Originally Posted by HammerTheHill
So how do these people get struck and still live?
DNVR- I stand corrected on my rubber tire story, I explained it wrong. The electricity does travel through the steel, I assumed one was smart enought not to touch same, as well as the outer shell of the body.
We studied lightening quite a bit in a some class - can't remember what - prof's theory (and I've read more since that class) is that 'the initial charge' actually travels in the ground and when conditions are right it travels from ground to air. This does not forget that lightning also jumps from cloud to cloud.
His thoughts also that lighting cares little fro theory and strikes were it wants.