :biggrin: Quote
Brooke Posted June 23, 2006 Report Posted June 23, 2006 Thats called a Faraday Cage. :biggrin: :baseball_w00t: Quote
RIPPEN Posted June 23, 2006 Author Report Posted June 23, 2006 After I posted this earlier it came on the news again and described basicly what you did Brooke. They also said it did hit him. After pasing through him it left a hole in the pavement, thats what tripped me out.. Bet the guy didn't even know what hit'em.. Thats a sad and good thing at the same time... RIPPEN Quote
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