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Survivability is sometimes higher at higher voltages (strange I know!)
The voltage isn't particularly important, it's the current (amperes) forced through the body and other variables such as whether it has anywhere to go - which is why single/multiple contact points make a difference, whether the skin is wet/dry and where on the body the contact is made and critically in this case which part was touched - a household appliance at 40-240v could be just as lethal as 10,000 volts due to the amps. Larger voltage doesn't always mean higher amps.
Another impact on survivability is that with high voltage shocks, the heart clamps (freezes) up making it easier to restart. Smaller voltage shocks are much harder for emergency crews to restart the heart.
It's surprisingly difficult to electrocute a human properly.
I agree! Voltage got nothing to do with killing... It's the higher Amperage or current that kills.
Physics professor in my school believed in practical examples. Idiot connected me to the voltage of 300K Volts but with extremely small Amperage.
It's completely harmless, but boy oh boy do you feel the current flowing on top of your skin, like hundreeds of thousands needles that are penetrating your body. Absolute madman, I can't imagine how fried I'd be if resistor in his device didn't work as intended, but the lesson I'll remember forever.
Solely because you are using something that limits the charge - Vann de Graff by any chance? Or some other static source?
If that’s the lesson you took away, and aren’t aware of the dangers here, then he didn’t do a good job. And I say that as an ex physics teacher.
Yeah yeah, here we go again. What about tens thousands of volts and tens of amps going through you with static discharge then?
The answer is energy, static discharge lasts 10ns and contains very little energy but it’s still like 20kV 100A.
I never understood this difference. Aren't voltage and current related by resistance? And if the current is passing through a person then it's their body providing the resistance?
Not saying you're wrong I just don't get it
The thing is in a electrical distribution system the voltage is something like 4000 to 44000 volts and fused at 10 to 200 amps. Somore than enough of both. People do survive sometimes but they are extremely lucky( if you can call it that) often losing limbs and suffering severe burns.
Stay away from power lines, there are several linemen die every year and they have proper equipment and training.
I agree with what you said but I want to add a bit more.
It will depend on the type of equipment she is on and possibly if she is on the primary or secondary side. Substations are typically used to lower the voltage and distribute it to the surrounding area. If she is on a piece of equipment that is on the secondary side of the transformer then the current will be higher.
*Sigh*…
It’s a primary substation. Well and truly over the 700 volt ‘high’ voltage cited in your paper. It’s only more ‘survivable’ within a small range. It certainly doesn’t apply when dealing with tens or hundreds of thousands of volts.
And with the current, you’re missing a lot of context here. Yes it’s the current that kills. However, we’re not dealing with a current source (such as CT’s), we’re dealing with a voltage source. As such, the current is caused by the voltage - and the higher the voltage, the higher the current, and the more dangerous the situation. This is simple Ohms law.
In this case, the point’s moot. This is certainly much more dangerous than homes mains voltage or your less ‘survivable’ low voltages. It’s almost worst case scenario here.
You let me know when you find someone who's surviving being electrocuted at the substation touching what she touched.edit- Do you even know what she touched?
"Idk how in the world someone can survive this"
*gets basic physics explained*
"I refuse to believe in basic physics"
I don't know the exact circumstances, as there are so many variables at play.
You stated you didn't understand how someone could survive that.. I explained how it's possible. You refuse to believe it.
The logical conclusion is that you don't understand how things work because you prefer ignorance 🤷♂️
You’ve utterly confused the ‘simple’ physics.
You’ve wrongly assumed in this situation that a higher voltage results in lower current. The opposite is true in this case. Because we’re not talking about transforming a load to reduce I^2R losses, like we do with transmission lines or doing power calculations.
The current here will increase linearly with the applied voltage. Because the arguments sake, the resistance is fixed. Simple Ohm's law. I=V/R, now loom what happens to I when V is increased!
No, I was giving examples of how voltage and current are different, rather than specifics of this case - because there are far too many variables to do that (as I mentioned) from what exactly she touched, where, which country, skin moisture, etc etc
The question was 'how' *anyone* could survive this.. which is more general basic physics.
You explicitly stated that higher voltage tends to lower current.
That is patently false. It only applies to fixed power outputs. Someone getting shock act as a linear load.
You’ve tried to be a smart ass and you clearly don’t know enough to put anyone in their place, citing simple physics, that you seemly don’t get.
This example is a clearly outside the bounds of ‘lower voltages are more survivable’. There’s more to worry about that your heart only clamping at these voltages. These are instant death voltages if you are lucky - and severe life changing injuries and internal burns if you’re unlucky.
Hello Darwin my old friend...
It's great to see you again
Because that vision while she was tweaking
Had me almost wrenching
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains...
...and oh those sounds of crying!!!
Some people survive the initial blast to die a few minutes or hours later due to organ failures since the current literally fries its way through the body
[This post](https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/1d7josw/twerkin_on_the_substation/) says she somehow survived but i can't find anything no way the media did not try to report on such a clickbait potential
some people where struck by lightning multiple times and survived so you never know,
But without proof i am without you on the "dead dead" probabilty being top contender
I'm in the power industry... I literally yelled out NOOOOO when I saw this.
Look, it should go without saying, and I know that for most people it does, but STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM SUBSTATIONS AND POWER LINES.
People see these videos, they see dumb fucks touch things, blow up, and hear "they lived". They don't explain what that looks like. The fact that they lost limbs, literally cooked their insides and have organ failure, or died a week later due to the fact that their bones got so instantly hot that their marrow died. You don't hear about the fact that 90% of people die instantly and sit there and fry on equipment or lines, that their skin ruptures due to the extream heat and shrinks splitting them open and catching them on fire in ways that film can't show and your imagination would never consider. This is not a way to go out or a risk you should EVER take. If it says warning: keep out, it's not a recommendation, it's a warning that if you don't, and something happens, life as you know it is over. You don't get second chances with high voltage, you get horrific burns, lost limbs and killed. No one gets away from High voltage AC without scaring and future issues, no one gets away unscathed. For the love of God, don't underestimate the distructive power of high voltage and don't think for two seconds that low voltage is any safer. If you don't work on this stuff professionally, wearing the right equipment and understanding everything that can go wrong, you won't go home the same way you came in, and more often than not, you just won't go home.
Stay safe fuckers and keep clear of anything that comes off a pole till someone that knows makes it safe. We have people for that, trained and clad in gear to keep them protected.
No, social Darwinism is something completely different.
If 0:44 min is a high voltage discharge, as it appears to be, then this is a regular Darwin Award.
I've seen personally what these substations do to people who "wander" in there for whatever reason and it's fuckin horrifying. 250kv make people explode
A comment from r/IBEW
"If this is what I believe it is, this is in central Illinois. My girlfriend’s, best friend’s dad works for Ameren and oversees this substation. They got an alert over the weekend and went out to check it out. Just found the girl’s clothes and some beer bottles. If this is that same girl, she died later in the hospital."
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Its like a giant bug zapper for idiots
I've seen some bugs not fall for it, and I think that says a lot about the topic at hand.
I find the lack of audio disturbing.
Thot zapper 3000
That dance was… electrifying.
Worthy of a r/DarwinAwards
I posted it there. The mods said she lived. Idk what world someone lives in to touch a main source line and live.
Survivability is sometimes higher at higher voltages (strange I know!) The voltage isn't particularly important, it's the current (amperes) forced through the body and other variables such as whether it has anywhere to go - which is why single/multiple contact points make a difference, whether the skin is wet/dry and where on the body the contact is made and critically in this case which part was touched - a household appliance at 40-240v could be just as lethal as 10,000 volts due to the amps. Larger voltage doesn't always mean higher amps. Another impact on survivability is that with high voltage shocks, the heart clamps (freezes) up making it easier to restart. Smaller voltage shocks are much harder for emergency crews to restart the heart. It's surprisingly difficult to electrocute a human properly.
I agree! Voltage got nothing to do with killing... It's the higher Amperage or current that kills. Physics professor in my school believed in practical examples. Idiot connected me to the voltage of 300K Volts but with extremely small Amperage. It's completely harmless, but boy oh boy do you feel the current flowing on top of your skin, like hundreeds of thousands needles that are penetrating your body. Absolute madman, I can't imagine how fried I'd be if resistor in his device didn't work as intended, but the lesson I'll remember forever.
Solely because you are using something that limits the charge - Vann de Graff by any chance? Or some other static source? If that’s the lesson you took away, and aren’t aware of the dangers here, then he didn’t do a good job. And I say that as an ex physics teacher.
Yeah yeah, here we go again. What about tens thousands of volts and tens of amps going through you with static discharge then? The answer is energy, static discharge lasts 10ns and contains very little energy but it’s still like 20kV 100A.
He sounds like an awesome teacher ❤ If only more teachers took such a practical and interactive method of teaching science
I never understood this difference. Aren't voltage and current related by resistance? And if the current is passing through a person then it's their body providing the resistance? Not saying you're wrong I just don't get it
You are correct.
The thing is in a electrical distribution system the voltage is something like 4000 to 44000 volts and fused at 10 to 200 amps. Somore than enough of both. People do survive sometimes but they are extremely lucky( if you can call it that) often losing limbs and suffering severe burns. Stay away from power lines, there are several linemen die every year and they have proper equipment and training.
Ha! Do it properly, ffs.
Hmm, why do u know so much about electroluting humans doctor frankenstein?
I also know quite a lot about relaying a patio too.. I redo my patio several times a year..
They are at the source of power, nothing said makes sense
*sigh* https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/physics/p616/safety/fatal_current.html
I agree with what you said but I want to add a bit more. It will depend on the type of equipment she is on and possibly if she is on the primary or secondary side. Substations are typically used to lower the voltage and distribute it to the surrounding area. If she is on a piece of equipment that is on the secondary side of the transformer then the current will be higher.
*Sigh*… It’s a primary substation. Well and truly over the 700 volt ‘high’ voltage cited in your paper. It’s only more ‘survivable’ within a small range. It certainly doesn’t apply when dealing with tens or hundreds of thousands of volts. And with the current, you’re missing a lot of context here. Yes it’s the current that kills. However, we’re not dealing with a current source (such as CT’s), we’re dealing with a voltage source. As such, the current is caused by the voltage - and the higher the voltage, the higher the current, and the more dangerous the situation. This is simple Ohms law. In this case, the point’s moot. This is certainly much more dangerous than homes mains voltage or your less ‘survivable’ low voltages. It’s almost worst case scenario here.
You let me know when you find someone who's surviving being electrocuted at the substation touching what she touched.edit- Do you even know what she touched?
"Idk how in the world someone can survive this" *gets basic physics explained* "I refuse to believe in basic physics" I don't know the exact circumstances, as there are so many variables at play. You stated you didn't understand how someone could survive that.. I explained how it's possible. You refuse to believe it. The logical conclusion is that you don't understand how things work because you prefer ignorance 🤷♂️
You’ve utterly confused the ‘simple’ physics. You’ve wrongly assumed in this situation that a higher voltage results in lower current. The opposite is true in this case. Because we’re not talking about transforming a load to reduce I^2R losses, like we do with transmission lines or doing power calculations. The current here will increase linearly with the applied voltage. Because the arguments sake, the resistance is fixed. Simple Ohm's law. I=V/R, now loom what happens to I when V is increased!
No, I was giving examples of how voltage and current are different, rather than specifics of this case - because there are far too many variables to do that (as I mentioned) from what exactly she touched, where, which country, skin moisture, etc etc The question was 'how' *anyone* could survive this.. which is more general basic physics.
You explicitly stated that higher voltage tends to lower current. That is patently false. It only applies to fixed power outputs. Someone getting shock act as a linear load. You’ve tried to be a smart ass and you clearly don’t know enough to put anyone in their place, citing simple physics, that you seemly don’t get. This example is a clearly outside the bounds of ‘lower voltages are more survivable’. There’s more to worry about that your heart only clamping at these voltages. These are instant death voltages if you are lucky - and severe life changing injuries and internal burns if you’re unlucky.
Simply stating textbook information does not change the reality of it, she did die
No, she didn't. It was the fact that she survived that sparked your first comment about not understanding how..
I said the mod beleave she did, but they didn't follow-up. But she wouldn't, couldn't. Do you know what a figure of speech is?
It's on there already.
That took longer than I thought it would.
I don't think we lost a cancer cure here
I literally laughed out loud, thank you.
Could have done something with that twerk though not much more like services that you pay for and end up in the health clinic afterwards
And here I thought she was lucky to survive that first tumble... You can't be _that_ stupid can you?!? WTF
Hello Darwin my old friend... It's great to see you again Because that vision while she was tweaking Had me almost wrenching And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains... ...and oh those sounds of crying!!!
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Oklahoma Smokeshow
I thought falling off the fence was all that was going to happen at first, but when she went over to the equipment I figured it was all over.
Shocking 😳
She died doing what she loved 🦟⚡️⚡️
You're a monster lmaooo
This post’s warning is incorrect. That’s not an injury, that’s ded.
There's no flair for death
I didn’t want to see death… Death is not allowed on this subreddit. (Rule 2) Edit: fair enough, I’m wrong.
She isn’t dead.
Human body is pretty resilient and sometimes all it takes is stumbling on the pavement. There are plenty of people who have survived
Not to that kind of voltage. Organs explode from that.
People survive lighting strikes which carry way more volts than your average substation.
I think on the original video I saw it was commented she survived. Unsure how or if that's true!
Depends on the path the current went.
Some people survive the initial blast to die a few minutes or hours later due to organ failures since the current literally fries its way through the body
If the voltage just passes through your hand you will.
People often mess this up, but a fence with barbwire is actually a subtle clue to stay the fuck out.
Ohm, Watt Hertz?
[This post](https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/1d7josw/twerkin_on_the_substation/) says she somehow survived but i can't find anything no way the media did not try to report on such a clickbait potential
If that really is a subway line, she is dead dead.
some people where struck by lightning multiple times and survived so you never know, But without proof i am without you on the "dead dead" probabilty being top contender
lol, this comment will make substation electricians laugh
Zap
I'm in the power industry... I literally yelled out NOOOOO when I saw this. Look, it should go without saying, and I know that for most people it does, but STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM SUBSTATIONS AND POWER LINES. People see these videos, they see dumb fucks touch things, blow up, and hear "they lived". They don't explain what that looks like. The fact that they lost limbs, literally cooked their insides and have organ failure, or died a week later due to the fact that their bones got so instantly hot that their marrow died. You don't hear about the fact that 90% of people die instantly and sit there and fry on equipment or lines, that their skin ruptures due to the extream heat and shrinks splitting them open and catching them on fire in ways that film can't show and your imagination would never consider. This is not a way to go out or a risk you should EVER take. If it says warning: keep out, it's not a recommendation, it's a warning that if you don't, and something happens, life as you know it is over. You don't get second chances with high voltage, you get horrific burns, lost limbs and killed. No one gets away from High voltage AC without scaring and future issues, no one gets away unscathed. For the love of God, don't underestimate the distructive power of high voltage and don't think for two seconds that low voltage is any safer. If you don't work on this stuff professionally, wearing the right equipment and understanding everything that can go wrong, you won't go home the same way you came in, and more often than not, you just won't go home. Stay safe fuckers and keep clear of anything that comes off a pole till someone that knows makes it safe. We have people for that, trained and clad in gear to keep them protected.
She dead
Are you sure? Didn't see any shoes fly.
Can't believe people are still making this joke
Classics never said.
twerkheaven just got a new twerk angel.
r/killthecameraman
Watt happened?
Social darwinism wins again.
No, social Darwinism is something completely different. If 0:44 min is a high voltage discharge, as it appears to be, then this is a regular Darwin Award.
LOL read my answer to Sorry-Let-Me-By-Plz
social darwinism uses social forces to curate the gene pool this used electrical force to curate the gene pool totally different things
hahahahaa nope! Education and instruction are part of social forces so they ar enot different at all! The lady is quite ignorant even if she is drunk!
Right of course, everything is "social force" and nobody's responsible for anything, what an insightful and evidence-light way to view total strangers
Social darwinism was disproved Social darwinism was invented by Herbert Spencer not Charles Darwin.
Yeah CNN fact checked it and Darwin was cap frfr
And the 2024 winner of the Darwin award goes to...
Stupidity keeps raising to new heights.
finally got that electrifying performance
Pussys electric
Those people just watched a friend die, and can also be charged with federal crimes
I just don't feel it's safe enough.
How much meth did that take... And was it enough to be lightning proof.
Well she ain‘t gonna twerk no more, that‘s for sure
Now I know where "She's hot" originated.
Standing on top of the fence while holding the chicken wire for support was pretty damn impressive, tbh. Then she fried herself.
I've seen personally what these substations do to people who "wander" in there for whatever reason and it's fuckin horrifying. 250kv make people explode
Just sayin…there’s about 15 minutes before she start to cool down…
She’s twerking with god now 😔
The end of the video was shocking.
I was stunned.
Obviously that TALL FENCE and BARBED WIRE is only to keep in all the FUN AWESOME AND SAFE things that are within!
A comment from r/IBEW "If this is what I believe it is, this is in central Illinois. My girlfriend’s, best friend’s dad works for Ameren and oversees this substation. They got an alert over the weekend and went out to check it out. Just found the girl’s clothes and some beer bottles. If this is that same girl, she died later in the hospital."
_She was shocked that it was not free of charge to enter_
Smell's like burnt chicken
Prob more like burnt fish
She's prolly down for anything type
Too much Meth to die!
She actually made some $$$ by sending her extra energy to the substation.
Nice!
did her shoes come off?
Natural selection.
Darwinism ftw!
OP to 911: "She was twerking, next thing we know, she was Twerking Turkey Jerky!" 911: "Twerking Turkey Jerky?" OP: "Yeah! She's smokey, teriyaki!"
I wanted to explode inside of him but..
How shocking
Crispy
See this is why we energize the fences at our substations
Satisfying
F.I.R.E.S.T.A.R.T.E.R
It’s almost as if that fence was put in place to keep people out…
Ass so flat it couldn't even turn electricity on.
Is she still wearing shoes?
Sometimes I think natural selection is the only thing that’s saving the human race. Hope this girl is okay. Hope this girl has learned something.
Twerk for life! Euhm i mean death* Whatever, twerking is so fucking cool
TikTok views for suicide don’t matter if you die.
Dat ass is on fire
Chicken bbq!
Shocking 🫠
She ded?
Whole time I was thinking "she's about to go zippy zap. Isn't she..." Not disappointed
Team electricity on this one.
I need audio!
her performance was striking!
Cause baby you’re a firework 🎇!!!!!!
Crispy fried punk 🫥
She threw bolts with her butt. She died for our sins.
She clearly wanted Zeus to do her. She got what she wanted.
Is this what Danny Zuko meant in Grease by "electrifying"?
Could be toxoplasma infection, people lose fear and can do stupid shit they didn't dare to do before.
True, it could be the very unlikely scenario. Or it *could* be the very likely scenario of drugs.
Could be low IQ too
Nah, just alcohol or drugs.
Alcohol is a drug, fyi
God is real.