Lightning strikes new French president's plane

[KDC]

Talk about a bad omen...

At least it didn't go down (would have been bad for the economy)

[KDC]

...and 1 Falcon900) and 1 Airbus A330 (so called "Air Sarko One")).

It'll need a new name "Air Hollande One" doesn't quite have the same ring... Then again, neither did Air Sarko.

[RandomlyGenerated]

They should have gone for Dominic Straus Khan DAMMIT FRANCE KNOW YOUR PRIORITIES

[tommyd]

A sign from God?

I was about to say the same thing.

[tommyd]

At least it didn't go down (would have been bad for the economy)

Exactly. You know how much those jets cost !!??

[ragnarok]

Electricity always tries to find its way back to the ground. Why people get electrocuted is because their bodies (having an easy connection to the "ground" and being made up largely of water, among other things) make a much better path for electricity to run to than thin air (which is very bad at conducting stuff in general). For this reason, for example, high power line maintaince workers do their work out of a helicopter. Its also why electricians are encouraged to work with only their right hand if possible - any shock will avoid your heart on its way to the ground, and thus, your heart won't stop beating for example.

I see that you know a thing or two about electricity. Your an electrician by chance?

[KDC]

Exactly. You know how much those jets cost !!??

lol How many planes = one French economy? I'd like to see that in an infographic...

[Dufus old hag]

It's probably nothing...

[junglejim]

I see that you know a thing or two about electricity. Your an electrician by chance?

Former pop rapper turned preacher. Though I heard he is trying to make a comeback.

[Dinges]

Electricity always tries to find its way back to the ground. Why people get electrocuted is because their bodies (having an easy connection to the "ground" and being made up largely of water, among other things) make a much better path for electricity to run to than thin air (which is very bad at conducting stuff in general). For this reason, for example, high power line maintaince workers do their work out of a helicopter. Its also why electricians are encouraged to work with only their right hand if possible - any shock will avoid your heart on its way to the ground, and thus, your heart won't stop beating for example.

It is not the water but the ions dissolved in it that conducts the electricity. Pure water is a poor conductor. Google electricity and distilled water.


Just using the right hand is a feelgood old wives tale. Before electricity takes its course it first has to find the shortest route , and that means it goes anywhere and everywhere first. Trust me , I have been shocked many a time.

The aircraft fuselage acts as a Faraday cage : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage

[IconOfEvi]

I see that you know a thing or two about electricity. Your an electrician by chance?

Was training to be kind of, long time ago :P

Plus in Physcis, electromagnetism was my preferred field of study

[ragnarok]

Was training to be kind of, long time ago :P

Plus in Physcis, electromagnetism was my preferred field of study

Ok. My dad is an electrician, so I learned a few things from him. I even helped him wired a Walgreens.