As a country, we're not known at all for lightning strikes injuring people, or doing much damage. But today, we have had a man and the horse he was
riding, struck down and killed by lightning. Both dying instantly. Up to six others were also injured and hospitalised. So uncanny and weird for that here,
it's almost unheard of in these parts. The man was aged in his early 60s.
Further news details here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4481649a10.html
Most kiwis like myself, tend to find lightning storms exciting ... perhaps we should start getting more respectful of it.
Dead by Lightning
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Posts: 303 15 Apr, 2008 09:30 |
Of all the things that I have lost, it's my mind that I miss the most.
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Posts: 60 16 Apr, 2008 10:19 |
I got struck by lightning a couple of years back. Not a bad feeling (just caught the tailend of it I guess.) I was elevated for hours afterwards.
Apparently horses get struck often, so someone here said. Metal shoes apparently. |
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Posts: 303 16 Apr, 2008 10:24 |
How do you mean elevated - as in buzzing on a high? (excuse the pun) Where abouts were you? Ouch. Amazing that you just got a light touch.
Now that makes sense with the horse shoes. I did wonder what may have been attracting the lightning... Of all the things that I have lost, it's my mind that I miss the most.
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Posts: 60 17 Apr, 2008 12:37 |
I was standing outside the building I live in, second storey, and adjacent the fire escape ramp (like a big childrens slide and all metal), when a bolt from
the blue struck the slide and just whacked me sideways where I stood. I think I only got the tailend of the strike but my world did go blazingly white for
about 2 seconds, so yeah got hit I guess. No burns or other marks, just an elevated state of being for a couple of hours. I told a few people and they just
laughed so shut up about it after then. I think it happened late September 2006. Lucky I guess.
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Posts: 303 17 Apr, 2008 09:12 |
It's such a rare event for us here, I guess the probably just didn't believe you. Ouch. I think I've only heard of one other case where someone in
NZ had it happen to then. No doubt there's others that I don't know about!
Of all the things that I have lost, it's my mind that I miss the most.
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Posts: 120 19 Apr, 2008 01:46 |
Rather common in this part of the USA. I hate it myself. The computer tech told me that a lightening strike could take out my firewall router. I knew it could
damage a computer. Just lucky I guess. Loud thunder usually comes with it. Like last night not only was there some lightening but lots of heavy rain and wind
and loud thunder.
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Posts: 23 27 Apr, 2008 02:54 |
That's almost common here in the states, not as common as other things. We just had a big system of thunderstorms move thru this evening. Quite a brilliant
light show, especially when it strikes along the river.
Fighting the good fight!
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