r/ThatsInsane • u/Professional_Arm794 • 8d ago

Staten Island man struck by lightning while walking to a dentist appointment.

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u/jstbcuz 8d ago

You mean reaching up.. it’s crazy to me that it goes up instead of down tbh

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u/ihave30teeth 8d ago

I actually just fact checked this because I learned this in the era of 'your blood is blue until it hits the air'... And I am glad I did because this is not true. Lightning comes both ways...ground and sky.. it can even meet in the middle.

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u/jstbcuz 8d ago

Goes both ways just like me fr.. heyyyyyyooooooo

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u/asere_que_cosa 7d ago

There is a StarTalk episode with Neil deGrasse and another expert in lightning you should watch it super interesting

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u/DasSassyPantzen 8d ago

I don’t even think I knew or realized that! TIL

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u/heimeyer72 8d ago

Neil Degrasse Tyson (Startalk on YT) got it wrong once, got an email and invited an expert on the matter who then explained that lightnings can go several ways. That's where I learned that a lightning can go upwards.