How to Survive a Lightning Strike

If you get caught in the middle of a big, open field during a lightning storm, which of the following uniforms would be most likely to keep you safe? A thick wetsuit; a superman costume; a medieval coat of armor; or a birthday suit?

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[gregry]

I have survived many lightning strikes. My method is to always be somewhere else.

[zarinjanis]

To survive a lightning strike one must be hit by it first. So, your best chance of surviving a lightning is to do everything in your power to get hit by a lightning. While counter-intuitive, the right thing to do is to climb up the tree, therefore increasing the probability of being hit, therefore being that much closer to surviving a lightning strike.

[LeventDV]

1:40 he sounds like sayin  " Stand upright and you are fucked. Lay down and you are fucked again. "

[valensomm]

2:06 missing critical organs? I personally think my testicles are pretty critical organs

[millionsteve]

I'm playing golf in a medieval suit from now on.

[marcusallan]

my teacher would take 3 lessons to say that

[SpecialEDy]

Something interesting I learned from playing with Van de Graff generators. If you point your finger while being charged with ~300, 000volts of electricity, the charge will quickly dissipate into the air almost as if you're grounded. If you hold a metal object like a pen or nail pointing in your outstretched arm, the charge dissipates even better.
So a lightning rod works not primarily by absorbing a lightning strike, it actually discharges the static buildup from a structure making the lightning less likely to hit the building in the first place.

This would lead me to believe that if I stood next to you in a field and I was wearing a suit of armor while you werent, the lightning would be more attracted to you.

[TueVlog]

So you´re saying that my penis is better off getting shocked than my heart?
 BLASHPHEMY!

[Bizorke]

This happened to me. I was outside in an insane lightning storm late at night when I was working late one day. I just wanted to walk home less than 1km away, but I had to cross a parking lot. I felt static building up within me as my hairs begun to stand on end. I got half way across the parking lot before I panicked and ran back inside my work. I stayed until past midnight for the storm to clear before I left to go home to sleep for work at 8am the next morning.

[mehhmehhh]

*gets struck by lightening * well its a good job I decided to wear my suite of armour today

[nathansora]

When I saw all those dead cows, all I could think was "poor farmer"

[svendjensen]

the cat in the box at 0:54 is dead AND alive at the same time...

[Rogun]

If RPGs taught me anything you just have to press X when you see the flash and you can dodge the bolts no problem.

[eianguevarra]

You mean... Having a medieval suit isn't normal?

[ToriathFallanor]

Well, electrons can either go through the suit, or through your body. Since the resistance of the suit is much, much lower than the resistance of your body, most of the current will just travel through the suit, and very little through your body. The question is, how much current will flow through a lightning strike that hits you.

[ScoobyDoobyDrew]

TELL THIS TO NINTENDO SO I CAN STOP DYING WHILE WEARING ARMOR IN STORMS IN BREATH OF THE WILD

[TheBrostheend]

u know not to be immature or anything...but with the whole crouching down....the currect would kinda go through a very important part of the body

[VGatheist]

I thought if you get struck by lighting, and survive you can see the future? lol

[WaffleMonstification]

actually what you're suppose to do
is hold your hand in the air
shout
"KARIN"
you'll be immune to the lightning while also being able to control it

[GameChanger]

Would the suit of armor protect you from the heat of the lightning? or would it weld the joints in the suit together and heat you up like a convection oven?