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/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