Today, out of all the cars in the parking lot, mine got struck by lightning. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
Today, I backed my car into a parked car in a parking lot. Not only did I back into a parked car, but it was the ONLY parked car there. FML
Irony at a base level
Today, I was standing around looking out the window at work when it became really dark and windy and started to pour. I watched a shopping cart fly across the parking lot thinking how funny it'd be if it hit someone's car. It hit mine. I need a new headlight. FML
What's your damage?
Today, I put my car in the garage last night so it wouldn't get damaged by a huge thunderstorm. Golf clubs fell on it while it was stowed away. FML
Funny how?
Today, I drove to a party after getting my car back from the shop. A thunderstorm started as I made my way there and upon arriving, the power went out. The guests decided to watch the storm from the front windows when someone mentioned how funny it would be if a tree fell on my car. Seconds later, one did. FML
Today, I got into a car crash, in my own garage. FML
Today, I went to the bookstore. While I was in line, I heard everyone talking about how a book cart had gotten loose and rolled down the parking lot into a car, smashing the front. It was my car. FML
Today, after I arrived at work, somebody crashed into my parked car and left a big dent. The impact pushed my car up onto the curb and I got a parking ticket. FML
Today, while I was backing out of the my work's parking lot, I hit my boss's truck. While he was in it. FML
Today, someone backed straight into my car as I was hunting for a parking spot. I just got my car back from the body shop after a hit-and-run. FML
Today, I finally got enough money to buy the car I wanted for a year now. It was stolen today too. I had my car for 4 hours. FML
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Mirorbo 27
At least the battery is charged.
JayBear14 11
i thought cars didnt get struck by lightning because of the rubber on the tires? It's a genuine question, sorry if i sound stupid.
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9D2B 0
You deserved it; karma...
SarevokRob 1
nothing happens when a car gets struck by lightning
Zebidee 9
That's not even close to true. There will be burn marks, holes in the metal, and metal spatter at the entry and exit points. Welded metal near those points can separate. Metal components that aren't bonded to each other will have arcing. If the lightning travels along wiring, it'll be burnt and there will be arcing on the body along the length of the wire. Ferrous components will often become strongly magnetized depending on where they were along the path of the lightning. Greased assemblies such as wheel bearings can arc-weld solid. Electrical and electronic components will either completely stop working, or be intermittent and erratic. Wheels and tire ply wires can be damaged. A lot of this damage will be hidden at first, and only become evident as weakened components fail. In short, if you have a modern, electronically controlled car that is struck by lightning, it can be uneconomical to repair. This of course won't stop your insurance company only paying out to fix the scorch marks if they think they can get away with it.
thenewghost 0
well, correct me if im wrong, but its impossible for a car to get struck b lightning since rubber is an insulator and is the only direct path to the ground so lightning would find its path directly to the ground through a tree or the ground itself
hippiechik521 0
The tires do not prevent the lightning from hitting the car. Lighting shooting through the air, while looking for ground, is not going to change direction just because there is rubber hidden underneath all that metal. What will happen when lightning, or a power line, hits a car is that all the metal in the vehicle will remain electrified until the electricity finds a way to ground. The tires actually keep the electricity in the car by being the only part touching the ground, but not being conductive. The reason that people are always told in school that the safest outdoor place to be in a lightning storm is inside of a car is that the car will trap the electricity, and as long as you avoid touching any of the metal in the car, or getting out of the car before helps arrives to ground the vehicle, you’ve prevented yourself from becoming part of the circuit.
loveurlifeJK 5
Unless your car didn't have it's tires on, nothing happened. We've ALL been taught this.
ANTLink19 4
that's why when I get struck by lightning I jump. Winner!
Zebidee 9
You've ALL been taught wrong. You're relatively safe inside a normal car when it's struck by lightning because the car's structure acts as a Faraday cage and the lightning passes through the metal, not through you. As an insulator, rubber is roughly on the same scale as the air that the lightning just passed through. Half an inch of rubber that has hundreds of metal wires running through it is no barrier whatsoever to a lightning bolt strong enough to pass through thirty thousand feet of air.
croso88 5
that's bullshit op it is physically Impossible for lightning to hit a car but it could hit under the car.... the reason is impossible is because of the rubber in the tires
emilykate224 0
aww your bummed
yummycupcakegirl 0
God doesn't like you....
CassQuerida 0
Rubber tyres ...you can't get struck....What a douche...
Brighton_Goose 0
"Rubber tires provide zero safety from lightning. After all, lightning has traveled for miles through the sky: four or five inches of rubber is no insulation whatsoever."
Tsuki1 0
Did it died?