I do a lot of kayakin, even when it's raining.
Is it taking a lot of risk?
2007-07-11 13:23:31 · 4 answers · asked by angelus321 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Yeah you are, then you are the tallest thing on the water holding an oar in the air.
2007-07-11 16:32:22 · answer #1 · answered by Steven C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the risk is bigger in the sea because there aren't a lot of things taller than U that can attract the lighting , but in the sea U are always at sea level , in the land U are always above it , and that's not good.
kayaking in the sea , even when it's raining ? that's kinda of extreme , getting stroke by a lightning is not the first thing you should fear. So no , you are not taking the risk of being struck by a lightning
oh , all the persons that I saw in TV that were stroke by a lightning were on the land
2007-07-11 13:38:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
actually, the risk only increases for you to be affected by lightning on water because the water conducts electricity a lot better than land. the fact that lightning only strikes tall objects is only somewhat true... lightning can sometimes take very erratic paths.
2007-07-11 14:41:04 · answer #3 · answered by abc 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chances are less.The lightning effect will be weakened by a wide area of sea surface.
2007-07-14 05:50:54 · answer #4 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋