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From: James Therrault <jetas...@netzero.com>
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, 3 December, 2010 2:19:22
Subject: Re: Ungrateful Apple abandons older Mac service
On Dec 2, 2010, at 7:10 PM, Yersinia wrote:
> On 12/2/10 7:54 PM, James Therrault wrote:
>>
>> On Dec 2, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Dan wrote:
>>
>>> At 8:44 PM -0800 12/1/2010, Jonas Lopez wrote:
>>>> a minor wise point here -
>>>>
>>>> if you are ever in your car and a storm causes electric overhead wires to
>>>> fall
>>>>on the car and you can see sparks outside -- DO NOT MOVE, DO NOT GET OUT OF
>>>>YOUR
>>>>CAR - you are in no real danger provided your not a part of the ELECTRIC
>>>>CIRCUIT
>>>
>>> Correct.
>>>
>>>> - the metal of your car is ELECTRIFIED but the tires will prevent it from
>>>>burning since they act as a nice insulator.
>>>
>>> Incorrect. The tires are not made of pure rubber. They are made from a
>>> blend
>>>of rubber, synthetics, metallics, etc. Then there are those pesky steel
>>>belts.
>>>IOW, your tires are *great* conductors. They are (luckily!) NOT insulators.
>>>
>>> You don't get electrocuted, as long as you're inside the car, because the
>>>current is passing thru the metal chassis, thru the tires, to ground. Some
>>>of
>>>the current is going thru you, but it's a trivial amount, as electricity
>>>prefers
>>>the better route - thru the tires to ground.
>>
>> It might be worth mentioning that the car acts as a Faraday (sp?) box
>> whereas
>>most of the voltage/current remains on the outer perimeter.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> The way out of this is NOT TO STEP OUT as that will complete the
>>>> electrical
>>>>circuit and you will be toast.
>>>
>>> Correct. If you were to step out of the car, while still in contact with
>>> the
>>>chasis, then the current would use you as the better route to ground. That
>>>would be bad.
>>>
>>>> BUT if you can jump out BEING SURE YOUR TOTALLY IN THE AIR then you can
>>>> exit
>>>>the car with no problems.
>>>
>>> But to take that flying leap... Current jumps at the rate of about 10,000
>>>volts per inch. You better clear the car completely, *and* all the wet
>>>pavement, by quite a bit... This is totally not recommended. The best
>>>thing to
>>>do is just sit tight until the power is turned off.
>
> Yeeeeesh. Personally, I think I'll just stay indoors during a
>thunder-and-lightning storm! :-O
Hiding under the bed might offer even more "security."
JT
_But what about the monsters that lurk under the bed?
(I know it's true - I read it in "Calvin & Hobbes)
Ted
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