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As far as the rubber tires go, I always tell people... "The lightning
has the ability to go through several hundred feet of air. I don't
think one foot of air from the chassis to the ground is going to
deter the lightning. The tires don't enter into the picture."
As far as the windshield goes, who knows. Electric discharges do not
always go the way you think they are going to go. If lightning
"hits" the roof of the car most people assume it will follow the
metal roof pillars down to the chassis and then jump to ground (or
vice-versa). However, as I just mentioned above, the lightning has
the ability to go through hundreds of feet of air. It doesn't need
to follow the metal. It can jump (either way) between the roof and
the hood. It can go along the windshield or through it. The
windshield can shatter from the heat or from the percussion.
Electric discharges do not
always go the way you think they are going to go.
It can go along the windshield or through it. The
windshield can shatter from the heat or from the percussion.
I understand that when a person is killed by lighting, but there are
no burn marks, the cause of death is suspected to be a heart attack
caused by the sudden percussion on the chest.
It seems more likely
that the windshield took the brunt of this strike and it was the
windshield that saved the driver... not the tires.