Unfortunately, that nugget simply isn't true. Rubber is a good insulator at lower voltages, but stopping the energy from a lightning bolt is too much to ask. So what does happen if a vehicle gets ...

A leader forms just before a lightning bolt zips through the channel to release its energy. At the same time, an upward-moving leader was climbing from one of the TV towers. As the tips of the ...

The “superbolt” was 228,000 amps and struck southeast Tulsa at 10:10 p.m. Sunday, May 25, according to the Weather.us lightning tracker, which categorized the bolt as a “wild house shaker.” ...