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Why is it safer to be inside a bus than standing under a tree on in open ground during lighning?

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The metal body of the bus provides electrostatic shielding since the electricfield inside the bus is zero.
During lightning, the electric charges flow through the body bus to the ground without affecting the person inside the bus.
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