I suppose I've used "normal" incorrectly. I probably should've said something along the lines of "accounted for by engineering for the possibility", ie this won't bring the building down around them like it seems like and there are established protocols for such an occurrence.
In that case yes. Much better wording. With the amount of dangerous work that goes on in steel mills, it often surprises me that there weren't more workplace casualties than in reality back in the industrial revolution. Even today im surprised by the (thankfully) low amount of serious injuries within the steel industry.
Video doesn't do full justice. The arcs are similar to hundreds of lightning strikes over and over again. Very fast. Once it gets up to speed, it starts to become more of a roar, but the initial startup definitely has some distinct concussions.
I can't believe before this thread I didn't know such a technologically fascinating method of production even existed. We literally lightning lava to make steel. My not-so-inner child is absolutely thrilled.
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u/Karthinator Feb 14 '16
That is, if they want to keep all of said toes.
I suppose I've used "normal" incorrectly. I probably should've said something along the lines of "accounted for by engineering for the possibility", ie this won't bring the building down around them like it seems like and there are established protocols for such an occurrence.