....and I apologized for that too!1_T_Submariner:I've heard thunder underwater. We didn't realize what it was until we surfaced.
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....and I apologized for that too!1_T_Submariner:I've heard thunder underwater. We didn't realize what it was until we surfaced.
PerroneFord:I can say without question this is wrong... at least for fresh water. I got hit 3 times in 15-20ft of water last month.
There's a big difference between being 15 or 20' directly below the lighting strike and being in 15-20 ft of water at some distance laterally from the strike point. PerroneFord says that he got hit three times. It's unlikely that all 3 were in the same spot. (Unless he was sitting under a tower -- I did get 14 separate strikes directly above me in one single night, but that was while running a TV transmitter attached to a tall tower in the flatlands of mid-Michigan).eclipse785:Well it must not be too wrong. Your alive to tell us about getting hit three times in 15-20ft of water. Personally I think that speaks volumes about how accurate my statement really is.
Are you saying he might have been com-post-ed?Charlie99:I suspect that if any one of the three lightning strikes had been directly above him, PerroneFord wouldn't be posting anymore.
Charlie99:There's a big difference between being 15 or 20' directly below the lighting strike and being in 15-20 ft of water at some distance laterally from the strike point. PerroneFord says that he got hit three times. It's unlikely that all 3 were in the same spot. (Unless he was sitting under a tower -- I did get 14 separate strikes directly above me in one single night, but that was while running a TV transmitter attached to a tall tower in the flatlands of mid-Michigan).
I suspect that if any one of the three lightning strikes had been directly above him, PerroneFord wouldn't be posting anymore.
PerroneFord:I wish I could say the same for my dive buddy. He's now seeking cave training, so it must have messed him up badly!
I agree with all of your post, but ....... if you look at Perrone's post just after yours you will find that he doesn't believe that the lightning was hitting right above him.Desert_Diver:Since the current will tend to spread in a hemispherical pattern, the current density (the killing component of the lightening) is probably going to dissapate in 1/R^3 fashion. Whereas I would not volunteer to test my hypothesis, I'm inclined to believe Perrone.