2006-09-10 23:11:47 · 20 answers · asked by amethyst 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Because lightning strikes the highest conductive point and quite often this would be a tree. If you are standing under the tree when it is hit by lightning, you'll soon understand why you shouldn't have been there...
2006-09-10 23:13:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't want to really be out in a thunder storm anywhere because of the lightning could strike you. Especially standing out in the storm. There is just something about lightning that is attracted to anything just about. It strikes trees I guess a lot however. I was standing on the porch once, and the lightning struck the tin part of the roof, so you are not safe anywhere. Anything electrical can attract it, so it is best to not be close to anything like that during a storm, or be in the bathtub....
2006-09-10 23:16:08 · answer #2 · answered by shardf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
timber is definitely a foul conductor of electricity, yet a tree also has various moisture that's a fairly sturdy conductor. on the size of the voltage in a lightning strike (contained in the tens of millions of volts) it would not truly count number all that a lot. What takes position with lightning is that there is a huge difference in means (voltage) between a cloud and the floor (it is with the help of definition 0 volts). The voltage tries to detect a course from severe to low and has a tendency to seek out the tallest conductive merchandise, typically a tree. What maximum persons do not understand is that the floor round a lightning strike also has a severe voltage (maximum on the middle and dropping off after ten or twenty ft, a lot further even if that's sturdy conductor which incorporates a metallic fence). So status lower than a tree isn't a really sturdy theory throughout the time of a lightning typhoon.
2016-11-26 00:46:02 · answer #3 · answered by winni 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning takes the least path of resistance to ground. The root structure acts as a ground rod. You stand under the tree you are more likely than not to be struck from the exit of the initial strike.
2006-09-11 05:25:57 · answer #4 · answered by David G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning follows the path of least resistance to the ground. Since trees are tall, it is typically the first thing lightning would make contact with to ground itself out. Although the tree gets directly hit, the ground around the tree becomes electrified. Anyone within that area will get electrocuted.
2006-09-11 00:29:50 · answer #5 · answered by gnatlord 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
generally lightning trys to follow the shortest path from the clould to the ground. a tall tree offers a shorter path then traveling through the air around the tree, so the lightning will be atracted to the tree....if you are standing under the tree the closeness of the strike will still hurt you....
2006-09-10 23:14:53 · answer #6 · answered by gooslegeek 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not the thunder you have to worry about ...it's the lightening. Don't stand under a tree unless you'd like the tree to fall on you if it gets struck
2006-09-10 23:14:47 · answer #7 · answered by shelshe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not !
In fact it is more save standing under a huge tree
than standing in a wide open field. Outside You are
the ideal target for the lightnings that will come...
Bad luck if Your tree is the only one in the
whole landscape and the bad weather strikes
that tree...
2006-09-10 23:12:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lightning is basicaaly current or electricity. it searche for the path of least resistnace to the ground and trees are tall and so are normally hit by lightning.
2006-09-10 23:14:17 · answer #9 · answered by Sarab s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try it next time during a thunder storm and then let us know what you find out.
2006-09-11 03:20:49 · answer #10 · answered by skywatcher 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋