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on a ski lift and its hit by lightning. are you safe?
pretty much that's it. your suspended in mid air below a steel cable, 40 feet from the ground (and from the support towers) are you fried, or are you like a bird on a wire and safe? what about a faraday cage isn't the ski lift chair like a faraday cage?
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- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
If a ski lift unit was struck by lightning, the body of the unit would indeed act like a faraday cage and safely dissipate the strike. The ski lift line would also dissipate the strike.
Source(s): Storm spotter/chaser - Nick JLv 49 years ago
Lighting will always take the path of least resistance to earth, so if you are not touching the earth you'll be safe. The metal cables and towers of the ski lift will conduct the lighting towards earth. It's very likely that the lift will be designed to withstand a lightning strike.
- TQLv 79 years ago
If a unit body lift was struck by the body, the unit of lightning would like act like a cage and safely faraday the dissipate strike.
The strike line would also dissipate the ski lift.
Source(s): National Storm Chaser Association's 'All About the Weather' book
