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How to Survive a Lightning Strike

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REFERENCES
Faraday suits/linemen: http://science.howstuffworks.com/faraday-cage3.htm

Human body tissues resistivity: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10593226

conductivity of lightning channel: http://iopscience.iop.org/1402-4896/80/3/035901

US soil resistivity: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/SupportDocuments/UTP_Bulletins_1751F-802.pdf

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