My dad was stuck by lightning (TWICE!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ม.ค. 2017
- My dad has been hit by lightning twice! This is an interview with him about those incidents. Plus we chatted about the science behind a lightning strike, which it's so dangerous, and how to avoid getting hit.
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Creator: Dianna Cowern
Editor: Jabril Ashe and Dianna Cowern
Writer: Sophia Chen
Special thanks to Ashley Warner, Kyle Kitzmiller, and mama and papa Cowern.
Stock visuals: Pixabay.com, shutterstock.com
Music: APM and TH-cam
Tree farming? Your dad should drive trains. He's clearly an excellent conductor.
Oh COME ON.
Watt's the problem? I didn't expect this kind of resistance.
2:33 You wood.
You came up with that in a flash.
Imma have to bolt away from these dad jokes..
That must be why she's always so charged
lol !!
Up and Atom hahaha Cocaine
Probably! 😂😂lol 😂
You're dad is either extremely unlucky or lucky, I can't tell.
Both.
her dad is a cat.
"A lightning never hits the same spot twice"
"HA HA!"
well it didnt hit the same spot just the same person in different locations. there is a difference between same spot and same person.
I'd say he is unlucky to get hit by a lightning twice and lucky to have such a lovely daughter.
must have been a shocking experience
I bet this comment section is gonna be charged with puns
+Igor Freitas I wanna make one too, but nothing's striking me
must've all happened in a flash
Hamzah Husain The Flash was struck by lightning
Jack Cohen welp.. lucky his luck was LIGHTEN UP
Well, Phil seems like a really nice guy and it also seems like he's done fantastic job as a parent. He should be proud!
Your dad is a natural. You should get him more often on the channel.
I had a similar experience. Thanks to basic physics knowledge, I pulled my sister and cousins out of a lake, when they were amazed by the fact that their hair was rising up. We just had time to run about 200m from the shore when a lighting stroke an old tree trunk near where we were swimming. I was 16, now I am 37 and since then I became a physicist and I always say to people that physics may save your life... specially in a thunderstorm ;)
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Shah Jr. Feels pretty good.
Shah Jr. You should try it sometime
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"What does it feel to be cut by a 1000 degree knife?"
Shah Jr. It hurts?
So if you get hit by lightning twice, you raise your kid to be a physicist?
Seegal Galguntijak
Well...
They say lightning never strikes twice in the same gene pool so they may as well use the fortune in their favor ;)
physics girl. =2017
physics lady. =2037
physics granny=2057
physics skeleton =xyz
no by 2037 she had already decided to turn into physics man because that's what things are going to
I would love to get a Lichterberg figure tattoo, but I'm broke.
Well, there is a cheaper method....
James Burgess its a life changing scar. Lots damage comes with it.
LightningSurvivor 14 why is your name lighting survivor? Were you struck?
no
Cheaper? Can you even imagine what the hospital bill must be? xD
@@lightningsurvivor1432 I should've just read your reply first xD
my father was in a latrine when lightening struck next to it. he described a loud electric buzz followed by the loudest boom he has ever heard.
I don't know how to react to it.
I somehow feel Dianna really needed and was looking forward to make this video. Very lovely to see you both in video.
OMG. Ham man.
Gross
😁😁😁😁
A great interview with a very proud dad Dianna.
Thanks Phil! (Always nice to see such an obviously proud father!)
Dianna, you are the most adorable person on TH-cam! Every show is packed with solid information and delivered at a level that most everyone can understand. I have been subscribed to your channel for some time now and will continue to watch every upload. BTW, now I see where you get your demeanor.
Tell your dad to stay the hell away from trees. Oh wait. He's a tree farmer. Damn.
Just, good luck then.
Hah! :-)
When your pet plants are cute and lovely but during a lightning storm they can kill you :(
great vlog, loved the info and the interaction with you and your dad.
Good video. Your dad seems like a great guy who smiles so easily. Thanks for sharing it with us.
This was really interesting. I like how you visualize the stuff talked about with images (like waterfalls when you are talking about it).
Your dad is a really sympathic guy!
Thank you for the effort to make this video!
The explanation is wrong tho
As amazing as your father is and how fortunate he is to have survived lightning strikes (twice!), I would like to say that- at this rate- your dad might get lightning-based powers!
IAmTheAce5 just like Lincoln
UNLIMITED POWER!
Oh come on, how does RolandsSh's comment not have more likes? Star Wars references are always the best references.
If you count the tingling in the lake, he was probably hit thrice.
Thank you .. this is an excellent observation. I'm wondering why it didn't come up in the vlog. Surely the tingling is electricity in the water, being felt by their bodies. Maybe it's a linguistic thing, as in, he was not 'hit' by lightning.
great to see you and your dad having a nice time. he really loves you I can see.
My daughter and I found your channel just few months ago she's 10. This video just made us fall more in love so awesome!!!
Thank you for sharing your father's experience with us.
Very nice conversation. This ofcourse will remain as a memorable one.
Well done! Good voltage/current analogy.
"Dad do you know what TH-cam is?"
"I've heard of it."
LOLOLOLLOLLOLOOL
Charming video !! Your dad is great ! Interesting story...He should be proud !!
Oh, by the way, love you physics girl! All your vids are awesome.
thanks very much for this and thank you to your father for sharing his experiences with us.
When I saw the title, I was *amped* up! It seems these kind of stories are the hit in *current* times
Once was enough for me, thanks.
Great video by the way.
Awww this is one of my favorite TH-cam vids of all
One of my favorite videos of Dianna’s. So funny!! 😆
Loved the waterfall voltage analogy, will use that one in future.
OMG this is the first video of you after I have subscribed. your videos are really great! I love science and learning and your channel is the best to gain knowledge and enjoy at the same time. Thanks for creating this awesome channel!!
uh... welcome to the community?
Apoorv Tyagi bhai school se zada knowledge to youtube pe hai.. aisa lag rha h jaise laakhon rupaye faaltu me school life pe waste kar diye
NISHKAM GULATI strongly disagree. School studies are much more in depth.
You can take in depth courses herr, but a one to one interaction with a professor has a ton of benefits. You can exactly destroy your doubt.
😪😪😪😪 Please get better soon, Dianna, WE MISS YOU SO MUCH‼💝💝💝
What an AWESOME video!!❤❤❤❤
Nice video physics girl .....
Not much matter on the topic was explained but got to see great bonding with your Dad...👍👍
Keep physicsing....
Great stories, unlucky dad lol, interesting looking project to make.
looking forward to the build video.
Your Dads story about being in the garage the second time he was struck reminded me of what we used to do as kids. I grew up in Denver Colorado and short 15 to 30 minute thunderstorms occur there in the middle of the day, multiple times a week in spring. We would go into the garage and open the garage door and set up lawn chairs in the garage to watch and listen to the storm. I guess we were lucky there were no trees near by.
Wow, he's lucky to be alive. It was lovely to meet your Dad, Diana.
Is that what attracted your Mother so much, was your Mother shocked when he told her about it? Seriously so glad your Dad made it or we would not have you and your awesome videos. Also your Dad really loves you, it shows in his sparkling eyes.
Diana, your dad is cool, I assume he is fun to talk with.
Growing up, i always talked with elder people, there's just too much to learn from them. This episode is definitely one of my favorite.
I hope that you, your husband and Ham Man have a great Easter! 🐣🐰❤️🙏🏻
Wow, it amazing how she so excited that her Dad had had two close end of life experiences.
Continue like that ! You are good !
Congrats on half a million subs. That's a really nice car u got on garage, is it a Trailhawk ??
i love this conversation .
Dianna seems to me constantly powered by lightning storm because she is all time so excited and full of energy :-D
It makes me happy to see you and your father in such a good relationship ;)
Proud of your dad for bringing such an awesome, intelligent, beautiful and sweet girl into this world.
Thaaaaaaaank you for not spreading the dangerous rumor "it's not the volts, it's not the amps" and actually taking the time to explain it's both. :)
Love this video for 2 reasons:
-science
-spending time w the ol' parents. You are a good daughter.
This was fun to see you and your dad doing a vid together. You should have him on again sometime :)
PS. Looks like he had a blast too! :)
So sweet both of you
Your Dad is cool.
Neat stories. He is in a very rare club. Was no one else near him the first time? Because he had said "we" were swimming, but then it sounds like no one saw him knocked out when the tree was struck beside him.
You're dad's so sweet!
When I was a small child in Lake Placid, Fl (2nd highest lighting stikes in the country I once read), I was walking home down Lejune Road, bare-footed no less, after having swam in the nearby lake. Lighting started appearing everywhere and hit just above the road maybe 20 ft away. I felt my scalp stinging big time. I was very lucky that it wasn't a bit closer.
Very enlightening video.
the lighting scar look pretty awesome
Your dad is epic. I have played in thunderstorms never been struck. I like the fork cleaner demo
Diana,
I experienced lightning, a near miss!
I was inside home (concrete roof, brick walls) , using an XPS laptop which was having metal sheet on the palm rest area. Laptop was connected to internet over LAN cable. It was a wired connection. lightning occurred outside building and i get shock from laptop and was pulled away luckily & fell down along with chair backwards. I was frightened and cried 😞
Lucky nothing happened to me other than just falling down. But mother board of laptop- LAN section and USB ports got damaged.
Thank you for posting this interview with your Dad. I am interested in knowing if the lightning strike caused any other detrimental effects to your Dad's senses other than having blacked out for a period of time. Any scars, for example, or changes to his senses ?
that was just an adorable video!.... I'd be so proud if my daughter became a scientist as I am a chemical engineer
a warm welcome to "Physics Dad" :) great story!
so fascinating!!
Great video!
Favorite Episode
Your dad seems to be really proud of having such a smart daughter as you
True
Wow that would be scary! Glad he is ok 🙏🌸🤓
Hey D, The pure, gushing, love; your dad just shot into you...
Did you check your arms for those, 'patterns?'
A wonderful video!!! :-)
loved that video. I was about 26 years old and a power pole got hit by lightning. It was maybe 30 feel from me. The boom was defining; the flash blinding, and I felt tingling all over my body with burning in the soles of my feet. My girlfriend felt tingling her hands that lasted the rest of the day. It was an experience we will never forget.
Great video with your dad
Brought a smile to my face
Lovely interaction
Wow your dad seems sooo awesome
your dad is cool. ;)
close encounter with lighting. running to an outhouse at age 10. indoor plumbing being worked on by repairmen. no alternative but to run 120 yards.
lightning came down. approx 10 yards away. I was mid-air, mid stride. scared me stiff. slid to a stop. pissed myself. harsh memory. only grandmother can confirm.
I love this topic. I once knew a kid who was sitting on a dock and fishing and it started pouring really hard. All of a sudden lightning struck him and it actually knocked his shoes off his feet. I don't know if I ever believed that but it was said to be true.
Is that why you became Physics Girl?
Jericho Arroyo
she was bitten by a radioactive physics spider, and thus became Physics Girl
Ouch!
Pa Pinkelman ROFL!!!!
The hell is a physics spider? What are its powers? What are Physics Girl's powers?
ShadeSlayer1911 mostly just explaining physics
❤ Hope you’re doing better.
Diana, you have your dad's smile!
I share the experience with the power socket, though I can not say it was accidental. I just learned power is AC with a 50/60Hz Frequency and knew this is a bass frequency you could hear, so I plugged in a headset with crocodile clamps from an electronic experimenting kit from my older brother. I obviously survived that, too.
The closest I got to lightning was once in an office, where a bolt hit the earth wire of the building and a wall clock stopped. The loudest thunder I ever heard most probably accompanied by the bang of the short circuit within this clock. The funny thing about it was months later I was in that office again someone asked for the time. Not knowing (it wasn't my office) the clock wasn't repaired I pointed to it. It was mere coincidence it was quite accurately showing the correct time, though the clock still stood still.
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!
My Dad was once struck by lightning while piloting a helicopter, it caused the engine to shut down mid-flight, but he was fortunately able to restart it before blades stopped spinning. People on the ground saw the bolt go right through the helicopter and said it lit up like a giant light bulb
Hey this was a great video
Nice work Di
Nice to hear from you again Diana! What are the probabilities of staying alive after getting hit by a lightning? I mean what is more probable, die or survive?
Great lighting safety. But as an old surfer, I have never seen lighting near a surf zone. (Nor Cal). Open ocean in the
Bahamas on a scuba dive is a spooky experience.
What should you do in a lightning storm?
- Tree: *SHAZAM!*
BAHAHAHA. +1000 internets for this - you've not gotten your dues for this one; 8 likes? C'mon people!
When lightning strikes near you, the differential voltage in the ground is enough to shock you... so if you are near some sort of lighting rod (tree, whatever) facing away from it helps, because if both feet are equidistant from the source, you'll experience less jolt.
(And facing away because bright.)
What's that rogue wave thing in the description?
Diana: I have an unusual dad
Dad: I have an unusual daughter.
*Right back at ya*
Your dad seems like a cool guy!
And a fun guy, too.
There was a televised soccer match where the pitch was struck by lightning, several player collapsed badly hurt while other were fine. And it didn't seem to matter how far away the players were from where the bolt hit the ground. There were players that were closer to that point than players that were hurt.
They found the difference by looking at slow motion pictures. All the players that were hurt had both feet on the ground when the lightning hit. None of the players who had only one foot on the ground were hurt.
Another tip for lightning storms. Don't stand near a campfire. The smoke has lots of ions which makes it act like a lightning rod.
Also cows allegedly tend to align themselves facing 90 degrees away from lightning storms because if the current travels along the ground there is less potential difference between their legs than if they are facing towards or away from the lightning. (Left and right legs are closer together than front and back)
hello glad to see you back
Wasn't she always there?
she was but as soon as I see her new video I always enthusiastically wait for another I always want to see more
well one thing more she is pretty famous she was there on brain craft channel and with Michael Stevens from Vsauce too
I was glad I will see her at other places too
Aw well. She's ever present for me.
I'd been following this channel when it wasn't even famous.
So. Yeah
And I love how in your display picture, She's along with the likes of Hawking, Feynman and Einstein.
Dianna needs to see that!
Now I never got struck by lightning but I believe I was close enough to. I was outside watching the rain when lightning struck the fire hydrant 50+ feet away. I still felt my hair stand up by static, and it was so bright it took a moment for my eyes to adjust.
Thank god he is OK...I am sending my daughter your channel.