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This actually sounds a lot like an urban legend. Especially given that it’s a story you heard in your youth. I wasn’t able to find a report of that happening a
by biofunsf 6y ago
This actually sounds a lot like an urban legend. Especially given that it’s a story you heard in your youth.
I wasn’t able to find a report of that happening at the Hofn station, but the same story of this happening to an anonymous microwave technician does appear in other locales.
Snopes did a debunking on these and they say it’s false: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nuke-of-earl/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nuke-of-earl/
- hugi 6y agoYeah, most probably an urban legend. But sure stuck in my young mind :).
- tyingq 6y agoHere's a credible source for some "far short of death", but real incidents: https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article-pdf/50/1/49/4284302/50-1-49.pdf https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article-pdf/50/1/49/4284302/... Note: They are ~900Mhz, so short of "microwave", but pretty close.
- ajsnigrutin 6y agoYep... considering the skin effect, any microwave radiation would start heating the outside skin layer first, and it would hurt long before anything inside you was "cooked". If you got locked in there.. then sure... maybe.... but staying in there and not feeling it (or just feeling "warmer", until you die...) nope.