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So lightning hits a pond...

Originally posted by: thirtythree
Where do the fish go when the pond freezes?
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Underneath the surface, where it's not frozen. Unless it's completely frozen, in which case I guess they are locked in until it melts. :Q
 
yeah I thought about that, I just figured the voltage would weaken after traveling so far.

If the fish don't die, why do people leave the pool when it starts lightning out?
 
Originally posted by: Yzzim
yeah I thought about that, I just figured the voltage would weaken after traveling so far.

If the fish don't die, why do people leave the pool when it starts lightning out?
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Because they are scared?
 
Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: Yzzim
yeah I thought about that, I just figured the voltage would weaken after traveling so far.

If the fish don't die, why do people leave the pool when it starts lightning out?
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Because they are scared?
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Of Bar jokes? 😛
 
Distilled water does not conduct electricity. I would guess (I could be wrong) that pond/lake/pool/sea water are all relatively poor conductors of electricity. So probably fish near the lightning strike would be fried, whereas fish a little farther away would just get a shock.
 
maybe because your body being made up of so much water is has a higher likelihood of taking the brunt of the lightning? just a guess. besides who would want to be outside in a pool during a lightning storm.
 
Originally posted by: Match
Distilled water does not conduct electricity. I would guess (I could be wrong) that pond/lake/pool/sea water are all relatively poor conductors of electricity. So probably fish near the lightning strike would be fried, whereas fish a little farther away would just get a shock.
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lake water != distilled.
 
Originally posted by: memo
maybe because your body being made up of so much water is has a higher likelihood of taking the brunt of the lightning? just a guess. besides who would want to be outside in a pool during a lightning storm.
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but the fish don't have a choice 🙁:heart:

😉
 
Originally posted by: Evadman
Originally posted by: Match
Distilled water does not conduct electricity. I would guess (I could be wrong) that pond/lake/pool/sea water are all relatively poor conductors of electricity. So probably fish near the lightning strike would be fried, whereas fish a little farther away would just get a shock.
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lake water != distilled.
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enlighten us then
 
Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Originally posted by: thirtythree
Where do the fish go when the pond freezes?
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Underneath the surface, where it's not frozen. Unless it's completely frozen, in which case I guess they are locked in until it melts. :Q
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"Yeah? What do they eat, then? I mean if they're frozen solid, they can't swim around looking for food and all."

"Their bodies, for Chrissake ? what'sa matter with ya? Their bodies take in nutrition and all, right through the goddam seaweed and crap that's in the ice. They got their pores open the whole time. That's their nature, for Chrissake. See what I mean?"

🙂
 
Match is right, water does not conduct electricity all that well. It conducts (hence the danger of electrocution when handling electronics with wet hands) but just not too well. So I imagine only fish very close to the path of the lightning as it goes to ground would be affected.
 
Originally posted by: Match
Distilled water does not conduct electricity. I would guess (I could be wrong) that pond/lake/pool/sea water are all relatively poor conductors of electricity. So probably fish near the lightning strike would be fried, whereas fish a little farther away would just get a shock.
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Most all kinds of impurities in water will give it enough free ions to conduct. So any kind of lake/sea water will conduct electricity.
 
I would guess some water would evaporate due to the intense heat. Also, would the electricity travel vertically or horizontally? 😕
 
Distilled water = pure water. Water in a lake/pond is far from pure.

I think the similar logic to ground based strikes can be applied to water strikes. The closer you are they more it's gonna hurt.


Lethal
 
Originally posted by: Match
Distilled water does not conduct electricity.
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Oh yes it does. Not well, but it does. 10^-14 disassociation into OH- and H+ is enough for it to conduct, albeit only a tiny bit.

Our teachers lied to us 😉
 
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