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Miss_Understands_ t1_iycpsxh wrote

Shortest correct answer:

Water conducts electricity, but your skin conducts it better.

Put baking soda in the water and it becomes VERY conductive. Stick 2 electrodes in and the charge will go around you and rapidly boil the water instead.

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WFOMO t1_iyd4e3l wrote

So in effect, swimming in salt water (i.e., the ocean) would act like a Faraday Cage in a lightning strike?

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Miss_Understands_ t1_iyd701t wrote

No, because salt doesnt make water perfectly conductive, and a 100,000 volt bolt will break down any insulation.

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