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Plane crash in Russia
On 5/8/2019 5:25 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Joe wrote on Wed, 8 May 2019 09:08:49 +0100: On Tue, 07 May 2019 17:46:38 -0700 Fred J. McCall wrote: Keema's Nan wrote on Tue, 07 May 2019 20:47:41 +0100: Because people are not quite so susceptible to induced charges, being full of water. An interesting supposition but not born out by the facts. It takes 100 mA to kill you. Between 100 and 200 ma is the fatal zone. But shocks over 200 ma generally are not fatal https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/physi...l_current.html Humans have been struck by lightning and survived, sometimes more than once. Golfers are particularly susceptible, as they often raise their own lightning conductors into the air. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23621324 True, but no new information. Such survival has nothing to do with "being full of water" and they survive because, despite the huge power present, they don't take 100 mA of current through their body. Electricity takes the path of least resistance. Sometimes that tends to be just under the skin. Dry skin has far more resistance. -- https://twitter.com/Non_Linear1 s |
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Plane crash in Russia
Jonathan wrote on Thu, 9 May 2019 19:43:51
-0400: On 5/8/2019 5:25 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote: Joe wrote on Wed, 8 May 2019 09:08:49 +0100: On Tue, 07 May 2019 17:46:38 -0700 Fred J. McCall wrote: Keema's Nan wrote on Tue, 07 May 2019 20:47:41 +0100: Because people are not quite so susceptible to induced charges, being full of water. An interesting supposition but not born out by the facts. It takes 100 mA to kill you. Between 100 and 200 ma is the fatal zone. So essentially what I said, then. But shocks over 200 ma generally are not fatal If there's someone there to perform artificial respiration, as your own cite notes. https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/physi...l_current.html We were all taught 100 mA with around 80 volts behind it would kill you, since that's enough voltage to get the current across your body. Humans have been struck by lightning and survived, sometimes more than once. Golfers are particularly susceptible, as they often raise their own lightning conductors into the air. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23621324 True, but no new information. Such survival has nothing to do with "being full of water" and they survive because, despite the huge power present, they don't take 100 mA of current through their body. Electricity takes the path of least resistance. Sometimes that tends to be just under the skin. Dry skin has far more resistance. Hence "just under the skin". -- "Rule Number One for Slayers - Don't die." -- Buffy, the Vampire Slayer |
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