COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A lightning strike indirectly killed a man who had taken cover inside a tent with three other people, reported KMGH-TV in Denver.
This story illustrates one of the hidden dangers of high-voltage electricity in general and lightning in particular: splash current. A lightning bolt can kill you without even touching you.
When a [...]

If you fly commercially often, the odds are that sooner or later you'll be in a plane that gets hit by lightning in the air. Boeing claims that passenger aircraft are struck by lightning, on average, about twice a year.
Sounds scary, but normally it's not a big deal. Most aircraft are made of aluminum, and [...]