[–] greycloud 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
depends what the path of least resistance is so that it grounds out to the earth. if the path of least resistance doesn't lead it through vital organs than you can survive it. it burns everything it passes through, but it does not spread in the body, it takes a quick trip to the dirt right through you burning everything on its way through. so long as what it burns doesn't kill you, than it doesn't kill you.
[–] GuyIDisagreeWith [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You are in v/ExplainLikeImCalvin, not v/ExplainLikeImFive. Check the rules in the sidebar.
[–] dallasmuseum 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Because lightning is over quick. Humans can endure anything if its over quick.
[–] AnActualCalvin 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Lots of nonsense in this thread. It's simple really, sure the average lightning strike could contain 100 million to 1 billion volts, but first you have to ask yourself what is a lightning strike? Well, that's a BOLT of lightning, going really fast. People get really confused by the two words, a volt and a bolt is really quiet different. One bolt really isn't going to kill everyone, even if it is a billion volts. It's only going to hit you one time. You see lighting is really really fast, sometimes a person may get hit by one bolt of lighting, and it really is one bolt, or sometimes it looks like one bolt and it's really like three or four bolts, three or four bolts will kill a man.
[–] CujoQuarrel 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It's not the volts its the amps
[–] GuyIDisagreeWith [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Welcome to Explain Like I'm Calvin, where you take the role of Calvin's Dad dishing out things like this.
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[–] GuyIDisagreeWith [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This is ELIC, not ELI5.