[Phys-l] Don't wear underwired bras in a storm. Was: Re: cell phone lightning hazard?

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

As promised the report in the New Scientist.  -- partially from BMJ 
(Brit. Med. J.) 332, p 1513. 

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19125585.200.html

are not the only problem.  "People get burns from keys, watches, coins 
and even underwired bras," says Giles Harrison from the Meteorology 
Department at the University of reading, UK.

As a hazard, it is probably not worth losing sleep over, however.  
Between 30 and 60 people are struck by lightning in the UK every year, 
with around three people killed.  "The chance of being killed by 
lightning in one year are about the same as your chances of winning the 
lottery in one week," says Harrison.  [issue 2558, 1 July 2006, p23]

bc


Michael Edmiston wrote:

> Well, the Denver Post said the guy was listening to Metallica on his 
> iPod.  Some say they are the most successful heavy metal band in history 
> (not that I would know).  That's a lot of metal and that's probably what 
> attracted the lightning..
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