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Originally Posted by N3LYT
The current flows around a Faraday shield
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Indeed it does, but only when resistive and inductive effects are negligible. With lightning, because of the fast risetimes, inductive effects are important; and because of the very large currents available, the effect of even very small resistances can be cause major surprises. For lightnng, a car body is a
very imperfect Faraday shield.
Taking a generality you've read somewhere, like "current flows around a Faraday shield", and applying it to very anomalous events like lightning strikes, without bothering to understand what's going on, can lead to serious errors.