What would happen in you were in the water during a thunderstorm?

Question

What would happen in you were in the water during a thunderstorm?

Answer 1

Nothing really. If you think lightning strikes the water and your turn like BBQ that is not always true. The water must have dissolved ions in order for the water to actually conduct a electrical current. Water is usually a insulator but turns into a conductor if dissolved ions are in the water.

Answer 2

i always wanted to see what would happen.

but doesn't lightning's energy get grounded once it hits a huge body of water? unlike when it hits and fries a person on land...

what creates the crack that thunder makes? is the electrical speed breaking the sound barrier?

Answer 3

some times you can get strike from thunder

Answer 4

What??