This Is What Happens When You Get Struck by Lightning

By Charlotte Huff, mosaicscience.com

There’s a nine in 10 chance you’ll survive. But what are the lasting effects of being exposed to hundreds of millions of volts of electricity?

photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

“It looks like somebody threw a cannonball through it.”

Sometimes they’ll keep the clothing, the strips of shirt or trousers that weren’t cut away by the doctors and nurses. They’ll tell their story, sharing pictures and news reports of survivals like their own or bigger tragedies. Only by piecing together bystander reports can survivors of lightning strikes construct their own picture of the possible trajectory of the electrical current, one that can approach 200 million volts and travel at one-third of the speed of light.

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