Number of states with more than 100,000 American Indian and Alaska Native residents as of the 2010 Census. These states were California, Oklahoma, Arizona, Texas, New York, New Mexico, Washington, North Carolina, Florida, Michigan, Alaska, Oregon, Colorado, Minnesota and Illinois.
When Lightning Strikes Water The electricity is quickly dispersed - water is a poor conductor of electricity - and some of the water is split into oxygen and hydrogen, though likely not much, based on the amount of time it would be exposed to the lightning bolt. 23 people found this useful.
Lightning has the ability to strike a house or near a house and impart an electrical charge to the metal pipes used for plumbing.Â­. Pete Turner/Getty Images. Over 1,000 people get struck by lightning every year in the United States, and over 100 of them die as a result of the strike. Lightning is a very dÂ­angerous force that, yes, can even reach you indoors if you're in contact with the telephone or plumbing. Â­If lightning strikes the phone line outside your house, the strike will travel to every phone on the line -- and potentially to you if you are holding the phone. So, if you are indoors during a lightning storm, stay off the phone.