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Yen1969 t1_j4rax2b wrote

Reply to comment by ExploratoryCucumber in Laser-guided lightning. Study demonstrates a powerful laser aimed at the sky that can create a virtual lightning rod and divert the path of lightning strikes. The findings may pave the way for better lightning protection methods for critical infrastructure. by MistWeaver80

Electricity and water don't mix, unless you are using water as an analogy. Then it works so well basically all the time.

The way I see it, you can fill a reservoir from lots of little streams, or even massive rivers. Sending 8.4 cubic miles of water (77.3 trillion pounds) at Hoover dam all at once (the reservoir's capacity), and it's gonna fail.

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