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If lighting just hits the lake no, you are protected by something called a Faraday cage. This mean that even though your body may be energized in the 1000's of Volts there is no current flow through your body. This is because is no potential, meaning the Voltage in your body is the same as that in the water around you thus not creating a current through you. This is why fish don't die in a storm. Still in a lightning storm don't stand in a lake as if it hits you directly you are in trouble, but Scuba all you want.
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Can you get electrocuted standing in water and turning on a light switch?
Yes it is possible.
Why doesnt a bird standing on a high voltage wire get electrocuted?
The wires are coated in rubber.
What is the area of Standing Bear Lake?
The area of Standing Bear Lake is 2,772,096.649344 square meters.
Does electrocuted always mean you die or can you just be harmed?
Many people have survived being electrocuted. The voltage, length of exposure, as well as whether or not the person was wet or standing in water at the time, etc., are determining factors involved as to whether or not the person survives.
Why is it dnagerous to swim in a freshwater lake during an electrical storm?
You can get electrocuted if the lightning strikes near you. Although the strike will dissipate after a short distance.
What is a pond and lake?
bodys of still standing water
What lake is the eagle standing over on the Mexican flag?
Lake Texcoco, present-day Mexico City.
Whats the difference between electric shock and electrocuted?
Electric shock is to electrocuted as burned is to cremated. Electric shock is the same as electrocuted, except that electrocuted has actually induced death; to kill by electric shock.
What is a sentence for panoramic?
I have a panoramic view of the lake while standing on the dock.
How do you use electrocuted in a sentence?
Neila was almost electrocuted when her crock pot shorted out.
What is the correct use of electrocuted?
Usually refers to a person or animal that has had or risks having electricity passed through it (usually unintentionally). "He just got electrocuted" "If you keep poking that you're going to get electrocuted" "The poor thing stepped on the third rail and was electrocuted"
Will hippos poop in a lake?
Hippos will defecate in the water they are standing in. This action is mainly territorial.
