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Originally posted by burgermeister:
Sounds good, Mudcat Joe. Welcome back.
They say, if your car is struck by lightning, dont step out of the car and cause a path between the car and ground. The rubber tires have the car insulated(unless, like some folks, the tailpipe is always dragging). Leap out like a frog.
Good advice if you knock over a power pole and have a live line touching the car, BM (unless you're my Brother-in-Law, then step away). I'm not sure this is necessary for a lightning strike (no continued electrical source), but I believe I'd leap like a frog if I needed to exit the car in that case as well.

FWIW rubber tires are not required, the predominantly metal shell of the car forms a "Faraday Cage", which prevents exterior electrical currents from being induced inside the car. Corvettes excluded.

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