Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3568954-20140811184625/@comment-9782468-20140812172548

Why is everyone not understanding the whole wind beats lightning thing?

Air is a natural insulator. If it was easy to conduct through, we'd be constantly shocked anytime a thunderstorm came by. In fact, electricity would be conducting from wall sockets themselves.

Air is an insulator, so of course it would be strong against lightning.