Best and Worst Places in U.S. for Natural Disasters
Analysis of the major natural hazards that affect the U.S. I examine how and why natural disasters affect various parts of the country differently. I specialized in natural hazard preparedness planning prior to posting videos on KZread and am really interested in this important topic.
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Kyle, seeing you discuss weather in front of the US map, I'd say you missed your calling as a TV meteorologist
@bigsky7617
2 жыл бұрын
No sharpie needed!
I literally laughed out loud within the first second because of the shirt
@jag92949
2 жыл бұрын
Kyle is a native Californian after all.
@ecurewitz
2 жыл бұрын
I love that shirt!
@johnchedsey1306
2 жыл бұрын
That was my exact reaction too! Ultimate Dad shirt.
@bigsky7617
2 жыл бұрын
Yep!
@TheGreatLestat
2 жыл бұрын
Is that La Palma tsunami landslide? o.o
a special kind of intelligence is the ability to take something complex and explain it simply, like you did with the tornados, but to simultaneously make it this entertaining is a gift from God. thank you Kyle.
Great video GK. 15:24 - "And that one you see looks like a red hashtag in Yellowstone? Yeah, don't worry about that one"... cuz if the Yellowstone caldera errupts, we're all screwed anyways :)
@tyelerhiggins300
2 жыл бұрын
I laughed out loud when he said that, and watched that part again.
@mikepod637
2 жыл бұрын
Nah I’m ready for Mellowstone. All hype
@THX--nn5bu
2 жыл бұрын
Flagstaff Arizona is also another caldera, it rivals with Yellowstone, go research it.
@x-90
2 жыл бұрын
If Yellowstone happens the world is pretty much screwed. Years without a summer, significant temperature change, a halt in economy, basically destruction of the USA, and thousands of companies dying all at once
@KanyeTheGayFish69
2 жыл бұрын
@@THX--nn5bu there’s only 4 active super volcanoes in the us and none of them are in Arizona
It's weird that heat isn't counted as a natural disaster even though heatwaves cause significant disruption and loss of life.
@Patrick-jd6ny
2 жыл бұрын
I mean, for some reason he added seasonal snowstorms as a disaster so who knows what the actual criteria was here…
@zdoko2490
2 жыл бұрын
In Phoenix we just call it the summer.
@jackfraley9590
2 жыл бұрын
@@zdoko2490 phoenix has lots of ac, where I live in the pacific nw people don’t usually have ac so when we had 120 degree temperatures for a few days last summer many people died because of the extreme heat
@KanyeTheGayFish69
2 жыл бұрын
@@jackfraley9590 then maybe they should get ac because I don’t think heat counts as a natural disaster
@grantofat6438
Жыл бұрын
Heat doesn't damage anything, it only kills people. This world is all about money, so if it doesn't cost anything in damage, then it is not a disaster.
15:26 “Yea, don’t worry about that one” lol
13:46 DID YOU ACTUALLY???? I lived in Monterey for 3 years and saw those signs!!!!! That’s actually really cool!
@GeographyKing
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't physically install them all but I decided where they got placed. Most were at beach info signs or in flat areas around the harbor and El Estero park. The most vulnerable areas are around Pajaro and Carmel Lagoon. I definitely miss living there. It was the nicest place I've lived.
@ferb2989
2 жыл бұрын
@@GeographyKing Yeah I liked it a lot too, a very beautiful. I just wasn’t a huge fan of the constant cold overcast weather. I really loved going to Big Sur where usually it had a little nicer weather and great hiking. Even my profile pic is of Big Sur lol
@ecurewitz
2 жыл бұрын
they have them on the Cape too in Massachusetts, even though tsunamis are extremely rare there
@lauranardoni5626
2 жыл бұрын
The Oregon coastline has tsunami warnings up and down the coastline!
I would like to highlight the severity of the earthquakes in the New Madrid fault zone. It was not just one single quake but a series of massive quakes and very large aftershocks that spanned a period of about 2 and a half months. Among *daily* weaker aftershock quakes in this area, during this short period the area saw a 7.6 and a 7.0 on the same day on 12/16/1811, a 7.5 on 1/23/1812, and the strongest of the series a 7.8 on 2/7/1812. In between those there were a handful of 6+ aftershocks including a 6.1 directly under Memphis TN. If a series like this happened today, it would cripple a huge portion of the midwest and midsouth. The fault system is insidious too because it is deep and the mechanics that cause the quakes are not visible at the surface. Where as most faults have movement that can be tracked from the surface, there is barely any movement in the NMSZ. This is due to the fault being in intraplate fault and the mechanic that causes ruptures is an ancient sinking tectonic plate that was pushed under the west coast millions of years ago. It the same mechanic that raised the Rockies and high plains. This plate gentle slopes under the NA plate until it gets to the NMSZ where it plunges nearly vertically into the mantle. Its this downward stress that pulls at the fault and causes the build up of stress. Its nearly impossible to track from the surface due to all the alluvial water logged soils that bury the system from years and year of deposits from the MS river. This soil moves, compresses and expands like a sponge so it hides much of the motions related to this. I live near Memphis and have studied the fault system for years. Its super interesting to me because its such an oddball system. Considering the ancient plate is still in place as far west as CA, this system will be be active for a very long time.
I live in SC and was thinking, “Why are we so immune?” Then you pointed out that disasters seem to miraculously stop right below the borders of NC and TN. Good answer.
@tlandry9689
2 жыл бұрын
There were three small earthquakes in Summerville SC three weeks ago, Sept 30, 2021. About a 3.3 but you could feel it.
@hearmeout9138
2 жыл бұрын
Recalling Hugo and some of the other major hurricanes that have hit SC, maybe nature just saves up for you. ;-)
@wendellwhite5797
2 жыл бұрын
Because we are in God's country.
@hearmeout9138
2 жыл бұрын
@@wendellwhite5797 I graduated with Dabo Swinney. He fell from the mountaintop and apparently grabbed Superman’s (Nick Saban’s) cape and pulled him down too. 😉
@chaos8362
2 жыл бұрын
@@hearmeout9138 Nah Saban gonna win atleast three if not four more titles the guys the absolute best to ever do it
Should mention the flooding is made worse if a drought happens before it rains. The soil can't absorb the water quickly enough so it builds up. Been hearing that a lot this year in Iowa
@AskRemy
2 жыл бұрын
so make a video and fix it
Another well done, informative video. All of your content is worth watching. Great job, Kyle
@GeographyKing
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@bigsky7617
2 жыл бұрын
Said the Packers fan. (Said the Bears fan 😥) Kyle I love all your videos man!
@jamesbungert3155
2 жыл бұрын
@@bigsky7617 Strange though it sounds for me to say, because it's never happened before that I'm aware of, these Packers and Bears fans actually know what they're talking about! -Vikings fan Another gem, Kyle! Keep it up!
@yaseen9224
2 жыл бұрын
لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله.
On that first point, Davenport, Iowa and the three adjacent cities comprise the biggest metro along the Mississippi without a levee. Their downtown area gets flooded every two years or so, and it's always the same picture.
@bead8673
2 жыл бұрын
I’m actually in the Quad Cities atm. The Illinois side actually built up some barriers to protect against flooding. Iowa side not so much
Good use of the potential problems with the beer/liquor/club mix in describing how tornados work.
@hearmeout9138
2 жыл бұрын
The worst scenario would be a Guinness, followed by 4 shots of Jagermeister and then the DJ puts on The Electric Slide.
Seeing you explain tornadoes in front of a US map was actually gripping. I'm not even sure why, but it was great. You were so into it, and so was I.
I live in WV and while tornados of any notoriety are pretty rare, there was an event that took place in 1944 known as the 1944 Appalachian Tornado Outbreak. Several violent tornadoes occurred over two days. The town of Shinnston which is half an hour or so from me had an F4 tornado. But overall WV is a pretty safe bet as far as natural disasters go.
@Jade-ol7dx
9 ай бұрын
I live in WV also!! 😊
@truesailorcomet
9 ай бұрын
as a fellow west virginian, i can agree that wv does not really get much in terms of natural disasters, especially disasters that can destroy homes. the only possibilities depending on the areas are flood plains near river basins(don't live right on the river or if you do live mobile or live where there is a higher drop off into the river so you don't get affected, just logic there), mudslides/landslides i can see being a thing more with areas with less plant life or more plant life removal that is holding the land together to keep those things from happening, also completely preventable, considering most of the mountains in wv are completely covered with trees. blizzards are more of a thing, especially at higher elevations, but as long as you protect your pipes and have a higher slope on the roofing of your housing, and stay home and stock up beforehand, that is not a major issue either. humid heat waves or below freezing temperatures can be dangerous to people when we get them, but not exactly dangerous when it comes to houses. i can count on one hand any other type of disaster, wildfires are almost nonexistent due to the high humidity with very few exceptions, there was literally 1 earthquake during college at wvu i felt in all my life and it was basically a joke where those that posted garden chairs fallen over and saying never forget because of how panicked folks were because of the rarity of it, lolXD even if we were to have more earthquakes, we do not have any major cities with huge skyscrapers. there was literally 1 hurricane recently that affected us only a little, and that was just the hail(i live in the eastern panhandle mainly). even though i heard of a tornado or two, it never really did major damage, i actually was closer to a tornado working at a call center on the pa/md state line on interstate 81 where everything because a crazy windy green mist outside my window where if you were outside, you couldn't see your hand in front of your faceO.O another joke would be tsunamis in wv, yeah no, not only is most of the state well above sea level outside of river basins in valleys, we are way too far inland, all the water from the glaciers would have to melt for us to basically become the new east coast to even have the slight possibility of this. we are more susceptible to tree fall damage, mold, infestations, arson, hoarding, or terrible construction of the houses in the first place(cough cough dan ryan homes cough cough)screwing up our homes rather than any natural disaster in west virginiaO.O
@cleolampwick3592
6 ай бұрын
Shhh, don't be telling everyone. We don't want outsiders moving in lololol
As someone who grew up on the border of the Red River Valley in Minnesota, and who has a fiancé who tracks river water levels after rain events in Minnesota, this video hits close to home! 🌧⚡️❄️🌪🌊
Oh my god I love those Blue tsunami signs in Monterey!! I really have been wanting to get a shirt or get a sign that I can put in my room as a decoration. They’re a bit more colorful and unique but still beautiful in their utilitarian manner to the San Francisco beach ones were there just white with the text. Great graphic design man!
@danielevans3932
2 жыл бұрын
Tsunami evacuation zones are pot marked all along the california coast. But it is fairly easy to escape to higher ground. Most of California is quite a bit above sea level. Great video. Love all the maps.
Speaking of tsunami's, I remember the moment of realization that I had when I was watching a seaside scene somewhere in Indonesia or somewhere where suddenly the water in the bay quickly receded out to sea. I remember thinking immediately that the water was probably pulled out by a huge offshore wave, and that it was going to come back in with a vengeance. At that time, I don't think the wave was even visible offshore, but it did come back in with a destructive wall of water. If the water suddenly goes out, make for high ground!
was literally just curious about this, and this gets uploaded!! thanks
Thank you, Kyle. You’re the best. I watched the entire video with great interest on all the data you present.
Your channel is so informative. Thank Kyle!
This is the video I've been waiting for sooooo long! I will watch this video over and over again. If you have the opportunity, please talk about Natural Disasters more often.
One of your most interesting videos to date, on a fascinating topic. Well done.
Love the shirt. Thanks for the videos, as always.
There’s a tiny dot for a tornado in a town called Littleton in northern New Hampshire. It hit my house and wrecked 16 trees. Got a lot of firewood and timber but the weirdest part was living without a lot of trees that used to shade our yard. Fortunately we took down 2 dead trees that were hanging over our house the year before, otherwise i might not have survived as I was upstairs when it hit our unsuspecting town.
Such an underrated channel. Keep doing what your doing King
Very well done video. Appreciate the hard work making this. Thank you!!
Amazing video! Far more detailed than others. Fantastic job!
What a disastrous video. Well done.
Really really enjoyed this video Kyle!👍
Fantastic video. I love weather and when you put maps with weather. Home run. I am from South Jersey and recently we had a tornado outbreak. It was crazy. We had a F-3 tornado that destroyed a lot properties. Thanks Kyle for a awesome vidoe
As a formally meteorology major this is definitely my favorite video. The last picture Los Angeles county stands out. Hurricane Matthew bought back some memories here in North Carolina. Loved the video. Side note it’s interesting to see the current population shifts more and more into areas with more natural disasters.
Would love to hear a video talking specifically about how climate change is likely to affect different regions of the US. Great stuff, keep it up!
Kyle, thanks so much for a new video. I feel refreshed after watching your videos because they are not polarizing and I see facts presented by a knowledgeable and unbiased videos, but with a personable touch (which regional foods, which local breweries/bars to visit). I look forward to your new tales each and every time.
@GeographyKing
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
keep up the great work dude!
I just found your video/link today March 10, 2023 🤷& thank you, thank you, thank you! You were spot-on covering everything regarding weather patterns & climate change in USA. I wish I had received your link/video a year ago.🤔 Please continue to do more your Awesome!
Starting at about 7:00 into the video, Kyle, I can just image you doing the 6pm weather report. In all seriousness, really enjoy this channel!
I LOVED your explanation about tornados. I’m not sure I’ve seen you actively explain something in the middle of a video like that, usually you just show pictures, maps, and graphs. Especially liked the analogy about beer and liquor lmao
Anywhere in the great lakes is the best place to set up. The largest collection of fresh water in the world is nice to be around.
@kmaher1424
2 жыл бұрын
Only Lovers Left Alive is an arty film about arty, beautiful vampires in love. Starring Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton. As a music lover, he loved Detroit. They showed the bad parts of town but immortal vampires take the long view. Detroit has water!
@Gyalog44
2 жыл бұрын
Hellholes of Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland! No Thanks Don't want to be shot/mug/robbed !!!
@kmaher1424
2 жыл бұрын
@@Gyalog44 Every city has neighborhoods to avoid after dark. Better than countrysides with murderous inbreds.
This was very informative, thanks!
Very fascinating and informative! Thank you!
another great video! thanks!
Another great video! In five years heat waves will figure prominently in disaster data. I never knew there was such a thing as a heat dome until it hit Vancouver last Summer. It was 42 C / 108 F
@johnchedsey1306
2 жыл бұрын
I moved from Tacoma to Tucson right before June and managed to miss that nightmare heat. At least here when it hit 115, there's AC and and respite from it. My little house back in Tacoma would have been an oven.
@KanyeTheGayFish69
2 жыл бұрын
It’s just the opposite of a polar vortex
@livinginvancouverbc2247
2 жыл бұрын
@@KanyeTheGayFish69 Why is it "just" the opposite? Polar Vortexes and Heat Domes kill people.
dude. i am sold on this channel. this is probably my #2 interest, natural disasters
Great work! I learned a lot of great Information in your video Thanks alot
I’ve been waiting for this one woo
Great video as always!!
I laughed so hard reacting to your tornado explanation 🤣 another great video Kyle
Awesome video with great content!
I can't wait to see you do a break down of each of these disasters. How tornadoes forming in the mid-west is nothing like the tornado formation in California. How hurricanes like Andrew can be small and mighty and pack a big punch, but tropical storms like Harvey can wipe out huge swaths with the amount of rain being dumped.
This was great! Thanks!
Love your channel ❤
Invaluable video. Thanks.
You are lifesaver to some degree, thank you for the professional information. 👍👍👍
Hey GK. This has been a topic of interest of mine but I live in the interior of BC (Nelson). Could you do the same video, but for Canada, and Alaska?
THANK YOU for this very interesting vid!
Best description of tornado formation I've ever heard.
I enjoy your videos. Thank you.
not gonna lie, these are some REALLY cool maps!
The number of active composite cone volcanoes near the Seattle metro area is super ominous. A major eruption at Mt Rainier or Glacier Peak would be devastating!
@ecurewitz
2 жыл бұрын
Been there a long tome aga, and I remember seeing a lot of volcanoes on the flight up. Had to take a connecter from SF and there were so many volcanoes , knda cool though
@johnchedsey1306
2 жыл бұрын
Basically, if Rainier chooses to have an event, say goodbye to Sumner, Puyallap and many other cities in the path of the lahars. Fingers crossed this doesn't happen for eons.
Lovin it! As always...
Nice job as usual!
Fantastic....Thank you again!
The floods you're talking about in the Midwest actually devasted Arkansas too. We are down river from all the places you mentioned. We had two "100 year" floods within 5 years. The Arkansas River absolutely devasted the river valley.
Great video man!
Thank you sir. This was very informative material that you have given us today. God bless you sir and your family. 🙏❤🙏❤🙏😊😊😊
Don't worry about yellowstonegreat mix of humor and education. love the content. Do you miss Monterey County sometimes, it's cool to know that you did their water level planning
Dude, you could break down the ingredients of a loaf of bread and have 100% of my attention. Great stuff!
Very interesting. Well done.
cool video. very interesting. im from south eastern ma. we seem to avoid a lot of crazy weather. we do get hammered with snow sometimes. the last two years we didnt get much snow at all.
Heat waves were completely missed. See the 1995 & 2012 heatwaves. These can cause significant lose of life. Also was omitted was hurricane Bob which managed to churn up well into the Northeast. He also missed snowstorms or another way blizzards. These cause financial disasters for snow removal, and interstate commerce. I would have liked to see these included.
Cackling uncontrollably at the tornado analogy
Excellent job!
Dammit Kyle. I never like videos. But when you ask, I gotta give you the thumbs up for another great video.
Fascinating and informative.
Lmao randy marsh at the end had me laughing out loud
@eriklakeland3857
2 жыл бұрын
It’s the episode where they divert the lava from an eruption away from South Park but right into Denver lolol
fascinating stuff! Thnx!
Perfect timing on this new upload Kyle, thanks again for the consistent and well made content👑
Hey! Big fan of your videos. I was wondering if you can do a video on the geography of music and where certain genres came from in the U.S.
Hey Kyle, awesome videos! It would be incredibly helpful if you could include an arrow or circle, or anything that indicates the area you are talking about when you're listing off features/facts about specific locations while we're looking at maps of the entire US; for your international audiences lol
@AskRemy
2 жыл бұрын
by international - means space cadet - Americans who don't know the states and their locations
That is a great video. Thanks
first time i’ve ever seen northern kentucky and the cincinnati region be mentioned for its flooding! i grew up missing out on a lot of things (concerts, activities in the parks, etc) bc of the flooding!
Would you mind doing a separate video on the Yellowstone caldera?
Great video!
The video is amazing, you clearly put a lot of passion in searching the most reliable sources and explaining them in a very simple yet comprehensive way. I have just an observation about the earthquake map at 11:35 which is very accurate for the West Coast but underestimates the risk for other parts of the country. More specifically, there is a big active fault in the Great Plains of southeastern Colorado - marked light blue on the map - which might cause a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. Being in a flat area, such event would cause massive shaking to all the surrounding area, including that white spot between Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska. The probability is remote but it does exist, even if those areas are sparsely populated. As for the final map at 15:30 I think you're absolutely right about Georgia and SC, they probably got much more than what they actually reported. Anyway, congrats for the video.
@GeographyKing
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the comment and info!
Great video! Love that shirt, btw!
Good information.
We get an epic 10 yr flood (been happening for over 100+ yr with regularity - drought or not) and we're in CA so it seems that whatever pattern has been there before has gotten a whole lot worse. Wind also contributes to our fires, the Santa Anna's being the most well known, this fact is not given enough credit...thanks so much for the informative vid!
Great job 👏
I think is really dope how you worked for monterey county!
@GeographyKing
2 жыл бұрын
I really liked living there, especially doing a job that was in my field of study.
@SandrA-hr5zk
2 жыл бұрын
One of my geography GIS classes worked on Merced County preparedness/response. Every semester the professor has each class work on another little section because it's a massive amount of work to collect the data and keep it up to date. I can only imagine the amount of hours he spent posting those signs.
I have been waiting 3 years for this
Here in the UK, we think it's the apocalypse when a fence gets blown down.
Great video. People with asthma and other pulmonary problems face a forest and prairie fire smoke risk that I feel is not well represented in your final map of composite risk. The smoke from forest fires can present a serious health hazard to vulnerable individuals at a fair distance from the fires themselves. Weather, topography and local air pollution can magnify the health hazard from relatively distant fires. This can adversely affect tourism. I love the West, but I'm cautious about traveling there during fire season.
The purple shading of the winter storm map at 10 minutes really threw me off. I was wondering why SC is darker than WV. Then I saw that it was based on the number of billion-dollar disasters over the last 36 years. It's almost more of an indication of an area's readiness for a winter storm.
@jasonreed7522
2 жыл бұрын
Thats a good catch, New York is dark because it has lots of winter storms like blizzards, freezing rain, Nor'easters which occasionally are intense enough to overwhelm our standard protections. (Building code, knowing how to handle it, winterizing stuff) But the south is darkly colored because they don't normally have to deal with a strong winter so when they get 2 inches of snow nobody knows how to handles it and infrastructure breakes because it wasn't winterized. For example Texas's winter storm/cold snap last spring which would barely be a bad winters day in the north almost broke a state that isnt used to a northern winter. Conversely a heatwave will be far more dangerous in the north for the same temperature in the south for all the same reasons.
Omg the shirt has me dying! Where did you get that Kyle!
When are we getting that Yellowstone volcano video?
Kyle, you use to have a Sierra Nevada topo map hanging behind you. I've been searching for the same map for a couple of months. Can you tell us where you got it? I want it framed in my Fresno office. Thanks, and love your channel!
@GeographyKing
2 жыл бұрын
I honestly don't remember where I got it, but it may have been from the Charlotte Map Store. I've oredered maps from them before although I don't know if I got that one from them or not. You can find a folded version on different websites but I wanted one that was unfolded and shipped in a map roll.
I found it interesting that San Luis Obispo County, California is supposedly most at risk for flooding, but it's surrounded by wildfire risk counties. I've lived here for most of my life and don't remember any extensive flooding in the area. Thanks for the video Kyle! Very insightful, as usual!
Excellent summary of natural disasters and their effects. I’d like to suggest that you drill down into some of these in a series. I have a background in emergency planning in the private sector and over the years have spoken with geologists, civil engineers, insurance experts and state/local emergency management people. On the subject of flooding, storm water in developed areas is a huge concern and think it’s poorly understood by the public. Development means less area for rain to soak into the ground. The more buildings and pavement diverts water to drains that if not properly cleaned, will lead the water to low lying areas. Not to mention towns with older infrastructure, but still growing, becomes a perfect scenario for disaster. I don’t think many people really understand the danger of rushing water. Thanks so much for putting this video up. Very good information.
@GeographyKing
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! There's definitely a lot more to go over for sure, especially as you mention that "flooding" is a very general term and there's a lot of different aspects about it that area specific to certain places and situations.
@hearmeout9138
2 жыл бұрын
I'm an engineer (electrical, not civil but still had to take statics and dynamics) and I've seen some of the worst storm water handling in mountainous areas where a highway snakes down a winding path along the edge of rock cliffs and they'll clear a drainage ditch down the side of the road between the cliff and the road and then at a turn where the road basically cuts through the rock vein so that the cliff is now on the other side of the road, they just end the drainage ditch at the turn and then create a new one on the other side of the road next to the cliff face with NO drainage tile, pipe, or other mechanism to keep the water from going over the road. Those turns always have eroded channels exactly where the water runs over the road and I've asked them many times why don't they just pay to make a cut under the road for drainage but they maintain that it is more cost effective to have to re-pave the road over and over again than do anything about the real problem.
@danbuchman7497
2 жыл бұрын
@@hearmeout9138 I think you have to have seen the damage water can do to appreciate the seriousness of the problem. In March, 2010 we had a 3 day storm with ~10” of rainfall (SE CT). We had a man made pond (~3 acres) for fire water. There’s a building with about 15 480v MCC buckets raised about a foot above the pond level. The pond had 2x 24” overflow weir’s that couldn’t keep up. The pond over flowed, and began pooling against the railroad line for local railroad which started to overflow the railroad. We opened 2x 24” pond drainage pipes. The overflow of the pond saved the MCC’s (we cut power remotely, but you can imagine cost if water made it into the buckets). But the railroad wasn’t so lucky. By the time we were able to get ahead of the pond level, the rail Bed was completely washed out for about 100 yds and 6’ from the rail. Once you see it and have to deal with it, you instantly get religion. Unfortunately most people don’t have to manage these problems like the one you described and focus on only near term problems.
@hearmeout9138
2 жыл бұрын
@@danbuchman7497 Ironically, water isn’t even an electrical conductor. It’s a dielectric with a moderate breakdown voltage but all the crap in our typical water electrolyzes it and turns it into a conductive electrolytic solution. At a company where I worked after college, we had a power control circuit board with 230VAC inputs duty cycle controlled by triacs and a full microcontroller chipset that operated flawlessly while immersed in distilled water for over three years. The board eventually degraded enough for something to oxidize enough to start random electrolysis and eventually a conductive path of cathion flow developed that caused the ground plane to oversink the circuits and it blew the power supply fuse.
Hey Kyle! Been on board for along time. Question for ya since you lived and went to school in SC. Curious how you like my favorite place in the world . Edisto Island SC
@GeographyKing
2 жыл бұрын
I like the islands off of SC. We went to Edisto many times. My wife is from SC and it's her favorite beach there.