if water conducts electricity, why does a lightening strike in the middle of the ocean not kill those people standing in the same water beside a beach not get fried?

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if water conducts electricity, why does a lightening strike in the middle of the ocean not kill those people standing in the same water beside a beach not get fried?

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The voltage you would be exposed to would depend on the distance you are from the strike according to the inverse square law.

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