What happens if lightning strikes you?

There is a way to "tattoo" you will never want to try: it is risky, it could put your life at risk, but you would have a unique and superhuman design. The cost, however, is too high. These are the 'Lichtenberg figures', scars that are installed as wounds on the skin of people who are struck by lightning. Generally, these marks are not forever, they are erased over time.

This phenomenon becomes more extraordinary when remembering the phenomenon of fractal ramifications. It is incredible to know that they are present throughout the Universe and in ourselves. In order to supply oxygen, our bodies extend thousands of arms that diversify from a common place. We find this same structure in trees, dendrites and snowflakes.

What are the rays?

They are a discharge of electricity whose power reaches 30 million volts and a temperature of up to 30,000 degrees Celsius and are in a state of plasma. We must distinguish lightning from thunder. Lightning is the illumination we see in the sky; thunder is the sound produced by the lightning that warms the air at high speed and mixes with the cold environment.

Can lightning strike you?
Yes, although the chances of being reached by one are low - one among 750 thousand people - it happens often. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), men are five times more likely to be struck by lightning than women; In addition, most of the victims are between 16 and 34 years old.

For its part, data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) estimates that, on a daily basis, around 44,000 storms are produced in the world and lightning is the order of the day

It is important that you know that there are different ways to make this happen:

Directly, when the beam falls on the body

By contact, when touching an object where lightning has fallen

By bouncing, when the lightning of an object external to the body "splashes"

By current of the ground, when the ray falls on the ground but "pursues" the person until reaching it

What damage can lightning cause?
Dying by lightning is something unusual; only 30% of the victims lose their lives in these events. The most common risks are injuries due to severe burns, heart attacks or neuronal traumas.

It is not necessary to be a direct victim of this huge electricity to present severe damages, because the explosion is by itself enormously dangerous: it can break the eardrums or cause primary and tertiary lesions in the brain.

Among other physical complications, ventricular fibrillation, or a temporary or permanent loss of memory may also occur.

In the middle of a thunderstorm, it is recommended to stay away from any electrical device and protect yourself in an enclosed space. Experts NEVER recommend lying on the floor, but staying at a low height. It is also not a good idea to stay near tall trees.

It is practically impossible to unravel the secrets of the Universe. Although science has been striving to understand the natural dynamics of phenomena, there is still a long way to go. We do not know, for example, why the fractal ramifications appear both outside and inside ourselves. All we have left is to imagine that this obeys a strange cosmic language waiting to be deciphered.