Does it in any way increase the chances of it striking a certain place if a mirror is facing it directly? (Not that id bother doing that, whether it is safe or not!)
2007-06-13 22:57:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
well i think u should know 1st about lightning , lightning is nothing but heavy electric charges. and as you know our earth is a good conductor of electricity it allows to flow the charges of lightning through it so only always lightning faced towards earth.
i also never heard like this before, it is possible to strike lightning to a metal but to a mirror i don't think so.
2007-06-13 23:34:46 · answer #1 · answered by chinmay sahoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I was initially going to say no, I decided to take a look. It appears that mirrors are made with a fine layer of silver nitrate...a quote from the link is ...
"The final outcome is the formation of a uniform silver layer on the glass."
Now I am not saying that a mirror would contain enough metal to attract lightning, as I am a weather guesser by trade, not an electrician, but I would not entirely rule it out, because it IS attracted to metal.
http://www.mirrorlink.org/tech/manufacture.htm
2007-06-14 08:56:18 · answer #2 · answered by parrothead_usn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's new one on me, actually, lightning is attracted to the highest object. Like a tall tree, or a transmission tower. So don't worry about a mirror, unless that is the only high place around.
2007-06-14 08:32:56 · answer #3 · answered by trey98607 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.
but for sure if there is lightning anywhere near by any mirror,it will definitly can b seen in a mirror,and also that flash can b seen for fraction of sec.,,,and that way a rumour is sure to generate that,mirrors attract lightning.
2007-06-15 03:10:31 · answer #4 · answered by sachkehtahu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lighting is "attracted" to things that will conduct it and ground it. Sometimes it's flagpoles, sometimes it's a tree, sometimes a person. I guess it could be a mirror, if it's touching the ground or touching another conductor that is.
2007-06-14 06:34:01 · answer #5 · answered by californiapeach 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No1
but attracted to metal.
2007-06-18 05:04:49 · answer #6 · answered by Donni D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Edwards is.
2007-06-14 10:26:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope just golf clubs
2007-06-14 06:07:25 · answer #8 · answered by charlie p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have never heard of lightening being attracted to mirror before, i know it is attraced to metal?????
2007-06-14 06:00:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is not it is attracted to lightning rods
2007-06-17 15:42:37 · answer #10 · answered by v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋