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So if standing with feet together is safer, would it be safest to stand on the toes of one foot?
Hah, if you can crouch on one toe and block your ears, you're much more athletically inclined than I. The heel to heel approach may burn your feet, but it's better than taking 100,000 amps thru the heart for sure.indoforce said:So if standing with feet together is safer, would it be safest to stand on the toes of one foot?
PhanthomJay said:Inside, you're much more protected as in a Faraday cage. I wouldn't touch any metal though, hands off the keys. Wait for professional help to arrive.
Loren Booda said:Two of us watched in horror as a friend standing on a train had 5,000 volts arc to the left side of his neck (and blow off the bottom of his left shoe). Had the electricity arced to the right side of his neck, we were told, his heart would have been fried. The spark also ignited the vapors of the tank car in which he had been peering, giving him 50% burns. One other strange thing: the potential in his body was great enough to blow his metal frame glasses off of his head. He recovered more or less fully.