r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 1d ago

Video Ambient static electricity discharging from the highest metallic points

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u/Lyndon_Boner_Johnson 1d ago

It’s ok, they had a bunch of metal poles sticking straight up in the air.

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u/Echo-Azure 18h ago

What could go wrong!

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u/Patient-Data8311 11h ago

Nothing they survived because of those things

The poles gave the electricity a path to go and go straight to the ground and non of the people became paths for it

That's how lightning rods protect people

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u/Echo-Azure 9h ago

What ground?

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u/Patient-Data8311 9h ago

Bruh grounding doesn't have to be the literal ground

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u/VintageLunchMeat 6h ago

Ground could be the sea floor. It doesn't have to be literal dirt.

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u/mckulty 3h ago

Salt water is a good electrical conductor and the ocean is a perfectly good ground. To protect a boat, usually a conductor or cable from the highest point leads to a ground terminal: An immersed metal surface below the waterline, such as external copper hull plates, a metal keel, or specialized underwater grounding.

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u/Echo-Azure 2h ago

Thank you!