How to Survive a Lightning Strike

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  • @gregry111
    @gregry111 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2983

    I have survived many lightning strikes. My method is to always be somewhere else.

    • @eggrollsoup
      @eggrollsoup 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      .

    • @gregry111
      @gregry111 8 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      No, it's true. Whenever there's a storm coming, I go somewhere else and I have never had a problem.

    • @UberGoober69
      @UberGoober69 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      lolololololol

    • @coffeelink943
      @coffeelink943 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Your method works ;D this should be added in a school safety drill

    • @gregry111
      @gregry111 8 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Yes. I intend to offer a class in lightning strike prevention. I will charge one hundred and fifty dollars and will show people how to go inside when a storm approaches. I will also demonstrate what clouds look like. There's much more but I don't want to divulge everything until I'm ready.

  • @zarinjanis
    @zarinjanis 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1593

    To survive a lightning strike one must be hit by it first. So, your best chance of surviving a lightning is to do everything in your power to get hit by a lightning. While counter-intuitive, the right thing to do is to climb up the tree, therefore increasing the probability of being hit, therefore being that much closer to surviving a lightning strike.

    • @T211K
      @T211K 8 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      This whole paragraph is full of paradoxes.

    • @TheLKStar
      @TheLKStar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      +Tamoor Khan No, it's not. It's a funny way to say it because it purposely misses the point of the question, but it still is truthful and accurate.

    • @supernachos9948
      @supernachos9948 8 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      +TheLKStar This is a masterpiece XD

    • @WilliamBradey
      @WilliamBradey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      +zarinjanis The title is "How to survive a lighting strike" not "How to survive a direct hit from a lighting strike" It doesn't need to hit you to be considered a lighting strike. It can still kill you if it strikes near you.

    • @zarinjanis
      @zarinjanis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      William Bradey Does it mean I am surviving ~100 lightning strikes a second happening around the globe? Cause I obviously am surviving them by your definition.

  • @LeventDV
    @LeventDV 10 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    1:40 he sounds like sayin " Stand upright and you are fucked. Lay down and you are fucked again. "

  • @marcusallan6834
    @marcusallan6834 10 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    my teacher would take 3 lessons to say that

    • @rsingh6216
      @rsingh6216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hey are you alive my friend

    • @GreatHeightsEntertainment
      @GreatHeightsEntertainment 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What about if lightening while crossing two legs, just burn our dick

    • @JS-go1bk
      @JS-go1bk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great Heights Entertainment Its not that big

    • @roelienchik6887
      @roelienchik6887 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      same

    • @kurxozybeats
      @kurxozybeats 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Man you alive?

  • @valensomm
    @valensomm 10 ปีที่แล้ว +940

    2:06 missing critical organs? I personally think my testicles are pretty critical organs

    • @caracasmihai01
      @caracasmihai01 10 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      LMFAO...u made my day

    • @valentinrafael9201
      @valentinrafael9201 10 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      Well-cooked eggs bro

    • @maxmontalvo3400
      @maxmontalvo3400 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Valentin Rafael
      i read your comment saying"you have cooked eggs bro".and i was like WTF

    • @giggitygoebbels3612
      @giggitygoebbels3612 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      for you attach a short metal chain to your feet

    • @paulmahoney7619
      @paulmahoney7619 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You could still survive.

  • @millionsteve
    @millionsteve 9 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    I'm playing golf in a medieval suit from now on.

    • @Tom81dd
      @Tom81dd 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I'll need one for swimming

    • @hagalathekido
      @hagalathekido 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thomas Alexander xD

    • @zoltanszaszi2264
      @zoltanszaszi2264 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Which is by the way a very badass way to play golf and the extra weight also makes it good cardio so it's an absolute win

    • @sumitranjan1203
      @sumitranjan1203 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

  • @nathansora1
    @nathansora1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +608

    When I saw all those dead cows, all I could think was "poor farmer"

    • @symix.
      @symix. 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Ooga Blooga they werent dead, their legs were shocked.

    • @SweRaider1993
      @SweRaider1993 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Right... the farmer that exploits the cows for personal gain is the one to feel sorry for.... *sigh*...

    • @rurutherussian
      @rurutherussian 8 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      +Jon 93 it's the way of human life. shut the fuck up and get back to reality.

    • @SweRaider1993
      @SweRaider1993 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The Divine Rod Just like slavery and any number of atrocities once was... Fortunately people are coming to their senses now. Although the same can't be said of some people such as yourself that tries to justify it with logical fallacies.

    • @SweRaider1993
      @SweRaider1993 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      SoulRCraft "So what I raped her? I bought her flowers and gave her massage before doing it. So that makes it okay."
      And of course this is pretty much what happens to cows... They're artificially inseminated with bull semen - aka raped - to produce milk and then shot when they become useless to the industry... Giving them feed (with often poor nutrition) doesn't change that atrocity...

  • @SpecialEDy
    @SpecialEDy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Something interesting I learned from playing with Van de Graff generators. If you point your finger while being charged with ~300,000volts of electricity, the charge will quickly dissipate into the air almost as if you're grounded. If you hold a metal object like a pen or nail pointing in your outstretched arm, the charge dissipates even better.
    So a lightning rod works not primarily by absorbing a lightning strike, it actually discharges the static buildup from a structure making the lightning less likely to hit the building in the first place.
    This would lead me to believe that if I stood next to you in a field and I was wearing a suit of armor while you werent, the lightning would be more attracted to you.

    • @rajat8713
      @rajat8713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey

    • @johonny2313
      @johonny2313 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I learned more from a yt comment than my whole science class

  • @mehhmehhh3458
    @mehhmehhh3458 7 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    *gets struck by lightening * well its a good job I decided to wear my suite of armour today

    • @paulmag91
      @paulmag91 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Armor +100
      Dexterity -3
      Electric resistance +99%

    • @klyxes
      @klyxes 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      who knew just about every rpg with an electric resistance stat was wrong?

    • @saulo4302
      @saulo4302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Ah, Good thing I chose to casually wear my medieval suit of armor made of iron for my casual walk to pay a casual visit to Mr. Tree over at the flat natural fields."

    • @348joey
      @348joey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You spelled lightning with an e. You're on my list.

    • @ragavkishore9081
      @ragavkishore9081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@348joey lol😂😂

  • @eianguevarra774
    @eianguevarra774 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    You mean... Having a medieval suit isn't normal?

    • @eianguevarra774
      @eianguevarra774 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ***** You need connections, man

    • @ryank1273
      @ryank1273 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THE PUNS!

  • @Bizorke
    @Bizorke 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    This happened to me. I was outside in an insane lightning storm late at night when I was working late one day. I just wanted to walk home less than 1km away, but I had to cross a parking lot. I felt static building up within me as my hairs begun to stand on end. I got half way across the parking lot before I panicked and ran back inside my work. I stayed until past midnight for the storm to clear before I left to go home to sleep for work at 8am the next morning.

    • @ajmosutra7667
      @ajmosutra7667 ปีที่แล้ว

      Congrats

    • @Alexander-os1ss
      @Alexander-os1ss 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Milk 🥛

    • @QSBraWQ
      @QSBraWQ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      so you was half way at a parking lot, but decided to go back all the way? tbh the same chances

    • @karikalan8830
      @karikalan8830 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      W

  • @ernestt8398
    @ernestt8398 10 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    Maybe you should ask Team Rocket..

    • @Crapcarp555
      @Crapcarp555 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But they're pokemon, so they're a lot more resilient to it.

    • @trashcompactorYT
      @trashcompactorYT 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Crapcarp555 Team Rocket is 2 people, not Pokemon...

    • @NicklasTheKid
      @NicklasTheKid 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      DJCDavisDubstep Team Rocket is an organization in Pokemon. I believe you are thinking of two members of "Team Rocket" - Jessie and James
      Just, by the way.

    • @joshuayuan666
      @joshuayuan666 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DJCDavisDubstep we humans desended from animals i'm i not right? then since pokemon are the so called "animal" of the pokemon world, they desended from pokemon, am i wrong?

    • @nicgresham3105
      @nicgresham3105 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuck u all

  • @svendjensen9365
    @svendjensen9365 8 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    the cat in the box at 0:54 is dead AND alive at the same time...

    • @heartseed478
      @heartseed478 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +Svend Jensen NO, it's alive all that given time

    • @KurenaiKimitsu
      @KurenaiKimitsu 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      +Svend Jensen it's not schrodinger's cat. Different concept.

    • @the_ghostly_gamerghostasri1473
      @the_ghostly_gamerghostasri1473 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No. ITS UNDEAD!!! XD

    • @heyimkatie1058
      @heyimkatie1058 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I GET IT
      HA HA HA that's dumb

    • @kob6912
      @kob6912 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      aaaaAAAAAAAHHHHH

  • @TueVlog
    @TueVlog 10 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    So you´re saying that my penis is better off getting shocked than my heart?
    BLASHPHEMY!

  • @Rogun987
    @Rogun987 8 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    If RPGs taught me anything you just have to press X when you see the flash and you can dodge the bolts no problem.

    • @NekoYuki
      @NekoYuki 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I see someone earned the Venus Sigil.

    • @Rogun987
      @Rogun987 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I actually never did despite my efforts.

    • @callchickengt8678
      @callchickengt8678 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THANKS I LEARNED VERY MUCH AWESOME. I will sub

    • @dwightk.schrute1089
      @dwightk.schrute1089 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Where's the X button?

    • @zupinu2000
      @zupinu2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      final fantasy 10 eh? XD

  • @Hereson
    @Hereson 10 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    0:38 IRONically ;)

    • @oreozzbutidontmakevidsevry8455
      @oreozzbutidontmakevidsevry8455 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      haha lol

    • @Nighthawk1000
      @Nighthawk1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      God dang it I just realized it after i read it a second time.

    • @Pseudonimations
      @Pseudonimations 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hereson YO

    • @erendegirmenci5271
      @erendegirmenci5271 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      couldn't understand as not a native. explain please.

    • @violetthe9946
      @violetthe9946 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@erendegirmenci5271 Iron is the most common metal we use, medieval costumes and stands are made out of iron, ironically has iron in it

  • @ToriathFallanor
    @ToriathFallanor 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Well, electrons can either go through the suit, or through your body. Since the resistance of the suit is much, much lower than the resistance of your body, most of the current will just travel through the suit, and very little through your body. The question is, how much current will flow through a lightning strike that hits you.

  • @TheBros2theend
    @TheBros2theend 10 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    u know not to be immature or anything...but with the whole crouching down....the currect would kinda go through a very important part of the body

    • @moozooh
      @moozooh 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Not if your legs happen to touch somewhere below that point. I'd say keeping knees pressed together would do the trick.

    • @brinjal66
      @brinjal66 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      It's almost as if they didn't realise that your genitals were more important than your heart, lungs, brain and other organs above your legs. /sarcasm

    • @TheBros2theend
      @TheBros2theend 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      AYE! AYE! ......they are kinda equaly important....thats how we make babies. are u saying making babies isnt important? :O

    • @memenumnoscopus
      @memenumnoscopus 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      TheBros2theend No, but I'm saying living is more important than making babies.

    • @AleksandrKramarenko
      @AleksandrKramarenko 10 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Can't make babies if you're dead.

  • @GameChanger77
    @GameChanger77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Would the suit of armor protect you from the heat of the lightning? or would it weld the joints in the suit together and heat you up like a convection oven?

  • @ScoobyDoobyDrew1122
    @ScoobyDoobyDrew1122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    TELL THIS TO NINTENDO SO I CAN STOP DYING WHILE WEARING ARMOR IN STORMS IN BREATH OF THE WILD

  • @VGatheist
    @VGatheist 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I thought if you get struck by lighting, and survive you can see the future? lol

    • @dominickdravinski9941
      @dominickdravinski9941 10 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      ***** Neurons in the cannabinoid receptors of the brain introduced to that high voltage over charges the central region of the brain where the hippocampus is, inducing visions and hallucinations of events like to occur to you based on your stress patterns, personality, and current memories. This is common knowledge among the science community.

    • @VGatheist
      @VGatheist 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** or some magical mystical energy field that can not be documented or verified. It is just really fun to believe in. lol

    • @raynac224
      @raynac224 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dominick Dravinski Can you cite me the name and author of the paper it was in, I still have access to universcity resources for a little longer and it might be interesting to read. I doubt your claim that it is common knowledge among the science community ;D your just trying to make your claim sound more valid
      Until such a paper has been produced I'm going to assume this is sarcasm or trolling because it sounds like bullshit to me ;D

    • @nitemare906
      @nitemare906 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      one of my friend got struck by lightning and he said it hurt a lot like it was the worst pain he every felt no super powers

    • @dominickdravinski9941
      @dominickdravinski9941 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ....

  • @johndebord7802
    @johndebord7802 8 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    But how would the electrons know which way is the best path without going through it first?

    • @MRC00LI0BEAST
      @MRC00LI0BEAST 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      quantum mechanics

    • @TheThibz1
      @TheThibz1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      They don't really know which path is the best, but they are attracted by the best path

    • @DushyantDeshwal
      @DushyantDeshwal 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Relative potential difference .

    • @gregry111
      @gregry111 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Electrons have ESP.

    • @chadyonfire7878
      @chadyonfire7878 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They're attracted by The closest one

  • @spaghettilives5106
    @spaghettilives5106 9 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    This guy has it all wrong, you need to grab an umbrella and get to high ground

    • @sephangelo4603
      @sephangelo4603 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      otherwise the bolt of lightning can zap you at massively hypersonic speed

    • @spaghettilives5106
      @spaghettilives5106 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Seph Angelo yeah, gravity speeds them up

    • @paulmahoney7619
      @paulmahoney7619 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about being in a house with a lightning rod (and lighting is already going at the speed of light, so it cannot go faster, as well, going higher increases chance of strike.

    • @RatusMax
      @RatusMax 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Paul Mahoney
      LIGHTNING DOES NOT TRAVEL AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT!!! THE LIGHT EMITTED FROM THE LIGHTNING DOES!!!! BUT NOT THE LIGHTNING CHARGE ITSELF!!!!

    • @escraftTH
      @escraftTH 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      also hold up a tesla tower too. that should help

  • @WaffleMonstification
    @WaffleMonstification 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    actually what you're suppose to do
    is hold your hand in the air
    shout
    "KARIN"
    you'll be immune to the lightning while also being able to control it

  • @mickycarcar
    @mickycarcar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Actually it can go either way. In almost all cases, the negative bottom of a cloud induces a positive charge in the portion of the ground below it, and when the difference in charge is great enough a lightning strike will equalize the two--and electrons move down. But sometimes the positive top of the cloud can also shoot off a lightning bolt towards the ground ("positive lightning"), in which case the electrons would be moving upward.

  • @CrasyFilmingTube86
    @CrasyFilmingTube86 10 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Roasted balls anyone?

  • @mudaebots
    @mudaebots 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OMG this channel deserves more subscribers because the information is so interesting and they also use entertaining art to keep us watching.

  • @crazytuner111
    @crazytuner111 10 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    But wouldn't the suit of armor be extremely hot after being struck?

    • @glenkua
      @glenkua 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Not if it has a very low resistance.

    • @crazytuner111
      @crazytuner111 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh okay. So not just any suit of armor would do than?

    • @glenkua
      @glenkua 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      crazytuner111 Um, just an armor made of a material with good electrical conductivity.

    • @Coi1221
      @Coi1221 10 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Only materials with high resistance will get hot because the electrons have a harder time passing through (-> their energy gets converted into heat).

    • @crazytuner111
      @crazytuner111 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Coi1221 Ah thank you

  • @daviddempsay4930
    @daviddempsay4930 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Even though metal is a great conductor of electrical current, I would think that a suit of armor would get rather hot in the process of conducting the lightning bolt to the ground, and so if one were inside it when it was struck by lightning, then one would want out of that metal suit as quickly as possible--assuming that getting out of the suit of armor would even be possible at that point.

    • @waffleown4258
      @waffleown4258 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It would not be possible to get out of said suit. The amperage going through would make the metal suit turn red hot in a split second

    • @boudaakararam9007
      @boudaakararam9007 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@waffleown4258 what if you put wear heat resistant clothes before wearing the metal suit?

    • @waffleown4258
      @waffleown4258 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@boudaakararam9007 then you would have about 15 seconds to get out, before you go get above the temperature at which the suit would be able to keep the heat out, and it would start to melt or burn.

  • @jasonrosenberg13
    @jasonrosenberg13 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you, Henry. I enjoyed that lightning-fast presentation.
    It was, dare I say, illuminating.

  • @silverbird1639
    @silverbird1639 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Instructions unclear, got the helmet stuck on my head.

  • @cimmik
    @cimmik 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This piece of science is not only interesting. It is also some useful knowledge that everyone should know.

  • @tjahjobagaaa
    @tjahjobagaaa 8 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    I chose superman cause then i could fly away

    • @jamesanthony8438
      @jamesanthony8438 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      But then that would place you up closer TO the lightning...

    • @lverboy4685
      @lverboy4685 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +James Anthony lol

    • @tjahjobagaaa
      @tjahjobagaaa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +James Anthony fly super fast near the ground

    • @tjahjobagaaa
      @tjahjobagaaa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +James Anthony And besides, superman is invincible, unless it's kryptonite lighting

    • @DefinerMig
      @DefinerMig 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Yes, yes very true he is... But the suit is not giving him his invincibility nor his ability. So you'd just be standing in a field with a cape on fire looking like a knob.

  • @whateverreally1347
    @whateverreally1347 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wouldn't Joule heating fry you alive ? The resistance of the suit is probably small but a lightening bolt can be up to 50000 amps. Wouldn't the suit heat up so much you're charred ?

    • @PaulMagnusSrensenClark
      @PaulMagnusSrensenClark 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +WhateverReally Good question. But I can't remember ever hearing that cars get very warm when struck by lightning, so I don't think a metal suit would be either. Nevertheless, it would still be much better than being struck directly without a suit.

    • @GamerTheTurtle
      @GamerTheTurtle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lightning strikes at less than a micro second

  • @Caio-sw7hh
    @Caio-sw7hh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i learned about faraday cage yesterday, and i havent understand it until now THANK YOU

  • @Roderick789
    @Roderick789 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this videos, I've watched almost all the videos in your playlist :)

  • @DanielRenardAnimation
    @DanielRenardAnimation 9 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    I'll always remember how dumb I was as a kid, when it comes to lightning.
    I was on a camping trip with my class and the 2nd evening it starts pouring down, with violent lightning strikes all around, but I tell my friends that it's okay; that all we had to do is keep jumping, not to touch the ground _(because...? it would totally cancel out the lightning if it struck us, while off the ground - I mean, it's not like a charge of energy that could travel all the way from the clouds to us, would have the energy to travel from our feet to the ground below, right? [sarcasm])_ So, like a bunch of numb-nuts, we'd be out in this large field, looking up at the clouds, jumping up and down. Boy would my face be red to this day, if a friend of mine next to me, had taken a bolt to the face and wound up a charred lump of meat.

    • @ragefox3620
      @ragefox3620 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it would be a nightmare if it happens

    • @myspacebarbrokenevermindif9892
      @myspacebarbrokenevermindif9892 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Daniel Renard lmao even if you're not touching the ground, the electricity will still travel through your body to the ground

    • @fishycats8006
      @fishycats8006 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hey guys we need to jump and we will be o- -gets struck by lightning-aw cr-dead

    • @thundergodwannabe7260
      @thundergodwannabe7260 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      :OOOOOOO TOUHOU-ER HELLO MAH FRIEND

    • @ducminhtran4136
      @ducminhtran4136 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      the sound

  • @ThunderStriker
    @ThunderStriker 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    it said survive a lightning strike not how to avoid :(

    • @WilliamBradey
      @WilliamBradey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +ThunderStriker It told you how. Wear a metal suit or stay crouched. Rewatch the video and listen this time.

    • @WilliamBradey
      @WilliamBradey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      IlluminardyGaming Good one

    • @erwinsmith5921
      @erwinsmith5921 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      William Bradey thx

    • @PeliRapu
      @PeliRapu 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +William Bradey (Test) Promesses.

  • @KaptenN
    @KaptenN 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow. I would have thought that alying down was the best way to avoid being hit by lightning. I didn't think about the charges moving along the surface of the ground.

  • @EirikXL
    @EirikXL 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    These tunes are so relaxing!

  • @valentinrafael9201
    @valentinrafael9201 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Levitate while thunderstorms. More easy.

  • @cptnickk7462
    @cptnickk7462 9 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    He said avoiding vital organs...but didnt said anything about testicles..!

    • @paulmahoney7619
      @paulmahoney7619 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You can survive without them.

    • @cptnickk7462
      @cptnickk7462 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Believe me I don't want to imagine a life without them ;)

    • @cptnickk7462
      @cptnickk7462 9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      ***** yes because they were always in your mouth 1-1 :P

    • @giggitygoebbels3612
      @giggitygoebbels3612 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Paul Mahoney The main problem is you will likely die from cardiac arrest due to extreme pain after the zap,therefore chances of survival isn't necessarily increased.

    • @marcustornea2821
      @marcustornea2821 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup. He didn't talk about our testicles turning into fried eggs.

  • @arshadsayed9297
    @arshadsayed9297 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    thankyou for sharing this info..

  • @epilouge1
    @epilouge1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THANK YOU OMG I NEEDED THIS THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!

    • @VideoGameStarChannelSupreme
      @VideoGameStarChannelSupreme 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't you need an double-size rubber armor to survive lighthing? and maybe a phone?

  • @reiokimura6519
    @reiokimura6519 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The last one = You don't say?
    Or we wouldn't even be watching this video..

    • @SimenSebastian
      @SimenSebastian 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Reio Kimura lol

    • @MihailGamingMK
      @MihailGamingMK 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i was just thinking the same thing!

    • @rangedfighter
      @rangedfighter 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Reio Kimura Smartphones, I'm from the future.

  • @pistol1994
    @pistol1994 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wear a chemical suit. At least this way you have a chance to become the Flash. :)

  • @QuadroNVS
    @QuadroNVS 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The name of the song is called -Pour Vous if anyone wanted to know. Artist : Dr. Schroeder on sound cloud.

  • @robertdraxel7175
    @robertdraxel7175 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great videos! Its bringing enthusiasm.

  • @samking73
    @samking73 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We lost a herd of cattle to lightening strike on our farm when I was a kid.

    • @samking73
      @samking73 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Haha! Never thought of that.

    • @Kevin15047
      @Kevin15047 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      al-Bakh'kam Who needs a microwave?

    • @cai6972
      @cai6972 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The lightning cooked them for u

    • @samking73
      @samking73 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Caius McLeish Yes, thats what my reply was about. Someone said basically that, but apparently some other ignoramus marked that comment as spam. ??

    • @348joey
      @348joey 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You lost a herd to the level of light increasing? Because that's what "lightening" is.

  • @specialk3460
    @specialk3460 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    1:50 if I did this would my balls get zapped?

    • @zeeisthelastletter7884
      @zeeisthelastletter7884 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep.

    • @18aidanme
      @18aidanme 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No because you're mr popo.

    • @Ayplus
      @Ayplus 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      LMAO. Just realized that

    • @marcustornea2821
      @marcustornea2821 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Poor sperms. They wanted to win the amazing race

    • @imperialwatch380
      @imperialwatch380 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      and all of your pubehair would be gone like a little child

  • @savannahc.8633
    @savannahc.8633 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow that for that helpful tip MinuteEarth I would have never thought of that

  • @ghassenmez7810
    @ghassenmez7810 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    any material has a point of saturation : when current passes into it , it increases its resistance , up to a point where your body becomes more conductive of electricity so it depends on the energy delivered by lightning . i don't know if you took that into consideration , because you failed to mention it . otherwise , grate advice .

  • @David_Last_Name
    @David_Last_Name 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So if you are caught in an open field with a lone tree, is it better to hide under the tree or run away from it? If you move away from it you are now the tallest thing in the field, so it seems like lightning would be more likely to strike you. However if you stand right next to the tree you are no longer the tallest thing (yay!), but you are now standing right next to the tallest thing which is going to attract lightning (boo). So which one is better? Or is it best to stay near the tree, but not too close?

  • @strengthbuild
    @strengthbuild 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Moral of the story: do more squats

    • @verygood578
      @verygood578 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol your comment is so old , I hope you are still there haha

  • @MuhammadIqbal-cp1wg
    @MuhammadIqbal-cp1wg 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for information

  • @zevallison9130
    @zevallison9130 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video!

  • @SilverWave64
    @SilverWave64 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    1:48 - Should my feet touch each other?

    • @KevinAnimalCrossing
      @KevinAnimalCrossing 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's what I was thinking.

    • @TaylorYarick
      @TaylorYarick 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      sure, that might help. The point is to provide the shortest possible path for current to flow from one foot to the other

    • @TheKapinkrunchkid
      @TheKapinkrunchkid 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Doesn't matter it's passing through anyway.

    • @ShapeDoppelganger
      @ShapeDoppelganger 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      SilverWave From what I saw from the video, and the little that I know I guess no, your feet is small, at least compared to your thighs, so even though it would be the shortest path from one feet to the other, it would have much less area to dissipate heat. So when the current running through your feet would actually burn it to crisps.
      Now both of your legs have much wider area and resistance than your feet only, so even if the lightning coming from the ground got to you, it might not even step up on your leg because of the resistance of your legs, but if your feet were touching it other, the total resistance would be much lower, and so you would have a fried foot.

    • @TaylorYarick
      @TaylorYarick 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ShapeDoppelganger yeah... I guess I take my comment back. The point is only to keep the current path away from the heart. Having it go all the way through both legs is probably better than letting it spark across your knees....

  • @MithgalAlFayez01
    @MithgalAlFayez01 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What did the cows ever do to electricity ?
    And ya , the MISSING CRITICAL ORGANS , how can it miss something so big ?

  • @mihaiemilian8313
    @mihaiemilian8313 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you soo much. You are right conssidering basic electricity physics. :)

  • @manubelfort9383
    @manubelfort9383 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome bro...next time I will try wearing Faraday suit during Strom's...

  • @NidusFormicarum
    @NidusFormicarum 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was on a hiking trip once when an intense thunderstorm reached my area. I was sleeping in a tent in an open field with just low bushy vegetaion and heather plants. (Beautiful!) I got so scared that I decided to head straight for the nearest village about one kilometer away and walked there closed to the road. When the weather had past away, I went back to my tent. My reasoning was that since the houses had lightning conductors, this should be a lot safer place for me than to be at the open heather plants field.

  • @Zerepzerreitug
    @Zerepzerreitug 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel a current of lightning knowledge going through me. Thanks Henry, you bring a spark to this stormcloud ;)

  • @oleandreas5014
    @oleandreas5014 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just love this video!

  • @Srinathji_Das
    @Srinathji_Das 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I enjoyed watching this video! 💛

  • @rickool07
    @rickool07 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Poor cows... :(

    • @funishark8201
      @funishark8201 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least theres a cooked steak

  • @OttoPussner
    @OttoPussner 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Why not just crouch low then touch heels?

  • @jaishreesingh4800
    @jaishreesingh4800 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow this thing still holds up

  • @ludovicusbong5972
    @ludovicusbong5972 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much, it is very good to educating people who don't know anything about Lighning.

  • @EdenNov
    @EdenNov 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks! I have another question-why are lightnings not straight lines (instead of having many corners and splitting to smaller "mini lightnings")? Surely one straight line of air molecules has less resistance than that monstrosity.

    • @MagicNoThief
      @MagicNoThief ปีที่แล้ว

      It's because of air density. Where the air is less dense, there is less resistance

  • @jackstriker4148
    @jackstriker4148 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The New52 version of Superman's suit is made of a nigh-indestructible Kryptonian fabric and lightning would bounce right off of it.
    Just putting that out there.

    • @jackstriker4148
      @jackstriker4148 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** How would you know? Learn to 4th wall. ^_^

    • @maxmontalvo3400
      @maxmontalvo3400 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jack Striker
      You dont see superman just walking in the city do you?

    • @jackstriker4148
      @jackstriker4148 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Max Montalvo How would you know? He has a secret identity. ^_^

    • @maxmontalvo3400
      @maxmontalvo3400 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      your 3 years old are you?

    • @jackstriker4148
      @jackstriker4148 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Max Montalvo 24, actually. And in my defense, I never once said, nor did I even imply, that Superman's New52 suit was real. I simply explained how the New52 suit works in the comics.

  • @beabitar1433
    @beabitar1433 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks man

  • @MrCivilopedia
    @MrCivilopedia 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outdoors tip: for a little extra safety, use the crouching posture on top of your backpack if possible. Backpacks tend to have lower conductivity than us, which will reduce the likelihood of current passing through even more.

  • @ethanlozada4470
    @ethanlozada4470 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Why not leave the suit in the open to lure the lighting

    • @adatta3046
      @adatta3046 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Because the lightning still has a chance to hit you?

    • @jamesanthony8438
      @jamesanthony8438 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      And because this is real life, not a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Lightning's not gonna fall for a cheap trick like that. :)

    • @zoltanszaszi2264
      @zoltanszaszi2264 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Step 1: Lure lightning with suit
      Step 2: Trap lightning
      Step 3: Tame lightning, become Thor
      Step 4: Profit

  • @therealorberon
    @therealorberon 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When a metal Pole comes in handy.

  • @CodClips594
    @CodClips594 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But won't the effects/force of the lightning hitting the armour do some serious damage altogether? If your to close to the lightning will the thunder act as a shock wave?

  • @daagomezmo
    @daagomezmo 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find it so beautiful to spot storms on the horisont :)

  • @samuraipanda85
    @samuraipanda85 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wait, does that mean the metalbending police force (who were metal armor) in legend of korra would have been immune to the equalist's electric shock gloves?

    • @Rime_in_Retrograde
      @Rime_in_Retrograde 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think so, at least, not completely. Looking at their uniforms, they aren't fully enclosed, like a mediaeval suit of armor is. They wear cloth pants, and go with their hands and faces uncovered.
      I'm not sure exactly how well their suits would protect them, if at all, but I am pretty sure that the metal would alter how they are affected and that even if they are somewhat protected, they wouldn't be entirely immune to electric attacks.

    • @zeHatWearingMan
      @zeHatWearingMan 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes bro (or sis)!

  • @squidwardfromua
    @squidwardfromua ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like how lightning is just a giant, million times bigger spark that you have in lighter or oven.

  • @stephanietanniss
    @stephanietanniss 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dr. Schroeder.. nice music :) following now

  • @dev_brand
    @dev_brand 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good one 👍

  • @seanpeery7780
    @seanpeery7780 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How hot would the suit get from the current running through it?

    • @andrasfogarasi5014
      @andrasfogarasi5014 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not very hot. For heat to be generated, electricity has to go through resistance, which metal doesn't have much of.

    • @seanpeery7780
      @seanpeery7780 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      András Fogarasi Well, that would be true of something like copper. But plate metal is not nearly an ideal conductor.

    • @andrasfogarasi5014
      @andrasfogarasi5014 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sean Peery
      It is better than you. Lightning will prefer it over you.

    • @paulmag91
      @paulmag91 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Steal is good enough. Aluminum also.

    • @andrasfogarasi5014
      @andrasfogarasi5014 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      PaulMag
      Hi. You are at my other comment.

  • @sinistar3198
    @sinistar3198 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Requesting song.

    • @ThatWarioGiant
      @ThatWarioGiant 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sini Star Its Darude- Sandstorm

    • @sinistar3198
      @sinistar3198 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wario Giant Thanks.

    • @sinistar3198
      @sinistar3198 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wario Giant In all seriousness, I would like to know the title of this song. I didn't see it on soundcloud.

    • @franzvisitacion5248
      @franzvisitacion5248 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sini Star click the link in the description. The song is titled Pour Vous.

    • @BboyRagnar0us
      @BboyRagnar0us 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Franz Visitacion no it's darude Lightningstorm

  • @grundyboy34
    @grundyboy34 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very curiously, this was broadcast on the weather channel withoit any mention or credit of this youtube channel.

  • @shadowfire04
    @shadowfire04 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's interesting how you guys evolved your drawing skills

  • @jenniferjung8549
    @jenniferjung8549 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wait are you saying that One Piece was wrong all this time?!?!?! And Luffy was not able to block out Kami's lightnings?

    • @AifosViruset
      @AifosViruset 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, it's not that rubber does not block electricity, because it kinda does, but in a car it is the metal that does the trick. The lightning is drawn to the metal chassis of he car, as it is a better conductor then your body, but it skips through the air the last bit instead of going through the wheels. Rubber is indeed a very poor conductor. In the same way Enel/Ener's lightning didn't effect Luffy because he is a worse conductor then the air around him, which is why the lightning skipped through the air around him and left him unharmed.

    • @RikuKonekoUzumaki
      @RikuKonekoUzumaki 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not necessarily. Rubber is pretty good *insulator*, not conductor. They prevent electricity from passing THROUGH one object to another, unlike conductors. Which is why the human body can allow electricity to move from one limb to the other, but if your body was made of rubber, nothing would happen. You might scorch some, but you'd probably still live.

    • @AifosViruset
      @AifosViruset 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Riku Uzumaki Poor conductor=Insulator. Conductivity is a property of all materials, the ones with poor conductivity are called insulators, like rubber.
      You are describing the same thing as I did. I just worded it in a way so that it would be easier to understand that rubber does not stop the electricity in its tracks but rather redirects it. It still reaches the ground, just not through the rubber.

    • @huyduong5403
      @huyduong5403 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yah, because "logic" is what you think of when you think about One Piece

  • @Austinflank
    @Austinflank 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Or you could be a real man and take the lightning and enjoy it.

  • @gabrielgomesbrito
    @gabrielgomesbrito 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice Schrodinger's cat reference.

  • @mattsteely1894
    @mattsteely1894 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you.

  • @xplurxx
    @xplurxx 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How do I get a cool scar from the lightning and still survive?

    • @Armorqueen00
      @Armorqueen00 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      You will look like harry potter hahhaa

    • @erikfassett
      @erikfassett 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      You have a 70% survival chance from lightning. Which means you are more likely to get struck and survive with a cool scar than die..

    • @sephangelo4603
      @sephangelo4603 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      unlike a bullet a lightning bolt will hit you at mach 58309

    • @sammolloy6937
      @sammolloy6937 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seph Angelo actually its about half that

  • @immortaliserwow
    @immortaliserwow 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So if I was unfortunate enough to get caught in a Lightning storm the best to do is to sit down and wait for it to hit me sooner or later? Or sit there for hours in the rain hoping that I wont die from hypothermia? What about getting into the forest? Lots of trees there, hopefully a huge wet tree would be a beeter conductor than me.

    • @immortaliserwow
      @immortaliserwow 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh,and smth interesting! Being in an armor, may spare you from getting struck but what about the electical resistance of the armor itself? At the end of the day being struck for a second may be preferable to being baked...alive...inside a red-hot metal cage. Just sayin... :P

    • @immortaliserwow
      @immortaliserwow 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** You clearly havent seen a house hit by one- the electricity conducting wire on the side of the house(dont know the word, forgive me) shines bright as a star and remains red hot for a good ...2 or 3 secs. I myself dont wanna be there. It is some scary shit so u'd better have lower chances of being struck than having higher ones of surviving a struck

    • @quink2060
      @quink2060 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Called a lightning rod

  • @highr8764
    @highr8764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video in a nutshell : *dont go outside* no need to thank me

  • @arte6009
    @arte6009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    next time a storm hits, Im raiding the museum

  • @souadtihli6218
    @souadtihli6218 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ALSO, RUN AROUND LIKE CRAZY SO THE LIGHTNING DOESN'T HIT YOU sorry i had caps on

    • @michaelespeland
      @michaelespeland 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Souad Tihli Were you running while typing? Accidently hitting the CAPS LOCK?

    • @souadtihli6218
      @souadtihli6218 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michael Espeland maybe
      \

    • @michaelespeland
      @michaelespeland 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Living dangerous. Good for you :-D

    • @andrasfogarasi5014
      @andrasfogarasi5014 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YOLO is the acronym for "You only live once", andI don't think it is appropiat at this time.

  • @TheGoProGuy07
    @TheGoProGuy07 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "The current will travel up one leg and down the other" lol not as easy as it sounds pal...

    • @ryank1273
      @ryank1273 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Step potential... same with electrical utility.

  • @yoppysoleman9758
    @yoppysoleman9758 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much for sharing. GBU.

    • @yoppysoleman9758
      @yoppysoleman9758 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The risk exposed to lightning strikes are one of the most frightening events in the world, especially for us who live in areas with high rainfall (like around Poso Lake Mountain in Sulawesi-Indonesia which over 3000 mm per year). Most frightening because it is very difficult to know the early indications that could be made the parameter before a lightning strikes. We hope that the experts can create more detail guidelines to avoid lightning strikes in the future so that it can reduce the risk of its fatality. Thank you very much for sharing. GBU.

  • @sebbes333
    @sebbes333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:00 *IMPORTANT*
    Do your best to touch your heels together (while being off the ground), it's much better if the lightning goes up in one foot, through your heels & out the other foot, instead of the lightning has to travel through both your whole legs & crotch.

  • @MrNeutross
    @MrNeutross 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    wouldn't the suit of armor get really hot from all tht current running trough it, if so wouldn't if cook u alive inside?

    • @NaokisRC
      @NaokisRC 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The strike would be so fast I don't believe it'd be an issue. My guess is based on that you can feed a wire 10 amps when it's rated for only 1 amp and it won't damage or heat up if it was turn off fast. The more resistance and the longer it's on for however gives you more watts, or heat. If it was a quick pulse however, there wouldn't be enough time to generate the heat

  • @matszz
    @matszz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think that metal suit would become quite hot.

    • @bigt5818
      @bigt5818 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's better than being completely roasted

    • @matszz
      @matszz 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Travis Lobbestael
      A bolt of lightning is about 30, 000°C - six times hotter than the Sun.

    • @thinkfast8662
      @thinkfast8662 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +matszz for about less than second, maybe 50th of an second?

    • @matszz
      @matszz 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      *****
      Good point, I still think that'll be good enough to generate alot of heat. Haven't crunched any numbers though. You might be right.

    • @PaulMagnusSrensenClark
      @PaulMagnusSrensenClark 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +matszz Lots of people have been struck by lightning without protection and survived. They don't get charred or anything. Usually there are burn marks only where the lightning entered and left the body. A suit of metal will dissipate of the energy even more effectively so the suit will get less burned than a human.

  • @flatflatspin9855
    @flatflatspin9855 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's cool! Thnx!

  • @vla487
    @vla487 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video ever seen