What happens when lightning strikes in the ocean?
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Salt water is a good conductor of electricity, and people can actually be electrocuted if they are close...
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I have a bit of a fascination with thunderstorms and recently during a severe thunderstorm a question popped in my head: What happens when lightning strikes a pond, lake, or in the ocean? We know that water carries electricity… so does that mean...
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That's a good question. I know that they use some sort of electrical device when doing inventory of...
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Do you die because I heard electricity travels through water. And do all the fish in the ocean die too?
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It depends on how close you are. If you are only a couple feet away, you will probably be electrocuted...
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The electricity will spread through the water and weaken as it spreads. It can be deadly if you are...
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When lightning strikes the ocean, it doesn't really do anything. The only thing it pretty much does...
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The electrical charge passes into the water, killing anything within lethal range and stunning animals...
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It's not nearly as common as over land because the storms don't get driven as hard by hot ground. But...
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When lightning hits water the current zips across the surface in all directions. If you're swimming...
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When lightning strikes the ocean, it can be lethal to fish swimming within 10 to 20 feet from the surface of the water -- or so I read. What happens if an electric eel is swimming in this "danger zone?" How would it be affected?
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It would die. The ability to generate several hundreds of volts says nothing about it's ability to absorb...
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When lightning strikes the ocean why don't all the fish die?
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A number of things happen when lightning hits the ocean. The lightning is going to the ground, not to...
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