Car Safest Place Thunderstorm
Why are cars a very safe place to be during a thunderstorm?
Rubber is an insulator, and metal is a conductor. The tires make the path to ground high resistance compared to a building or a tree, and if lighting does strike the current flows along the outside of the body of the car, and the occupants are shielded from the current.
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NB: A Faraday cage is only useful at high frequency, when the current is restricted to the surface of the conductor. That’s not the case in a lightning strike, Elmo.
Car Safest Place Thunderstorm
Summer brings increased danger from lightning
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