How much would that suck. all the chances, you have a 1/700,000 chance acording to the cencus. kinda like the plane that got struck by lighting in the air video



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but the chances of lightning hitting you increases if you have metal,but then it decreases again if there's rubber

The piercing thingies don't matter according to the Mythbusters

so your telling me the amount of rubber or metal you have on you doesn't increase or decrease the chances?

It makes as much difference as carrying 37 pounds of jelly in your back pocket.

why would someone have jelly in their pockets and what's the point?

I'm just saying that it's doesn't matter if you have piercings in thunder or not. But I just love jelly.

i know but lightning is more likely to strike at you when you have metal than when you have rubber

No it doesn't. Do not argue with the Mythbusters!

ok go serch it p on the internet and tell me what you find

It's no use. Whatever I might find in there, it wouldn't change my mind. I'm very stubborn.

you wouldn't believe facts of science?

The internet isn't a very reliable source.

Rubber can be struck by lightning easily, I think. Know what happens when you rub a balloon against your hair?

Nope. Mythbusters don't lie. I always had arguments with teachers about my believes.

yes but it proven thatrubber doesn't conduct electricity but metal is target

I'm just guessing here, but this doesn't seem like a case of what conducts or not. Lightning is just a giant static shock, right? So what matters is build-up of static electric charge.

Rubber doesn't lower the chance of gettng shocked. If you get hit, rubber blocks the shock and grounds it, get it?

exactly so it won' hurt as muc as if you had metal

Well yeah, because metal won't protect you. Still if you have piercings or carry around 500 pounds of rubber with you, it doesn't increase or decrease the odds of you getting hit by a lightning.

Would rubber get very hot when struck by lightning, though? It's huge resistance to electricity would convert a lot of that electricity to heat.

peircings don't matter because they don't have alot of weight or matter so it doesn't count if you have a large amount of peircings the the lighning will be attracted to the peircings

True, but who goes out in thunder carrying a large metal rod? "Hmmm, this looks like the perfect weather to take my 200 pound rod out for a walk" (Franklin doesn't count!) And no, the amount doesn't matter. In MB they even tried a huge nail in the forehead without success. It's just bad luck.

But what would really attract lightning? A giant Tesla coil!

Who has one of those in their closet?

a really good scientist who studies lightning and thunder

I'd say somewho wth WAY to much money on his hands.

hey they'll do anything for science

They should do something proper with the money. Like buy tons of jelly and cookies!

that would be sciesntits in finland

The finns are smart. If it weren't for us mobile phones wouldn't bet what they are today!

and we thank yo for finlay too right?

im in the middle of a thunderstorm right now. i love thunder.
#1yes, never argue the mythbusters
#2whats with humpster and jelly?

i don't know his from finnland so he likes jelly

and he hates sweden. weebl and bob is really wierd. yet somthimes funny

lol where did bob come from he's not in this

no, this is humpys avatar http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm

lol a waste of 5 mins saying "pie" "mmmmmm" and "good"

yes, sad, i know. but thats the truth behind the avatar. give him a break, hes finnish and likes jelly

and apparently pie as well

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hey lo bob you have pie yes give me

I haven't read this topic for a while, because I haven't had time, and now when I'm back... People are making fun of me!

And whats wrong in hating Sweden and loving Weebl and jelly?

And NEVER make fun of Finland. You can diss me, my hobbies, the things I like, but Finland is out of the question! (I'm very very patriotic)

P.S. You just took that one for my avatar quickly, because I got warned for my last one.

Oh yeah, I saw this, but the video version, in an email once. I recall it's a JAL flight, but no one was injured.

HA! those japanese...

Yeah, everyone's out to get them, even Mother Nature!

why, with like tsunamis or something?

That is amazing how the plane was unaffected. The metal shell was most likely conducting the electricty over the plane and not into it. I would have hated to be touching something metal on that plane when it happened.

I remember reading up on lightning and finding out that if lightning stricks your car, it will go around the outside, and you'll be unharmed as long as you're safely inside it.

Yeah that's true. If I remember correctly, you tires ground the shock...

Sounds about right. If your tires are true rubber, your car wont be grounded, so the quickest route to the ground for the electricity would be simply around your car instead of through it.