• Question: When lightning hits a human what are the chances that the person will live?

    Asked by to Daren, Lynne, Phillip, Simon on 23 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      anon answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      Wikipedia says: An estimated 24,000 people are killed by lightning strikes around the world each year and about 240,000 are injured.

      So I think that works out as a 91% chance of surviving based on past reports!

    • Photo: Daren Fearon

      Daren Fearon answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      National Geographic gave similar numbers to Jenny. It said about 10% of people hit by lightning die but 70% suffer serious long-term effects. In the United States the odds of being struck by lightning at some point in your life are apparently 1 in 3000.

      Some more enlightening facts about lightning can be found here:
      http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0623_040623_lightningfacts.html

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