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From: kelvaris@***********.us (Jeff Haskell)
Subject: Lightning Ball vs Vehicle. Uber Spell or How Does It Work?
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:32:56 -0800
On 7/29/05, Shadow wrote:
>
> Vehicles are designed to channel external
> electricity to the ground. So technically all vehicles would be immune to
> lightning based powers. The tires might melt, but that would be about it.

Not true.

http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_pls/vehicle_strike.html

--
-Graht

[Shadow]
All that says is what I said. Don't touch the outside of the car (or
anything touching the outside of the car) and the electricity will be
channeled into the ground.

I imagine in another 60 years it wont be a problem at all.

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