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When lightning strikes a lake why dont all the fish die?

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Bateful Messiness
  11/15/25
Why doesn't it kill all the fish in the ocean? It's got more...
Flickering buff trust fund idea he suggested
  11/15/25
That’s salt water
ultramarine generalized bond
  11/15/25
Yeah that should enhance the effect of the lightning.
Flickering buff trust fund idea he suggested
  11/15/25
Lightning doesn't kill all fish because the electrical curre...
Electric dysfunction
  11/15/25
this is also how sharks got lazers and how electric eels wer...
puce range immigrant
  11/15/25
Fresh water, sure because it's very dense. But ocean water i...
Flickering buff trust fund idea he suggested
  11/15/25
Ph wow. So youre saying the lightning only affects the surfa...
Bateful Messiness
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Exhilarant rigor circlehead
  11/15/25
So if you are swimming and lighting strikes you should be ab...
purple temple
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stirring library
  11/16/25
Ideally you jump out of the water. But if you dont have time...
Bateful Messiness
  11/16/25
How I survived 180 days of biglaw tp
stirring library
  11/16/25
A dive is just a reverse jump, same kinetic energy
Fragrant blathering genital piercing patrolman
  11/16/25
Something about this poast-moniker synergy
stirring library
  11/16/25
Fish are able to absorb, store, and discharge small amounts ...
Maniacal Cerise Mad Cow Disease
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Exhilarant rigor circlehead
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Misanthropic blue hell newt
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Misanthropic blue hell newt
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it's amazing how after all these years I still learn somethi...
demanding insane public bath
  11/20/25
Enjoy your trash fish
exciting multi-billionaire
  11/15/25
niggers
slap-happy sinister clown
  11/15/25
lmao at this schoolbus thread
soul-stirring headpube mother
  11/15/25
We really like it here.
stirring library
  11/16/25
They do wtf are you talking about?
greedy masturbator cruise ship
  11/15/25
Incorrect. Did you not read the thread?
Maniacal Cerise Mad Cow Disease
  11/15/25
I don’t need to read the thread I’ve seen this o...
greedy masturbator cruise ship
  11/15/25
You're witnessed all the fish in a lake die after lightning ...
Maniacal Cerise Mad Cow Disease
  11/15/25
Obviously I’m being a little rhetorical it hasn’...
greedy masturbator cruise ship
  11/15/25
And you weren't fudging the number of fish deaths even a lit...
Maniacal Cerise Mad Cow Disease
  11/15/25
cr
Exhilarant rigor circlehead
  11/16/25
they all jump right before the lightning strikes.
black site
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it's not enough juice. that's like trying to power an entir...
Maize address kitty cat
  11/15/25
protective fish slime
Charcoal titillating dragon
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tp
lavender disrespectful property party of the first part
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stirring library
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effete brunch pozpig
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9838838388374783747782737388837378383
stirring library
  11/16/25
We had a golden whose FAVORITE pastime by far was leaping in...
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Exhilarant rigor circlehead
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stirring library
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https://youtu.be/C-TSvxZ40RQ?si=QsAT_JyuY5QoLmko
Flickering buff trust fund idea he suggested
  11/16/25
A lightning strike consists of one or more short duration el...
trip crystalline locus
  11/16/25
Old man assuming lolyers know the Fourier
Appetizing goal in life
  11/16/25
For all the non engineers on the bort the Fourier transform ...
trip crystalline locus
  11/16/25
Or pronounce it. This block of text would be much easier...
Maniacal Cerise Mad Cow Disease
  11/16/25
Not the weirdest feature Rach's been asked
Appetizing goal in life
  11/16/25
damn I'll be happy if I can just remember who the President ...
Misanthropic blue hell newt
  11/16/25
Sadly now late 70s. Hope to do 79 on New Year’s Eve pe...
trip crystalline locus
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stirring library
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demanding insane public bath
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stirring library
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Electric dysfunction
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stirring library
  11/20/25
fish instinctively jump at the right time
Excitant fat ankles sanctuary
  11/16/25
Because they’re not grounded. If one of their little f...
Arrogant point yarmulke
  11/16/25
fish have slimy skin that acts as a plasma shield
violent big dilemma
  11/20/25
Pike can feel it coming back again
fluffy amethyst striped hyena partner
  11/20/25


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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Bateful Messiness



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: Flickering buff trust fund idea he suggested

Why doesn't it kill all the fish in the ocean? It's got more electrolytes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49433845)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: ultramarine generalized bond

That’s salt water

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49433849)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: Flickering buff trust fund idea he suggested

Yeah that should enhance the effect of the lightning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49433850)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: Electric dysfunction

Lightning doesn't kill all fish because the electrical current mainly spreads out along the water's surface, not down into the depths. Fish that are deep enough to be below the surface remain unaffected, while only those very close to the surface are at risk of being harmed. This is because water's conductivity causes the electricity to travel horizontally rather than penetrate deeply.



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: puce range immigrant

this is also how sharks got lazers and how electric eels were invented

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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: Flickering buff trust fund idea he suggested

Fresh water, sure because it's very dense. But ocean water is significantly less dense, so the electrons should be able to penetrate deep

Edit I got it backwards fresh water is less dense

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49433899)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Bateful Messiness

Ph wow. So youre saying the lightning only affects the surface because the water makes it only affect the waters surface. Very insightful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434056)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: Exhilarant rigor circlehead



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: purple temple

So if you are swimming and lighting strikes you should be able to dive and be okay?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434325)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: Exhilarant rigor circlehead



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: stirring library



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Date: November 16th, 2025 8:01 AM
Author: Bateful Messiness

Ideally you jump out of the water. But if you dont have time just dive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49435091)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: stirring library

How I survived 180 days of biglaw tp

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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Fragrant blathering genital piercing patrolman

A dive is just a reverse jump, same kinetic energy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49435357)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:55 AM
Author: stirring library

Something about this poast-moniker synergy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49435360)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 7:35 PM
Author: Maniacal Cerise Mad Cow Disease

Fish are able to absorb, store, and discharge small amounts of electricity via their electrophores.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434238)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:09 PM
Author: Exhilarant rigor circlehead



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Date: November 16th, 2025 8:04 AM
Author: Misanthropic blue hell newt



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Date: November 16th, 2025 4:05 PM
Author: Misanthropic blue hell newt



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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:34 AM
Author: demanding insane public bath

it's amazing how after all these years I still learn something new every day on xo

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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:00 PM
Author: exciting multi-billionaire

Enjoy your trash fish

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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: slap-happy sinister clown

niggers

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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: soul-stirring headpube mother

lmao at this schoolbus thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434326)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 2:00 AM
Author: stirring library

We really like it here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434963)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:06 PM
Author: greedy masturbator cruise ship

They do wtf are you talking about?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434628)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:11 PM
Author: Maniacal Cerise Mad Cow Disease

Incorrect. Did you not read the thread?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434637)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:26 PM
Author: greedy masturbator cruise ship

I don’t need to read the thread I’ve seen this on lakes a million times

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434668)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Maniacal Cerise Mad Cow Disease

You're witnessed all the fish in a lake die after lightning strikes? And witnessed the event occur a million times?

Impressive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434676)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: greedy masturbator cruise ship

Obviously I’m being a little rhetorical it hasn’t been a million times but it’s a well known phenomenon up here. We even have a phrase for it: “Lightning Dead” lakes. It can take years to reboot and restore a lake after a major lightning strike especially if it cascades through an underwater stump system. In those interim years, the lake is a real waste land.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434692)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:41 PM
Author: Maniacal Cerise Mad Cow Disease

And you weren't fudging the number of fish deaths even a little bit by including batrachians?

I think this thread demonstrates that a combination of electrical spread on the surface of the water, electrophoric activity, protective slime, and carefully timed jumps keeps the fish very much alive during lightning strikes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434718)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:30 AM
Author: Exhilarant rigor circlehead

cr

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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: black site

they all jump right before the lightning strikes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434638)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:20 PM
Author: Maize address kitty cat

it's not enough juice. that's like trying to power an entire city with an extension cord plugged into a home wall outlet. the power dissipates in accordance with current/voltage/time/area/etc. you would need a massive jolt of power to remain strong enough to kill stuff spread throughout a large body of water.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Ã#49434650)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:25 PM
Author: Charcoal titillating dragon

protective fish slime

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Date: November 16th, 2025 7:55 AM
Author: lavender disrespectful property party of the first part

tp

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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:42 AM
Author: stirring library



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:43 AM
Author: effete brunch pozpig



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: stirring library

9838838388374783747782737388837378383

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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:47 AM
Author: stirring library

We had a golden whose FAVORITE pastime by far was leaping into swimming pools after tennis balls, rain or shine at any time of year, and always opted to fly through the air rather than use the steps on the way in 😹😹😹

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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:07 AM
Author: Exhilarant rigor circlehead



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Date: November 16th, 2025 3:29 PM
Author: stirring library



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:53 AM
Author: Flickering buff trust fund idea he suggested

https://youtu.be/C-TSvxZ40RQ?si=QsAT_JyuY5QoLmko

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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: trip crystalline locus

A lightning strike consists of one or more short duration electrical pulses. The fourier transform of a lightning pulse will show that much of the energy consists of high frequency alternating current. This is why when lightning strikes you hear static on an analog a.m. radio. In a conductor alternating current tends to flow on the surface in proportion to the frequency of the current and the electrical conductivity of the conductor. This is called skin effect. Salt water is much more conductive than fresh water, so the electric field around a strike will be more intense toward the surface and will spread out radially from the strike point. In the case of a fresh water strike, the penetration below the surface will be greater and the spread more resembles a sphere than a disk. If you are floating in the water the current that will flow through you depends upon the electric field gradient across your body. In most cases the field gradient will not be enough to hurt you if you are more than 20 or so feet away. However, if you are standing, the field gradient will be relative to ground, so the lethal distance will be greater. Fish aren't usually in contact with the ground, though. However, electricity is not the only problem. Lightning generates an intense sound wave (thunder). Close in it can be deadly or at least deafening - maybe 250 db, which is like a bomb - think of a stick of dynamite going off. Underwater the concussion can be deadly to fish at a much greater distance than the electrical effect. Maybe 5-10 times greater. In addition, the lightning will flash boil water at the impact point, so if you are too close you can be cooked.

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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:45 AM
Author: Appetizing goal in life

Old man assuming lolyers know the Fourier

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Date: November 16th, 2025 12:04 PM
Author: trip crystalline locus

For all the non engineers on the bort the Fourier transform just converts time domain into frequency domain. Maybe that doesn't make any sense either. It's just one of those things you learn in engineering and math classes. It's tedious to calculate, so you just have a computer or instrument do it for you so it becomes a black box. It is one of the most useful tools in signal and image processing, but it's also used in many other ways.

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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:02 PM
Author: Maniacal Cerise Mad Cow Disease

Or pronounce it.

This block of text would be much easier to read if we had LaTeX and he could just simplify it with equations.

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Date: November 16th, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: Appetizing goal in life

Not the weirdest feature Rach's been asked

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Date: November 16th, 2025 3:32 PM
Author: Misanthropic blue hell newt

damn I'll be happy if I can just remember who the President is in my mid 70s

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Date: November 16th, 2025 3:58 PM
Author: trip crystalline locus

Sadly now late 70s. Hope to do 79 on New Year’s Eve per the bort tradition.

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Date: November 16th, 2025 4:47 PM
Author: stirring library



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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:35 AM
Author: demanding insane public bath



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Date: November 20th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: stirring library



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Date: November 17th, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: Electric dysfunction



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Date: November 20th, 2025 9:31 AM
Author: stirring library



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: Excitant fat ankles sanctuary

fish instinctively jump at the right time

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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:05 PM
Author: Arrogant point yarmulke

Because they’re not grounded. If one of their little fins was touching the bottom at the time then ZAP dead

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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:02 AM
Author: violent big dilemma

fish have slimy skin that acts as a plasma shield

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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:46 AM
Author: fluffy amethyst striped hyena partner

Pike can feel it coming back again

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