Growing up, I was told to exit the pool when there was rain. It makes sense- relatively small volume of water + significant voltage can conclude pool day pretty quick.
But what about the ocean? If water conducts electricity, how does lightning not spread to every beach all the time?
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Any light you turn on or sound you make can travel indefinitely. But just like light is attenuated by being absorbed slightly in the air, and just like sound is attenuated by friction as it travels through materials, electricity is attenuated by the low (but not zero) resistance of the conductors it’s traveling through.
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