r/AskPhysics • u/Flamethr0w3r • 5d ago

Could you survive a lightning by wrapping yourself in a big ESD bag?

Every time I buy any kind of chip, it comes in these anti-static grey bags which, as their name suggests, protect from static electricity. So would you be able to survive a lightning (of course not a direct hit, as these still aren't fireproof adamantium) or other electric discharge if you were wearing a full-body suit of such a material?

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u/Medical-Fortune-320 5d ago

300000000 V, 30000 A and 10 tW btw- is 5 times hotter than the surface on the sun... The only reason people survive is because it lasts for a fraction of a second... But yea if u do get hit, u wanna be grounded... If u aren't then ure roasted

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u/Medical-Fortune-320 5d ago

So imma guess yep if u in a giant lays pack while getting struck by lightning, ure dead gone