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jl
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jl asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 9 years ago

On a ski lift and its hit by lightning. are you safe?

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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    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    depends which route to ground the lightning takes

    Bad luck if it goes through you

    Also - any route it takes is likely to melt the cable. so you would fall to ground in any case

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