Originally Posted by kyle!
hey. this article mentions something about being killed in a car by lightning. how could you get killed? i mean if the window was down, sure. or if the car has all metal interior, sure. but that makes no sense to me. unless you can electrocuted through all that rubber, vinyl, and upolstrey(sp?).
Please believe me if your car is directly hit by lightning you will fry. I have seen the results of a car struck by lightning and the whole interior burned up in one second. If anyone was in that car they would have been a gonner but it was just parked and empty. The rubber will protect you from nearby strikes though this is true as well as the faraday cage effect. But a direct hit is so hot and powerfull it will go right through your car. When you think about it take a static shock at the end of your finger, the 2 milimeter arch of 'lightning' goes from your finger to the tip of your dogs nose. Well a bolt of lightning is a jump of hundreds if not over 1000 feet so the 2 inches of rubber on your car aint gonna stop it.