khafra comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Jayson_Virissimo 03 September 2012 05:18AM

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Comment author: khafra 03 September 2012 12:36:48AM 4 points [-]

There's the whole crushing and high voltage shock thing, depending on how you land.

Comment author: [deleted] 03 September 2012 10:49:59PM 1 point [-]

high voltage shock thing

Well, lightning strikes kill less than half the people they hit.

Comment author: mfb 04 September 2012 01:17:37PM 1 point [-]

Lightning strikes usually do not involve physical impacts - I think "falling from 3-10 meters and getting struck by lightning" would be worse. In addition, the length of the current flow depends on the high voltage system.

Comment author: wedrifid 04 September 2012 01:48:45PM 2 points [-]

Lightning strikes usually do not involve physical impacts - I think "falling from 3-10 meters and getting struck by lightning" would be worse.

This seems overwhelmingly likely.