| From: | graht1@*****.com (Graht) |
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| Subject: | Lightning Ball vs Vehicle. Uber Spell or How Does It Work? |
| Date: | Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:03:11 -0600 |
>
> 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.
What it says and what you said are very different.
You said that cars are designed to channel external electricity. The
article I linked to says that steel, nonconvertable vehicles will
channel external electricity.
You said that vehicles would be immune to lightning based powers. The
article recognized several examples where this was not the case.
> I imagine in another 60 years it wont be a problem at all.
In another 60 years I expect it to be worse, well, kinda. Cars are
being made with less and less steel and with more and more plastic and
fiberglass. As manufacture of said materials continues to become less
expensive the trend will continue. As the amount of conducting
material in the frame and body are reduced, and the amount of wiring
is increased (for all of those fancy electronics) the vital parts of
the car (the electronics which control everything) become a much more
attractive path for any electricity which hits the car. Course,
reducing the amount of metal will make vehicles less attractive to
lightning, but more vulnerable to lightning based spells.
--
-Graht
