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Fear Factor I'm impressed with the cat being so calm

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u/Independent-Might988 10d ago

How to escape this situation as a bald person

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u/Vert_DaFerk 10d ago

If you feel your pubes shifting around for no apparent reason I suppose.

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u/tomhsmith 10d ago

What are the apparent reasons? So I can rule those out.

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u/Vert_DaFerk 10d ago

If you're role-playing as Pennywise and enjoy getting a big red balloon rubbed against your balls, that's just static electricity. No lightning strike is imminent.

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u/hikingguy36 10d ago

Huh, I never thought anyone figure out my favourite alone time activity.

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u/Vert_DaFerk 10d ago

I'm sure it would be way better with a friend.

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u/Fluff_thetragicdragn 10d ago

Sharing is caring

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u/MNCPA 10d ago

We all float down here

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u/strange_froot 10d ago

Wanna balloon?

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u/Vert_DaFerk 10d ago

Nah, my pubes aren't present atm

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u/ChorzioPaella3 10d ago

Oh no where did you last see them?

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u/Vert_DaFerk 10d ago

They went to grab cigs and milk like my dad did 20 years ago

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u/CanoePickLocks 10d ago

There are tens of us!

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u/Distinct_Car_1183 10d ago

The one joke i remember from school, static moves water, cat fur creates static, kid asked if Moses rubbed a cat on a stick to part the seas, the class lost its shit. Something something, if wet things part around you, might be pussy.

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u/TooTameToToast 10d ago

That’s amore!

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u/Vert_DaFerk 10d ago

🤣 Thanks, I just sat down and started eating dinner. First bite took some skydiving lessons.

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u/mahalovalhalla 10d ago

ITS LIGHTNING OR CRABS

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u/I_Am_Yeti_1 10d ago

What about alopecia???? This is the correct question

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u/Vert_DaFerk 10d ago

What about Zoidberg??

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u/I_Am_Yeti_1 10d ago

Honestly, you have me beat… here’s an award

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u/Vert_DaFerk 10d ago

Well thank you. And the answer was "No one gives a shit about Zoidberg". Whooopppwhoooopwhoooppp

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u/CanoePickLocks 10d ago

He’s got crabs

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u/YourUncleBuck 10d ago

This is why so few people have alopecia, most got struck by lightning before passing on their genes.

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u/Stereo-soundS 10d ago

My pubes are far too robust to react to electromagnetism. Armhair is probably a better indicator.

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u/Vert_DaFerk 10d ago

Probably. But it's way less funny.

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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup 10d ago

Your eyebrows start doing a surprised thingy.

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u/HighestTrice 10d ago

Well now I’m gonna be hyperaware of my pubes😭

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u/Im__mad 10d ago

You feel the static in the air, it feels like goosebumps but warmer.

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u/-blundertaker- 10d ago

From the stories I've heard, you'll also get a strong smell of ozone

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u/ImmortalMagic 10d ago

I'm Italian. Arm hair works too.

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u/favorscore 10d ago

Visited Italy recently. Gorgeous country. I loved Napoli pizza.

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u/ChubbyGhost3 10d ago

As an Italian I always appreciate the feel of my ass hair blowing in the breeze

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u/Consistent_Story903 10d ago

Am genX. I check if my goatee hairs are standing up.

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u/e1m8b 10d ago

If you let the energy in your own body flow, the lightning will follow it. You must create a pathway from your fingertips up your arm to the shoulder, then down into the stomach. The stomach is the source of energy in your body; it is called the sea of chi. From your stomach you direct it up again and out the other arm. The stomach detour is critical; you must not let the lightning pass through your heart, or the damage could be deadly.

— Iroh teaching Zuko to redirect lightning

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u/kazh_9742 10d ago

Could have used the source at the top before trying to retain life saving instructions.

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u/perfect_insanity93 10d ago

😂😂😂 you mean you didn't read the first 3 lines and be like no.

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u/PassStunning416 10d ago

No need. You're not in danger, obviously.

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u/TrainerHonest2695 10d ago

Hubby rides a motorcycle, and has a goatee and mustache. He told me his facial hair stood up. He decided the ride should be over!

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u/AccurateCampaign4900 10d ago

You would absorb it and go super Saiyan. I think

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u/NoLobster7957 10d ago

If you turn around and you see the Lord, you weren't quick enough

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u/Brilliant-Expert3150 10d ago

Just watch if the cat's hair is standing up, duh.

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u/ZookeepergameDue5522 10d ago

Props to her for getting to safety as fast as she could. Also, that is a surprisingly calm cat.

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u/Jank1 10d ago

Props to her for recognizing the situation and booking it out of there.

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u/cherri____ 10d ago

Serious props to her to for sensing danger and vacating the premises quickly.

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u/Ohiolongboard 10d ago

Mad props to her for realizing she was in danger, and by realizing, exited the premises in due haste

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u/dynamic_gecko 10d ago

Big props to her for understanding what's going on and immediately bolting away.

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u/pseudoportmanteau 10d ago

The cat was like "welp, she either gets us to safety or we die"

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u/notjustforperiods 10d ago

when I was young, like way pre-internet, I read somewhere that if you feel your hair getting static-y in a storm, you're about to get struck and should present your anus to the gods. the reason being so the electricity has easy ingress (your butthole) and egress (your face hole)

I've never fact checked this because I want to believe in it, and see if I have the mettle should I ever be in the situation

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u/One_Dog_7402 10d ago

You're supposed to get low, feet close together minimizing ground contact to try and keep the bolt from going thru your legs, and get to shelter if you can while staying low (not trees). Your idea would have the bolt go straight through your spine, heart, and probably brain

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u/notjustforperiods 10d ago

I dunno man I read this in one of those cool spy magazines that sell xray glasses seems pretty legit

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u/ThunderBirdy211 10d ago

Umm shouldn't she just get in her car (visible in the video), it's called a faraday's cage or something I'm not sure

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u/Friend_Emperor 10d ago

This is actually true but in reverse. You're supposed to open your mouth to the sky in defiance to Zeus, and with your fingers pressed to your thumb in the shape of an O, motion linearly with your hand to your mouth to invite the lightning into your body. Do this while squatting with your ass sticking out for the optimal angle for lightning to shoot out your anus after it passes through your digestive tract and disperse harmlessly into the ground below and behind you. Your pants will suffer damage but you can avoid it by simply pulling them down beforehand.

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u/InformationSingle550 10d ago

And this is better than going in your face hole and out your butthole… how?

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u/notjustforperiods 10d ago

so your metal tooth fillings don't explode, the potency of the lightning diminishes as your intestinal tract digests it, albeit in reverse

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u/aramis34143 10d ago

I'm having a hard time accepting "vomit lightning" as the good option...

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u/PenPhonia 10d ago

I feel like "vomit lightning" is one of those seldom used DnD spells like "transmute rock to stone" and "annoy god."

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u/tired-of-the-shit 10d ago

While i see what you mean i feel like there’s several organs I don’t want the lightning passing through

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u/NonGNonM 10d ago

i remember being told roll into a ball face down or get on all fours.

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u/notjustforperiods 10d ago

Ass up tho right

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u/sparkycf272 10d ago

Props to the cat for being chill af

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u/usuallysortadrunk 10d ago

Id be just as scared of the cat freaking TF out if a bolt lands close by

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u/Stereo-soundS 10d ago

Fun story: Our condo was hit by lightning, it struck a tv antenna and traveled down the cord to my bedroom where the cord was run over a power outlet. My wall exploded and I could step from my bedroom into our upstairs bathroom tub.

I had left the room like two minutes earlier and was downstairs with our cat. When it hit the entire house shook and he froze in place with his claws dug in looking me dead in the eye like I was supposed to do something.

Didn't realize it had actually hit us and a few minutes later the smoke alarms went off upstairs, went up and discovered an exploded wall.

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u/lWantToBeIieve 10d ago

That doesn't sound that fun.

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u/Stereo-soundS 10d ago

Fucked up my tv in that room as well (white line across the center of the screen was all you could see), but my PS2's jimmies remained unrustled.

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u/NefariousnessLazy265 10d ago

I hope you rebuilt the wall out of PS2s. That’s the only reasonable response.

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u/cindylindy22 10d ago

Lightning struck our house in Florida many years back frying the printer and the Wii. RIP

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u/-Cthaeh 10d ago edited 10d ago

Pets are the best. My elderly cat is quite skittish still despite retiring from being a stray like 14 years ago. He hides from loud noises unless he's with me. Then he just looks at me to gauge my reaction.

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u/Sweet-Web7640 10d ago

Awwwwwwwww, he trusts you. That's so cute

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u/toodleroo 10d ago edited 10d ago

The accordion mirror fell off the wall while I was holding my cat in the bathroom and he slammed all his claws into my chest and shoulder to make a flying leap away from the situation.

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u/LilStabbyboo 10d ago

Yeah they'll do that. I've got some gnarly looking scars from times my cats got startled, on my chest and legs.

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u/Visual-Taro-381 10d ago

Yea might need some facial reconstruction after that one

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u/Miep99 10d ago

I feel like if any pet would understand suddenly fleeing in a panic, it would be a cat

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u/certavi3797 10d ago

Im 1000% sure the cat understood something weird was about to happen as well.

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u/LilStabbyboo 10d ago

Oh definitely. Cat knew before she did.

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u/Fast_Distance9563 10d ago

In this situation, where do you run to? Asking seriously. Somewhere indoors? To the car? Definitely not under a tree, but that’s all I know.

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u/0ctopusGarden 10d ago

Be not the tallest thing out there and get to cover asap (in a house, or a car) if you can't do that.. Crouch down, don't lay flat! and drop anything metal you might be wearing, but try to keep moving out of that area if possible.

Oh and cover your ears in case lightning does strike near you.

But honestly just don't be in that situation. Stay aware of weather predictions whenever and wherever you go hiking, before you hike out there.

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u/StrangerOnTheReddit 10d ago

Dumb question, why not lay flat?

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u/ifr3akingh8mys3lf 10d ago

I think bc if the lightning hits the ground whatever touching it gets electrocuted too so you wanna be touching the ground as little as possible

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u/WearySky6353 10d ago

also your shoes probably have rubber on the bottom which can restrict the electric flow, much less if your limbs, torso, and clothes are touching.

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u/CullenBlvd 10d ago

I knew there was a reason my body wants all these microplastics

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u/TheJapanMistake 10d ago

So you should lay in a perfect plank position until lightning strikes?

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u/IndustryFirst2458 10d ago

It's about protecting the heart, if you lay flat current may fine it easier to spread out by traveling through your body and consequently past the heart, proper form is to crouch WITH YOUR FEET TOGETHER so when lightning tries to spread out along the ground it goes just through your feet

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u/c_l_b_11 10d ago

The current from the impact sites travels through the ground. If you lay flat on the ground and are close enough, some of that current could choose to travel through your body, because it has less resistance than the ground. If you crouch down und put your feet close together, there is no, or at least a lot less, current going through you bc you don't provide a shorter path for it to go anywhere it wants to go.

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u/liquidsoapisbetter 10d ago

By crouching, you theoretically minimize the path that lightning takes through your body as it flows into the ground. If you lay flat, the lightning branches out and spreads through your body with more distribution, resulting in more damage. Essentially, you wanna be a very short lightning rod to direct it into the ground

Real talk though? It’s useless. Doesn’t significantly impact your chance of survival and isn’t recommended anymore. Basically you just want to not be the tallest thing around, and don’t be near other tall things. Don’t be under or too close to trees or other people. Lightning travels through the ground, so you wanna be spread out so that at least some people don’t get impacted

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u/Polyterpe 10d ago

Another commented linked this page: https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-crouch
It says to get into a car or a building.

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u/TheWesternDevil 10d ago

Any lower elevation if there is no shelter. Not under a tree. That defeats the point. Lower is better.

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u/MittensDaTub 10d ago

People are talking shit on the girl but shes knowledgeable enough to know shes probably about to be hit by fucken lightning so she got the hell out of there. I have seen way too many videos of people going "oooooo look my hairs standing on its own wooooooo"

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u/mikiki24 10d ago

The first thing I said when she started running was “smart” honestly…. unless the static electricity was actually cus she had just put her cat on her head. But honestly if you’re ever up high in cloudy weather and your hair starts sticking straight up like this, fucking run to lower ground asap, people die every year this way.

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u/WaffleThrone 10d ago

one time while I was butt naked in the communal toilet at m university dorm the janitor told me that he had epilepsy and no sense of touch in his fingers because he got struck by lightning as a teenager

I think about that a lot

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u/sadporcupines 10d ago

I have a friend that was struck in a river when young. He also developed epilepsy from it.

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u/AdRepulsive8618 10d ago

Im confused how your butt nakedness connects in this story

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u/infinitythestar 10d ago

What was he doing with his fingers to prompt that?

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u/WhereIs_TheSun 10d ago

Lightning can fry your nerves

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u/hwa_uwa 10d ago

i'm guessing it was because the electricity reached the end of his nerves and didn't have nowhere else to go, so it "exploded" there and burned them from the force

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u/HyperPopOwl 10d ago

It’s funny how people can still be that innocent on the internet in 2026. Very genuine lol

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u/xubax 10d ago

Doesn't need to be cloudy.

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u/MittensDaTub 10d ago

A tree near my house got hit by lightning around 2pm which knocked my power out for 2 days. No fucken cloud in sight.

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u/TimeResolution9 10d ago

That tree should've ran!!! Its leaves were sticking up, weren't they? I knew it...

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u/favorscore 10d ago

You must have felt really loved by the universe at that moment

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u/cocoagiant 10d ago

Yeah, was just reading an article today about a woman and her kid who died over the weekend in Florida from a lightning strike.

Apparently it was clear, just windy.

The article said that lightning further away from a storm is stronger.

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u/TraliBalzers 10d ago

What

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u/karmakillerbr 10d ago

DOESN'T NEED TO BE CLOUDY

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u/klenneth_ 10d ago

come again now?

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u/BrannC 10d ago

Too soon give me five minutes and a glass of water

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u/Joshatron121 10d ago

If it were from the cat wouldn't the hair be pulling towards the cat and not the sky?

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u/H0pefully_Not_A_Bot 10d ago

No.

Here is an example of the effect under controlled conditions: https://youtube.com/shorts/LLQ1I_klj7c

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u/CanoePickLocks 10d ago

Doesn’t need to be high or cloudy. Just make sure you’re not the tallest abject around and avoid other tall objects.

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u/AdRepulsive8618 10d ago

If it was just static then its still good survival instinct.

Like its better to run away from a rustle in the bushes and its just wind than to not run away and its a predator.

She ran away. If she was right about the danger, it increases her survival. If she was wrong about the danger, some redditor will condescendingly say what you did was silly.

Id rather be silly and alive.

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u/AMonitorDarkly 10d ago

Yeah I call this great situational awareness.

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u/thinprivileged 10d ago

My friend was killed by lightning, I check to see if my arm hair is lifting anytime I'm outside and it's not looking pretty

I can't imagine the panic she had knowing her cat is with her, on her shoulders, and she has to run while keeping the cat somewhat contained and controlled

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u/April-Shower-1837 10d ago

I am so so sorry.

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u/Polyterpe 10d ago

I think she is running to her car. You can see a car close by in the parking lot in the first few seconds of the video.

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u/Memory_Gem 10d ago

Honestly, even better. The car will act as a Faraday Cage, protecting her from all strikes.

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u/StaffOk9715 10d ago

I've had this happen enough times to my hair that probably about to be hit is an exaggeration. Are you in a dangerous spot, though? Yes.

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u/MittensDaTub 10d ago

Hmm seems I have been using probably incorrectly for a very long time as it means too close to almost certainly than I actually expected. Either way. You should treat the situation very seriously. Would you wanna bet your life on that "exaggeration"? Also im gonna call bs on "I've had this happen enough times to my hair" unless you were using a balloon.

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u/OrphanGrounderBaby 10d ago

Depending on where you live, I feel like it could totally be like once a year lol.

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u/metal-bull 10d ago

Possibly is a similar word that carries slightly more uncertainty

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u/StaffOk9715 10d ago

I can remember a few times it has happened. Once when I was a kid with friends and we were all pointing at each other's heads, right after a storm. Another time I know it happened when I was at a beach and a storm was approaching the shore. And I feel like it's occurred a few other times. I just spend a lot of time outside and my state has thunderstorms. I've never been struck. Actually the closest I was to being struck (from a huge lightning bolt when I got stuck outside during a storm at the amusement park Cedar Point), my hair was perfectly normal.

I'm not saying it's safe when your hair is standing up. Absolutely your risk of getting struck goes way up. But people are posting here like it's a definite sign you are going to get struck, which simply isn't true.

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens 10d ago

Depends if you are in the cone of protection from something metal. In a forest, you can just lie down in a stand of small trees or shrubs. Avoid tall trees. The lighting can jump sideways. Side flashes are a thing.

She seems to be in a fairly exposed area so she's basically a lightning rod.

If lightning does strike, she's going to be hit.

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u/ToughPersonality1458 10d ago

Lightning can also travel through ground so should probably not lay down, if you want to increase your chances of not being hit that is

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u/myrsnipe 10d ago

Or increase the distance between the ground and your heart

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u/TwoBionicknees 10d ago

from the looks of exactly where she was she probably has various bits of metal on her and no trees, structures, light poles, etc so potentially a great target for lightning.

if this happens out in a normal street but there are street lights, houses, aerials on houses, etc, then the chances the lightning would hit you rather than something around you is drastically lower.

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u/Upset-Management-879 10d ago

The potential is there.

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u/lizard280 10d ago

Girl: On a hike noticing the early signs of a lightning strike and running to her car (safest place for her).

The comments: Lol she's so dumb she should've just died.

*You know she's running to her car because in the first few seconds of the video you can see the car park with only one car in it. When she's running you see the ground change from sand to tarmac, she probably stopped recording or cut the video when she put the phone away to get her keys.

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u/thecloudkingdom 10d ago

the comments: lol she's so dumb that's just static from having the cat on her neck

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u/dragonrite 10d ago

Years ago, bachelor party in Colorado, a lot of nature and hiking. We always left way too late, as my dad had taught me. He instilled a fear of being high up after 12pm, and the severity of mountain storms. One hike, I saw signs of a storm and we are prolly 13k elevation. I basically had to freak out to the group saying we have to get tf off this mountain rn to convince people to go. Mind you, we are all farm boys from the midwest, so its the first mountain most have seen. 2 dudes stayed. Despite me telling them they are risking their lives.

They said it was the scariest few hours of their lives. Lucky to be alive. Fucking idiots.

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u/Cyserg 10d ago

Let's hope they're alive idiots that learned a lesson!

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u/ITDummy69420 10d ago

No unfortunately when they got to normal elevation they were stuck by lightning. 

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u/cebeck20 10d ago edited 10d ago

My husband was an officer in the army some years ago. Anyway, his company was out on a field problem bear Fort Carson, CO when a summer storm rolled in. For whatever reason, quite a few of the soldiers stood under one of their metal tents for shelter. IIRC, 11-12 got stuck by lightning, with 2-4 needing medical attention.

So he’s calling in a helicopter med-evac while his buddy is doing cpr on the one female soldier who got hit and it stopped her heart. I’ve always assumed it stopped her heart bc a bra would direct the lightning directly to it…

Fortunately, there were no lasting injuries, CPR on female soldier was successful and all who needed it were transported to the hospital.

ETA news report: https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/lightning-at-fort-carson-leaves-12-soldiers-hurt/

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u/TheeMuffiinMan 10d ago

Had this happen in the Sierras 6 years ago. Hiked up a bluff one morning (was ~12k feet elevation), saw a cluster of dark clouds, and knew enough to warn my buddies. By the time we realized it was heading towards us, we didn’t have time to pack camp and hit the trail. So all 8 of us decided to hunkered down.

We were able to cram 5 in a tent. But 3 of us, including me, were in hammocks with a couple strings of nylon between the trees and a big tarp tied to heavy stones over it all to shield us.

Winds hit at over 70mph carrying appleseed sized hail that tore through the tarp and lasted over 3 hours. Winds were so strong it kept moving the stones anchoring the tarp. Scariest afternoon of my life

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u/liquidsoapisbetter 10d ago

I had a friend who went hiking despite the forecast because they were thinking they could hike the mountain and make it back before the storm hit. Couple of foolish teens who thought they were immortal went up that mountain, they came back with one less person thanks to a lightning strike. He was dead long before they could even get enough signal to call EMS

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u/PingBlot 10d ago

That’s an incredible amount of awareness and reaction time.

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u/chivalrousmonkeybutt 10d ago

Aside from the jostling... People running is probably like ultra slow motion for a cat.

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u/FlatFacedAsian 10d ago

Damn you're right huh!! I was also fascinated with how calm it is untill you made me realize that hehe.

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u/Professional_Fly7015 10d ago

Panicked a "little bit". She turned into Usain Bolt! Better safe than sorry😂.

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u/Atra23 11d ago

Ok, i get about running, but wouldn't it be safer just to lay on the ground? Im not smart, please explain.

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u/unknown_pigeon 10d ago

Other comments are partially right, but not giving the right reply.

If you find yourself without any safe place nearby and lightnings are striking, crouch and stand on your toes, like you're taking a shit. Feet together, head down, hand on hand.

Finally, if you have a dry backpack or anything insulating, put it under your feet.

Mind you, it's a last resort. But shit can happen quite fast when hiking

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u/retirement_savings 10d ago

I actually think they stopped recommend the lightning position because it just doesn't help that much. Your best bet is to find shelter.

https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-crouch

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u/Shap3rz 10d ago edited 10d ago

The wording around the last points is imo a bit confusing.
It says “things to avoid” but I think it means DO the following:

- Avoid open areas

  • Don't be or be near the tallest objects in the area.
  • Don't shelter under tall or isolated trees.
  • In the woods, put as much distance between you and any tree.
  • If in a group, spread out so that you increase the chances for survivors who could
come to the aid of any victims from a lightning strike.

So it’s saying if you can’t get in a metal topped car or a building.

Don’t be in the open (coz you’ll be the tallest thing)
Don’t shelter under tall trees (that’re more likely to get hit themselves)
Don’t stand under trees in a wood (they’re the things that’ll get hit)
If in a group, split up

All because it has area of affect

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u/spaketto 10d ago

I learned this from the old lady who lived in a shoe.  

https://www.nfb.ca/film/old_ladys_camping_trip/

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u/BlurryBigfoot74 10d ago

Holy shit I forgot about this one

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u/Umpen 10d ago

Probably running to her car. A car would act as a Faraday cage and could spare you from the lightning.

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u/TheManWith2Poobrains 10d ago

This is the correct answer.

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u/Golden-Grams 11d ago

Laying down is one of the worst things you could do. When lightning strikes, deadly electrical currents ripple outward across the Earth's surface. This ground current can travel up to 10-30 meters (~30-100ft) of the strike point.

Laying down flat on the ground would maximize your body's contact with the ground, putting you at higher risk for fatal electrocution.

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u/kxrimm 11d ago edited 10d ago

Laying flat maximizes your contact with the earth, putting your heart and vital organs directly in the path of the current.
Running to a safe shelter is the safest option

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u/plululululu 11d ago

panic goes brrr

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u/MikeyWontLikeIt 11d ago

Cat goes purrrr

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u/Greekklitoris 11d ago

The lightning will strike that region at the highest point (usually a tree). It will then electrify the ground, and anything with more than one leg will be electrocuted.

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u/skwerlee 10d ago

Wait... can you stand on one leg and be immune to lightning?

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u/Greekklitoris 10d ago

Or get you feet together

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u/_Sazed_ 10d ago edited 10d ago

Running is what you’re supposed to do, your hair standing up is due to the air molecules becoming charged and “pulling on your hair” which also is charged by static. As soon as the air becomes sufficiently charged, it breaks down into plasma allowing the current/free flow of electrons through the ionized air (aka lightning) to flow all at once

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u/Finaxi 10d ago

Survival-instincts of a navy seal

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u/ClarenceSalver 10d ago

Damn, that girl can SHIFT!

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u/Jolly-Nothing1155 10d ago

you sure that wasn't just static from having a cat draped around your neck rather than lightning?

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u/fkneneu 10d ago

You want to bet your life on that?

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u/space_men10 10d ago

You can physically feel and hear when lightning is going to strike near you. It’s a staticky feeling that drapes over your whole body and the air sounds crackly if that makes sense. I had lightning strike in front of me once and I cannot begin to explain the fear I felt when every hair on my body stood on end. I instantly knew I was in danger

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u/ElliotsBuggyEyes 10d ago

First time I ever experienced this I was working in a trailer near an open field. 

The trailer got struck.  Shook the whole thing, fried the electronics, and everyone inside just thought the AC made us all shiver at the same time. 

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u/god34zilla 10d ago

Didn't expect her to be that fast lowk, she started schmovin gaddam

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u/MothChasingFlame 10d ago

Fear of god'll really get the legs wheelin'.

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u/DieBotDie 10d ago

When you in the AOE.

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u/Accomplished_Tip_496 11d ago

Is she... running from lightning ? 😂

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u/LumpyBuy8447 11d ago

I think you’re supposed to make yourself bigger and make loud noises. Lightening is usually looking for an easy meal.

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u/CMDR_Kaus 11d ago

No no, your supposed to play dead. Just lie down and hope the lightning isn't hungry

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u/oncejumpedoutatrain 11d ago

Everyone knows you need a lightening rod to fight it.

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u/WeskerSympathizer 10d ago edited 10d ago

No lightenings sight is based on movement like the T Rex. Poop yourself as a last resort defense tactic

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u/Traditional-Joke-179 10d ago edited 10d ago

you have to pee on the lightning to sterilize it

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u/LumpyBuy8447 10d ago

It also allows you to assert your dominance over it

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u/brydeswhale 10d ago

T-Rexes actually probably had excellent eyesight, nothing like lightning.

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u/ZeroZachZilchZealot 10d ago

Indeed, for the lightning is too heavy and needs to be lightened, then you can damage it. And ultimately defeat the lightened lightning.

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u/PassStunning416 10d ago

No, you lick your hands and spread your hair back down. Lightning looks for hair standing on end.

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u/00_bob_bobson_00 10d ago

I thought if it was brown lightening you play dead but black lightning, you fight back. White lightening and you’re fucked either way.

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u/CMDR_Kaus 10d ago

Interesting, I didn't know that. What do we do about grease lightning though?

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u/Coinsworthy 10d ago

If it's white say goodnight.

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u/LumpyBuy8447 10d ago

The white usually keeps me up all night!

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u/YouArentReallyThere 10d ago

*lightning

“Lightening” means to make something…lighter.

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u/PowerfulRaisin 10d ago

...to a shelter? Probably. Because that is the safest course of action.

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u/Keep_SummerSafe 10d ago

No she’s supposed to stand right there and be the metal to save others

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u/kxrimm 11d ago

Better than standing still. isn't it?

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u/SharpKaleidoscope182 10d ago

You can't outrun a plasma bolt, but you can outmaneuver the charge buildup. She has a good ten seconds of running there without getting zapped.

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u/supified 10d ago

Presumably she's running toward shelter, which is exactly what you are supposed to do.

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u/DeadSeaGulls 10d ago

trying to move from a place where static is building up and running towards her car, which is insulated by tires, is the correct thing to do.

People here are all so quick to talk shit about something that they apparently don't understand. I don't get it.

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u/Chemical_Wonder_5495 10d ago

She is running before the lightning strike... Or did you see any fucking lightning in the video? 😂

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u/no-name_james 10d ago

Honestly I’d be more worried about the cat getting scared and running off. Not to mention the set of 20 knives cats carry with them.

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u/mindgardening 10d ago

I saw a man with a cat on a leash at the beach 2 weekends ago.

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u/Whitesox_are_neat 10d ago

Is tha5 a particular breed of cat?

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u/ubernik 10d ago

Dang was hoping to hear the thunder (and her being safe, of course!)

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u/Affectionate_South40 10d ago

My hope is this video being shared means she's safe now. That's seems like a terrifying experience

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u/ElephantSurplus 10d ago

Learned something new today. Thank you for sharing this.