The rain-soaked shoes of a person may explode if ground current from nearby lightning vaporizes the water. The sudden converse of water to water vapor causes a dramatic expansion that can rip apart shoes. Water has density 1000 kg/m^3 and requires 2256 kJ/kg to be vaporized. If horizontal current lasts 2.00 ms and enounters water with resistivity 150 ohms meter, length 12.0 cm, and vertical cross-sectional area 15x10^-5 m^2, what average current is required to vaporize the water?
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