I frequently run on a trail that is built alongside/underneath a high-voltage electric transmission line. Although it's generally not safe to be running in a thunderstorm to begin with, are you more or less safe when you're running underneath one of these lines when there is lightning? This would be good to know the next time someone is caught in a storm.I've heard two theoriesOne of us says that you're safer because the power line serves as a lightning rod and would direct the energy around you from the wires at the top of the tower down to the base.The other of us thinks you are at greater risk because that the energy flowing through the power lines acts a bit like a semiconductor that disturbs the atmosphere around the power lines and makes it more likely for lightning to strike the ground directly underneath (where the jogging path is).Do someone know which is true? (please don't speculate, we've done plenty of speculation already)Thank you
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Try driving an ambulance over them with a patient with a back injury or broken bone(s) on the stretcher in the back. Ask the patient what they think of them after you have gone over one even if you went extremely slow. They do damage to the underside of cars that sit low to the ground. If you drive a tow truck with a wheel lift as you go over one with a car attached it can cause the car to scrape. All they do is the job the police should be doing, slowing people down. Instead of costing people that speed the price of a ticket from the police. It cost taxpayers money to install them and maintain them. It also cost people for repairs for damage to their cars, extra gas because they have to slow down and then speed up again instead of being able to drive a steady speed.
