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8.02, "Prof." Wurtele

bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Feb 22 16:02:41 1989

On dispelling the notion that the reason you are safe in a car when
it is hit by lightning is that it is insulated by rubber tires:

"A lightning bolt that has just travelled two miles from a cloud towards
the ground is not going to be intimidated by a tire."


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