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/sci/ i have recently taken interest in the prospect of getting struck by lightening at least once in my life, however, the research i have done seems to yield conflicting information. for example:

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/143/nine-myths-and-facts-about-lightning.html

claims that more people die of getting struck by lightening than the number of people that die by hurricanes and tornadoes.

this:

http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/odds1.html

claims that there is only a 1//2,500,000 chance of dying in a lighting strike. but then it goes onto say that that as the same as a 4/5 chance you will survive. wat.

anyways, any more informed opinions?

>> No.1470243

There is no way that you can give a definitive answer as to whether or not you will die when struck by random lightening.

>> No.1470254

>>1470243

statistics man, statistics.

>> No.1470258

>>1470254
The number of people who have died vs the number that lived before has no bearing on the future. Idiot.

>> No.1470263
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1470263

>>1470258

>> No.1470267

Personally, I'm afraid of the large <span class="math">\frac{di}{dt}[/spoiler] occurs during the strike. Induced current through the body, anyone?

No, thanks.

>> No.1470270

>>1470258

the number of times the sun has risen has no bearing on whether it will rise tomorrow

>> No.1470288

>>1470270
>>1470263
>they think that gravity is comparable to the amount of energy in a lightning bolt

O /sci/, troll as ever I see

>> No.1470301

>>1470288
wat

>> No.1470307

>>1470230
Lightning gives off gamma radiation.

THAT IS ALL!!!

>> No.1470314

>>1470254
More people are alive than have ever died.

>> No.1470327

>>1470288

>thinks that amounts of energy are completely random or that randomness exists

>> No.1470347

>>1470327
O my bad, ok, please give us the exact voltage and amperage of any given lightening strike before it hits OP and let him know if it will be fatal. Stupid shit

>> No.1470400

>>1470347

>stupid shit

yeah, i can count on you for an objective, rational insight

>> No.1470409

>>1470347

You sir, are an idiot. No one claimed to be able to be able to predict lightening's amperage/voltage before it hits, however we can calculate fatality rates, and probabilities.

>> No.1470425

It's pretty simple. 90% of lightnining victims survived. Now, it is your turn, OP, to work out everything that comes after that.