Lightning Safety – Van Der Graff Generator
Read the full experiment at http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/content/experiment/00000050 Your chances of being struck by lightning in the United States are 1 in 600,000. But your chances of being struck in Colorado are higher simply due to the state being ranked number 11 for lightning deaths in the United States. Here in Colorado, lightning is the number one life threatening weather hazard.
Even more wrong, its Van de Graaff.