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When lightning strikes a lake why dont all the fish die?
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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:14 PM Author: Senior Ethics Official (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49433803) |
Date: November 15th, 2025 5:24 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Why doesn't it kill all the fish in the ocean? It's got more electrolytes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49433845) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:25 PM Author: No Paye No Gain That’s salt water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49433849) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:25 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Yeah that should enhance the effect of the lightning. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49433850) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:27 PM Author: Kenneth Play Lightning doesn't kill all fish because the electrical current mainly spreads out along the water's surface, not down into the depths. Fish that are deep enough to be below the surface remain unaffected, while only those very close to the surface are at risk of being harmed. This is because water's conductivity causes the electricity to travel horizontally rather than penetrate deeply.
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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:35 PM Author: ,;;, this is also how sharks got lazers and how electric eels were invented (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49433895) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:35 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Fresh water, sure because it's very dense. But ocean water is significantly less dense, so the electrons should be able to penetrate deep
Edit I got it backwards fresh water is less dense |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 6:24 PM Author: Senior Ethics Official Ph wow. So youre saying the lightning only affects the surface because the water makes it only affect the waters surface. Very insightful. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434056) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:08 PM Author: potluck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434337) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM Author: Die Hard 2: Die Harder So if you are swimming and lighting strikes you should be able to dive and be okay? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434325) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:08 PM Author: potluck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434338) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:59 AM Author: ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434962) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 8:01 AM Author: Senior Ethics Official Ideally you jump out of the water. But if you dont have time just dive. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435091) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:34 AM Author: ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp How I survived 180 days of biglaw tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435300) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:54 AM Author: hung stud A dive is just a reverse jump, same kinetic energy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435357) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:55 AM Author: ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp Something about this poast-moniker synergy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435360) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 7:35 PM Author: samoth Fish are able to absorb, store, and discharge small amounts of electricity via their electrophores. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434238) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:09 PM Author: potluck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434339) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 8:04 AM Author: columbo luis (π§) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435092) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:00 PM Author: Creator & Destroyer Enjoy your trash fish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434320) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM Author: PutaJudia niggers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434324) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM Author: Darn tootin (πΎπ£) lmao at this schoolbus thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434326) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 2:00 AM Author: ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp We really like it here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434963) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:06 PM Author: .,.,.;;,.,.,;,..,.,.,...,.,;;,;,.,.,........ They do wtf are you talking about? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434628) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:11 PM Author: samoth Incorrect. Did you not read the thread? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434637) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:26 PM Author: .,.,.;;,.,.,;,..,.,.,...,.,;;,;,.,.,........ I don’t need to read the thread I’ve seen this on lakes a million times (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434668) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:29 PM Author: samoth You're witnessed all the fish in a lake die after lightning strikes? And witnessed the event occur a million times?
Impressive. |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:32 PM Author: .,.,.;;,.,.,;,..,.,.,...,.,;;,;,.,.,........ Obviously I’m being a little rhetorical it hasn’t been a million times but it’s a well known phenomenon up here. We even have a phrase for it: “Lightning Dead” lakes. It can take years to reboot and restore a lake after a major lightning strike especially if it cascades through an underwater stump system. In those interim years, the lake is a real waste land. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434692) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:41 PM Author: samoth And you weren't fudging the number of fish deaths even a little bit by including batrachians?
I think this thread demonstrates that a combination of electrical spread on the surface of the water, electrophoric activity, protective slime, and carefully timed jumps keeps the fish very much alive during lightning strikes. |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:30 AM Author: potluck cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434947) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:12 PM Author: mountain cat they all jump right before the lightning strikes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434638) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:20 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. it's not enough juice. that's like trying to power an entire city with an extension cord plugged into a home wall outlet. the power dissipates in accordance with current/voltage/time/area/etc. you would need a massive jolt of power to remain strong enough to kill stuff spread throughout a large body of water. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434650) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:25 PM Author: Watcher in the Woods protective fish slime (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434665) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 7:55 AM Author: Raul Mondesi circa 1998 tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435088) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:42 AM Author: ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435325) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:43 AM Author: golden retriever (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435330) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:46 AM Author: ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp 9838838388374783747782737388837378383 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435340) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:47 AM Author: ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp We had a golden whose FAVORITE pastime by far was leaping into swimming pools after tennis balls, rain or shine at any time of year, and always opted to fly through the air rather than use the steps on the way in πΉπΉπΉ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435341) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:07 AM Author: potluck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435386) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:53 AM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK https://youtu.be/C-TSvxZ40RQ?si=QsAT_JyuY5QoLmko (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49434960) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:29 AM Author: OldHLSDude A lightning strike consists of one or more short duration electrical pulses. The fourier transform of a lightning pulse will show that much of the energy consists of high frequency alternating current. This is why when lightning strikes you hear static on an analog a.m. radio. In a conductor alternating current tends to flow on the surface in proportion to the frequency of the current and the electrical conductivity of the conductor. This is called skin effect. Salt water is much more conductive than fresh water, so the electric field around a strike will be more intense toward the surface and will spread out radially from the strike point. In the case of a fresh water strike, the penetration below the surface will be greater and the spread more resembles a sphere than a disk. If you are floating in the water the current that will flow through you depends upon the electric field gradient across your body. In most cases the field gradient will not be enough to hurt you if you are more than 20 or so feet away. However, if you are standing, the field gradient will be relative to ground, so the lethal distance will be greater. Fish aren't usually in contact with the ground, though. However, electricity is not the only problem. Lightning generates an intense sound wave (thunder). Close in it can be deadly or at least deafening - maybe 250 db, which is like a bomb - think of a stick of dynamite going off. Underwater the concussion can be deadly to fish at a much greater distance than the electrical effect. Maybe 5-10 times great. In addition, the lightning will flash boil water at the impact point, so if you are too close you can be cooked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435411) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:45 AM Author: WordcelWorth Old man assuming lolyers know the Fourier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435434) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 12:04 PM Author: OldHLSDude For all the non engineers on the bort the Fourier transform just converts time domain into frequency domain. Maybe that doesn't make any sense either. It's just one of those things you learn in engineering and math classes. It's tedious to calculate, so you just have a computer or instrument do it for you so it becomes a black box. It is one of the most useful tools in signal and image processing, but it's also used in many other ways. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435484) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:02 PM Author: samoth Or pronounce it.
This block of text would be much easier to read if we had LaTeX and he could just simplify it with equations. |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:04 PM Author: sealclubber fish instinctively jump at the right time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435639) |
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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:05 PM Author: Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband (oppose bitchbois) Because they’re not grounded. If one of their little fins was touching the bottom at the time then ZAP dead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2...id.#49435642) |