Thread: This burns my bacon! More nanny state bureaucratic nonesense.

You can't believe everything you read. The Boston Globe is off a bit on the odds - it's 1 in 1,000,000.

NWS Lightning Safety Medical Information

Of course you may now argue that the government is falsifying the truth again ...

Originally Posted by Crotalus

I decided to find out what the incidence of a dangerous reaction is. Other articles state that 1 in 200 children has the allergy, but this article states that only 4 in 100,000 have a severe reaction. The same incidence as getting struck by lightning.

Peanut allergy epidemic may be overstated - The Boston Globe

Originally Posted by PensacolaTiger

it's 1 in 1,000,000.

You have too many zeroes

"Odds of being struck in your lifetime (Est. 80 years) 1/10,000"

I think a plastic bubble would insulate a guy pretty durn well against lightning strikes. Just sayin.

40% of the time it works every time.

Originally Posted by Jimbo7

I think a plastic bubble would insulate a guy pretty durn well against lightning strikes. Just sayin.

40% of the time it works every time.

I don't know about that. The lightning has already traveled maybe a mile or a lot more. A little plastic might not even slow it down.

I've seen a video of a storm chaser that took a hit in his car. Not only did it vaporize the little antenna and the coax, it blew his rear tires.

You could see a hole in his rims where the bolt came out.

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