My dad was stuck by lightning (TWICE!)

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My dad has been hit by lightning twice! This is an interview with him about those incidents. Plus we chatted about the science behind a lightning strike, which it's so dangerous, and how to avoid getting hit.
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Creator: Dianna Cowern
Editor: Jabril Ashe and Dianna Cowern
Writer: Sophia Chen
Special thanks to Ashley Warner, Kyle Kitzmiller, and mama and papa Cowern.
Stock visuals: Pixabay.com, shutterstock.com
Music: APM and RU-vid

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@besmart 7 лет назад

Tree farming? Your dad should drive trains. He's clearly an excellent conductor.

@pbsvoices 7 лет назад

Oh COME ON.

@besmart 7 лет назад

Watt's the problem? I didn't expect this kind of resistance.

@physicsgirl 7 лет назад

2:33 You wood.

@physicsgirl 7 лет назад

You came up with that in a flash.

@physicsgirl 7 лет назад

Imma have to bolt away from these dad jokes..

@upandatom 7 лет назад

That must be why she's always so charged

@harshitverma7804 7 лет назад

lol !!

@Z3sty367 7 лет назад

Up and Atom hahaha Cocaine

@deepakjoshi823 3 года назад

Probably! 😂😂lol 😂

@jackthecohen 7 лет назад

must have been a shocking experience

@IFGchannel931 7 лет назад

I bet this comment section is gonna be charged with puns

@adityakhanna113 7 лет назад

+Igor Freitas I wanna make one too, but nothing's striking me

@HamzahHusain_the_sexy_beast 7 лет назад

must've all happened in a flash

@blayzesauers3838 7 лет назад

Hamzah Husain The Flash was struck by lightning

@octopus1182 7 лет назад

Jack Cohen welp.. lucky his luck was LIGHTEN UP

@mattscatterty 7 лет назад

Well, Phil seems like a really nice guy and it also seems like he's done fantastic job as a parent. He should be proud!

@rhyswilliams9618 7 лет назад

You're dad is either extremely unlucky or lucky, I can't tell.

@SamuelEstenlund 7 лет назад

Both.

@FingerThatO 7 лет назад

her dad is a cat.

@plcflame 7 лет назад

"A lightning never hits the same spot twice" "HA HA!"

@LINKINPARK11499 7 лет назад

well it didnt hit the same spot just the same person in different locations. there is a difference between same spot and same person.

@tytanowykarol 7 лет назад

I'd say he is unlucky to get hit by a lightning twice and lucky to have such a lovely daughter.

@RodrigoBarbosaBR 7 лет назад

Your dad is a natural. You should get him more often on the channel.

@GustavoValdiviesso 7 лет назад

I had a similar experience. Thanks to basic physics knowledge, I pulled my sister and cousins out of a lake, when they were amazed by the fact that their hair was rising up. We just had time to run about 200m from the shore when a lighting stroke an old tree trunk near where we were swimming. I was 16, now I am 37 and since then I became a physicist and I always say to people that physics may save your life... specially in a thunderstorm ;)

@ShahJr 7 лет назад

Next Video : What does it feel to get shot by a gun?

@thesmartninja8235 7 лет назад

Shah Jr. Feels pretty good.

@obibellowme 7 лет назад

Shah Jr. You should try it sometime

@YourHomieJC 7 лет назад

next vid: HUMAN VS HYDROPLIC PRESS: DOES IT HURT? HOW DEAD WILL I BE?

@mc4444 7 лет назад

"What does it feel to be cut by a 1000 degree knife?"

@themacocko6311 7 лет назад

Shah Jr. It hurts?

@Seegalgalguntijak 7 лет назад

So if you get hit by lightning twice, you raise your kid to be a physicist?

@cezarcatalin1406 5 лет назад

Seegal Galguntijak Well...

@3nertia 4 года назад

They say lightning never strikes twice in the same gene pool so they may as well use the fortune in their favor ;)

@jamesburgess2k 7 лет назад

I would love to get a Lichterberg figure tattoo, but I'm broke. Well, there is a cheaper method....

@lightningsurvivor1432 7 лет назад

James Burgess its a life changing scar. Lots damage comes with it.

@chasesweat8905 6 лет назад

LightningSurvivor 14 why is your name lighting survivor? Were you struck?

@nataliaray7315 5 лет назад

@3nertia 4 года назад

Cheaper? Can you even imagine what the hospital bill must be? xD

@3nertia 4 года назад

@@lightningsurvivor1432 I should've just read your reply first xD

@petersmythe6462 4 года назад

If you count the tingling in the lake, he was probably hit thrice.

@ValeriePallaoro 2 года назад

Thank you .. this is an excellent observation. I'm wondering why it didn't come up in the vlog. Surely the tingling is electricity in the water, being felt by their bodies. Maybe it's a linguistic thing, as in, he was not 'hit' by lightning.

@jcoronet2000 7 лет назад

my father was in a latrine when lightening struck next to it. he described a loud electric buzz followed by the loudest boom he has ever heard.

@adityakhanna113 7 лет назад

I don't know how to react to it.

@CodeJeffo Год назад

I somehow feel Dianna really needed and was looking forward to make this video. Very lovely to see you both in video.

@4chiron 7 лет назад

A great interview with a very proud dad Dianna.

@grossscienceshow 7 лет назад

OMG. Ham man.

@devd_rx 4 года назад

Gross

@deepakjoshi823 3 года назад

😁😁😁😁

@nearh.2532 6 лет назад

"Dad do you know what RU-vid is?" "I've heard of it." LOLOLOLLOLLOLOOL

@fromtheusawithlove 7 лет назад

Dianna, you are the most adorable person on RU-vid! Every show is packed with solid information and delivered at a level that most everyone can understand. I have been subscribed to your channel for some time now and will continue to watch every upload. BTW, now I see where you get your demeanor.

@CrankyPantss 7 лет назад

Good video. Your dad seems like a great guy who smiles so easily. Thanks for sharing it with us.

@MichaBerger 7 лет назад

Thanks Phil! (Always nice to see such an obviously proud father!)

@IAmTheAce5 7 лет назад

As amazing as your father is and how fortunate he is to have survived lightning strikes (twice!), I would like to say that- at this rate- your dad might get lightning-based powers!

@mhilmyfauzi4523 7 лет назад

IAmTheAce5 just like Lincoln

@RolandsSh 7 лет назад

UNLIMITED POWER!

@MGSLurmey 6 лет назад

Oh come on, how does RolandsSh's comment not have more likes? Star Wars references are always the best references.

@vuuspalding 4 года назад

great vlog, loved the info and the interaction with you and your dad.

@mairock5443 7 лет назад

This was really interesting. I like how you visualize the stuff talked about with images (like waterfalls when you are talking about it). Your dad is a really sympathic guy! Thank you for the effort to make this video!

@lolo_o4309 4 года назад

The explanation is wrong tho

@mrsac7476 7 лет назад

physics girl. =2017 physics lady. =2037 physics granny=2057 physics skeleton =xyz

@carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

no by 2037 she had already decided to turn into physics man because that's what things are going to

@ChrisBrown-iu8ii Год назад

Your Dads story about being in the garage the second time he was struck reminded me of what we used to do as kids. I grew up in Denver Colorado and short 15 to 30 minute thunderstorms occur there in the middle of the day, multiple times a week in spring. We would go into the garage and open the garage door and set up lawn chairs in the garage to watch and listen to the storm. I guess we were lucky there were no trees near by.

@jamessoncreek4553 2 года назад

My daughter and I found your channel just few months ago she's 10. This video just made us fall more in love so awesome!!!

@3smworld 4 года назад

Very nice conversation. This ofcourse will remain as a memorable one.

@timhensley1297 7 лет назад

great to see you and your dad having a nice time. he really loves you I can see.

@jeff6899 Год назад

Charming video !! Your dad is great ! Interesting story...He should be proud !!

@Haplo2020 7 лет назад

Tell your dad to stay the hell away from trees. Oh wait. He's a tree farmer. Damn. Just, good luck then.

@paulsengupta971 7 лет назад

Hah! :-)

@brinyazurista270 2 года назад

When your pet plants are cute and lovely but during a lightning storm they can kill you :(

@MrMisanthrope_ 7 лет назад

Wow, it amazing how she so excited that her Dad had had two close end of life experiences.

@sciencetoymaker 7 лет назад

Well done! Good voltage/current analogy.

@andresmaganajr 7 лет назад

Thank you for sharing your father's experience with us.

@gamesturbator 2 года назад

When I was a small child in Lake Placid, Fl (2nd highest lighting stikes in the country I once read), I was walking home down Lejune Road, bare-footed no less, after having swam in the nearby lake. Lighting started appearing everywhere and hit just above the road maybe 20 ft away. I felt my scalp stinging big time. I was very lucky that it wasn't a bit closer.

@patb9375 4 года назад

Is that what attracted your Mother so much, was your Mother shocked when he told her about it? Seriously so glad your Dad made it or we would not have you and your awesome videos. Also your Dad really loves you, it shows in his sparkling eyes.

@DivineDestiny77 Год назад

One of my favorite videos of Dianna’s. So funny!! 😆

@squeakytire6857 6 лет назад

When I saw the title, I was *amped* up! It seems these kind of stories are the hit in *current* times

@timothystoutland9299 7 лет назад

Oh, by the way, love you physics girl! All your vids are awesome.

@elleoh3878 4 года назад

Awww this is one of my favorite RU-vid vids of all

@paulleavell4317 Год назад

😪😪😪😪 Please get better soon, Dianna, WE MISS YOU SO MUCH‼💝💝💝 What an AWESOME video!!❤❤❤❤

@apoorvtyagi7441 7 лет назад

OMG this is the first video of you after I have subscribed. your videos are really great! I love science and learning and your channel is the best to gain knowledge and enjoy at the same time. Thanks for creating this awesome channel!!

@adityakhanna113 7 лет назад

uh... welcome to the community?

@nishkamgulati9620 7 лет назад

Apoorv Tyagi bhai school se zada knowledge to youtube pe hai.. aisa lag rha h jaise laakhon rupaye faaltu me school life pe waste kar diye

@adityakhanna113 7 лет назад

NISHKAM GULATI strongly disagree. School studies are much more in depth. You can take in depth courses herr, but a one to one interaction with a professor has a ton of benefits. You can exactly destroy your doubt.

@catercoz2491 7 лет назад

Wow, he's lucky to be alive. It was lovely to meet your Dad, Diana.

@rammerstheman 7 лет назад

Loved the waterfall voltage analogy, will use that one in future.

@XmdogmX 7 лет назад

thanks very much for this and thank you to your father for sharing his experiences with us.

@ghrey8282 7 лет назад

Once was enough for me, thanks. Great video by the way.

@sauravpatil7295 7 лет назад

Nice video physics girl ..... Not much matter on the topic was explained but got to see great bonding with your Dad...👍👍 Keep physicsing....

@asinghtaurus 7 лет назад

Proud of your dad for bringing such an awesome, intelligent, beautiful and sweet girl into this world.

@ronaldabelilla3575 7 лет назад

Diana, your dad is cool, I assume he is fun to talk with. Growing up, i always talked with elder people, there's just too much to learn from them. This episode is definitely one of my favorite.

@jerichoarroyo105 7 лет назад

Is that why you became Physics Girl?

@papinkelman7695 7 лет назад

Jericho Arroyo she was bitten by a radioactive physics spider, and thus became Physics Girl

@jerichoarroyo105 7 лет назад

Ouch!

@boldjawad 7 лет назад

Pa Pinkelman ROFL!!!!

@ShadeSlayer1911 7 лет назад

The hell is a physics spider? What are its powers? What are Physics Girl's powers?

@romajimamulo 6 лет назад

ShadeSlayer1911 mostly just explaining physics

@DaffyDaffyDaffy33322 7 лет назад

Thaaaaaaaank you for not spreading the dangerous rumor "it's not the volts, it's not the amps" and actually taking the time to explain it's both. :)

@GoGreenMan 7 лет назад

Great stories, unlucky dad lol, interesting looking project to make. looking forward to the build video.

@robjay5419 4 года назад

Very enlightening video.

@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes Месяц назад

I hope that you, your husband and Ham Man have a great Easter! 🐣🐰❤️🙏🏻

@Thrill98 7 лет назад

It makes me happy to see you and your father in such a good relationship ;)

@muhamadfairulizwanbmatzain2103 7 лет назад

So sweet both of you

@shirosenshiesq 7 лет назад

Your dad seems like a cool guy!

@davidwuhrer6704 7 лет назад

And a fun guy, too.

@abigailtrainor 7 лет назад

You're dad's so sweet!

@obibellowme 7 лет назад

Those trees are evil

@fitnessforyourself642 7 лет назад

i love this conversation .

@tristansimmons8724 7 лет назад

My Dad was once struck by lightning while piloting a helicopter, it caused the engine to shut down mid-flight, but he was fortunately able to restart it before blades stopped spinning. People on the ground saw the bolt go right through the helicopter and said it lit up like a giant light bulb

@Eldrave20 7 лет назад

your dad is cool. ;) close encounter with lighting. running to an outhouse at age 10. indoor plumbing being worked on by repairmen. no alternative but to run 120 yards. lightning came down. approx 10 yards away. I was mid-air, mid stride. scared me stiff. slid to a stop. pissed myself. harsh memory. only grandmother can confirm.

@EDITHFIVE 7 лет назад

Great video!

@MatheusPratta 6 лет назад

Your dad seems to be really proud of having such a smart daughter as you

@keepthefaith9805 Год назад

True

@Dad-ij2qy 7 лет назад

Thank you for posting this interview with your Dad. I am interested in knowing if the lightning strike caused any other detrimental effects to your Dad's senses other than having blacked out for a period of time. Any scars, for example, or changes to his senses ?

@maggsgorilla 7 лет назад

Nice work Di

@BEdmonson85 7 лет назад

This was fun to see you and your dad doing a vid together. You should have him on again sometime :)

@BEdmonson85 7 лет назад

PS. Looks like he had a blast too! :)

@ondrag.2458 4 года назад

Dianna seems to me constantly powered by lightning storm because she is all time so excited and full of energy :-D

@drrocketman7794 4 года назад

Diana, you have your dad's smile!

@geordirendum583 7 лет назад

Continue like that ! You are good !

@antivanti 7 лет назад

Another tip for lightning storms. Don't stand near a campfire. The smoke has lots of ions which makes it act like a lightning rod. Also cows allegedly tend to align themselves facing 90 degrees away from lightning storms because if the current travels along the ground there is less potential difference between their legs than if they are facing towards or away from the lightning. (Left and right legs are closer together than front and back)

@adityakhanna113 7 лет назад

What's that rogue wave thing in the description?

@Yathuprem 7 лет назад

Congrats on half a million subs. That's a really nice car u got on garage, is it a Trailhawk ??

@oldcowbb 7 лет назад

the lighting scar look pretty awesome

@stephensmith1034 4 года назад

I love this topic. I once knew a kid who was sitting on a dock and fishing and it started pouring really hard. All of a sudden lightning struck him and it actually knocked his shoes off his feet. I don't know if I ever believed that but it was said to be true.

@obibellowme 7 лет назад

Wow your dad seems sooo awesome

@myherpesitch7763 7 лет назад

Love this video for 2 reasons: -science -spending time w the ol' parents. You are a good daughter.

@LouCipsLife 7 лет назад

Great video with your dad

@pappi8338 7 лет назад

Brought a smile to my face

@williamclaflin7863 4 года назад

Favorite Episode

@leomastersxd3076 7 лет назад

+Physics Girl Just a correction, when you said that in a car if you touched a metal you would get shocked is not true because your body would be the path of higher resistance, while the rest of the car(made of metal) would be the lowest resistance path to the ground, so your body would have no potential to pass current through.

@vipinpnair 7 лет назад

Diana, I experienced lightning, a near miss! I was inside home (concrete roof, brick walls) , using an XPS laptop which was having metal sheet on the palm rest area. Laptop was connected to internet over LAN cable. It was a wired connection. lightning occurred outside building and i get shock from laptop and was pulled away luckily & fell down along with chair backwards. I was frightened and cried 😞 Lucky nothing happened to me other than just falling down. But mother board of laptop- LAN section and USB ports got damaged.

@stevenbaumann8692 7 лет назад

Your dad is epic. I have played in thunderstorms never been struck. I like the fork cleaner demo

@mikaelwester Год назад

Lovely interaction

@HebaruSan 7 лет назад

We should all interview our dads about the most unusual things about them.

@patb9375 4 года назад

That could be very disturbing for some people.

@erictaylor5462 6 лет назад

There was a televised soccer match where the pitch was struck by lightning, several player collapsed badly hurt while other were fine. And it didn't seem to matter how far away the players were from where the bolt hit the ground. There were players that were closer to that point than players that were hurt. They found the difference by looking at slow motion pictures. All the players that were hurt had both feet on the ground when the lightning hit. None of the players who had only one foot on the ground were hurt.

@Durkin1 3 года назад

I'm a big fan of Physics Girl and my dad was also hit by lightning! Maybe Lightning causes an interest in physics. He was knocked unconcious and was thrown into the water. The lightning hit a tree first and traveled under his feet, going up one leg and dowdn the other. He was paralized from the wast down for a while and had lichtenberg patterns on his legs. Also the hair was burned off his legs. He is fine now. It happened about 60 years ago.

@Wordsnwood 7 лет назад

Your Dad is cool. Neat stories. He is in a very rare club. Was no one else near him the first time? Because he had said "we" were swimming, but then it sounds like no one saw him knocked out when the tree was struck beside him.

@SnoopyDoofie 7 лет назад

3:36 Lightning was giving you a thumbs up Diana.

@er5406 Год назад

❤ Hope you’re doing better.

@whereisangie 7 лет назад

so fascinating!!

@LightBusterX 5 лет назад

What should you do in a lightning storm? - Tree: *SHAZAM!*

@3nertia 4 года назад

BAHAHAHA. +1000 internets for this - you've not gotten your dues for this one; 8 likes? C'mon people!

@nataliaray7315 5 лет назад

Diana: I have an unusual dad Dad: I have an unusual daughter. *Right back at ya*

@simonstebbins3838 6 лет назад

I think we have discovered why Physics Girl is so smart and sweet - her dad.

@Malmo117 Год назад

Wow that would be scary! Glad he is ok 🙏🌸🤓

@timothystoutland9299 7 лет назад

loved that video. I was about 26 years old and a power pole got hit by lightning. It was maybe 30 feel from me. The boom was defining; the flash blinding, and I felt tingling all over my body with burning in the soles of my feet. My girlfriend felt tingling her hands that lasted the rest of the day. It was an experience we will never forget.

@trulyinfamous 4 года назад

Duration is also an incredibly large part of what makes electricity dangerous. A super quick shock hurts less than one that lasts much longer.

@axnyslie 7 лет назад

This sounds like a superhero origin's story.

@teinspringz 7 лет назад

LightningGirl has yet to emerge though...😉

@hijack69 7 лет назад

teinspringz She has... her name is **DRUM ROLLS** Physics Girl

@j.k.rector9818 Год назад

Your dad’s a gem!

@brannontirin 7 лет назад

When lightning strikes near you, the differential voltage in the ground is enough to shock you... so if you are near some sort of lighting rod (tree, whatever) facing away from it helps, because if both feet are equidistant from the source, you'll experience less jolt. (And facing away because bright.)