2006-09-22 06:27:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Well apply that theory to land... that's like saying "why doesn't everyone die when lightening strikes the ground"
2006-09-22 18:22:58 · answer #1 · answered by lilmiz_katie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you're talking about a small charge in a very big ocean. The effects would be limited to an area a few feet from where the lightning actually struck the water.
2006-09-22 06:32:06 · answer #2 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What makes you think some of them don't? When lighting strikes, it starts from the ground up. It is the positively charged plasma particles that reel it in. The ocean is not struck as often as one would think, but when it is the first thing the lightening wants to do is be grounded. It doesn't take long to reach the ground, even a mile deep, if you are traveling at the speed of light. (pity anything in its path though).
2006-09-22 06:34:04 · answer #3 · answered by escapingmars 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ligtning is highly unlikey to pass through any fish in the sea, so they will not be affected; there is a lot of sea in terms of volume so the energy will be discipated to next to nothing.
2006-09-22 06:31:07 · answer #4 · answered by Stu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is highly unlikely for a lightingbolt to strike on sea. take it form a me, a scientist.
The ligtning is highly unlikey to pass through any fish in the sea, so they will not be affected; there is a lot of sea in terms of volume so the energy will be discipated to next to nothing.
2006-09-22 11:02:01 · answer #5 · answered by sonicwingmode 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some do. But the sea is too big, lightning too localised, for ALL the fish globally to cop it at once!
2006-09-22 06:32:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no deeper knowledge on this topic, but as far as i know, what i learned at college etc, lighting will never struck at the sea since it is not grounded, it strucks only to the ground. Maybe, if there is unlucky ship passing by, it can struck it through the sails, well, thats just what i think about ...
2006-09-22 06:32:04 · answer #7 · answered by Nadeem 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have you seen Charlie the Tuna lately. He got smoked. Fish can die from lighting.
2006-09-22 06:35:46 · answer #8 · answered by flirpityflirp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the electricity is dispersed over such a wide area of the sea that the effect becomes almost nothing,but it does happen.
2006-09-22 07:14:11 · answer #9 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greaaat question!....... One I wondered about myself several times and I don't know the answer, except from the reading I did I think it's dissipation factor.
2006-09-22 08:09:11 · answer #10 · answered by Shaman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋