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Would rubber shoes offer any form of protection against cloud-to-ground lightning strikes?
I was reading an article from abcnews about Why so many people survive being struck by lightning. Later in the article it says the following:
But direct strikes make up only a minuscule portion of ...
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Does rubber insulate lightning more effectively than air?
Last week, an Ars Technica writer was struck by lightning. He says that the 911 operators were concerned about whether or not he was wearing shoes at the time, but he didn't think it would make much ...
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