Be very careful out there
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7.62foryou
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SHOCKING!!
Yee-ikes!
Peter J.
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I've known two guys hit by lightning. One was riding his tractor, he is dead. The other guy was on a golf course, he made it.
deadin
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I've always heard that if you are caught on the golf course by a lightning storm, just hold your 2-iron over your head.
Even God can't hit a 2-iron.
I was at an American Legion baseball game in the late 70's when the sky grew dark and the guys decided to finish the game as it was in the late innings. Out of nowhere, a bright bolt of lightening hit a tree just behind the fence in right-center field. I never saw 3 outfielders run faster than that. The tree splintered at the top and blue smoke hung in the air. Never forget that. Never saw it coming, there was no thunder or rain, just dark clouds and a bolt that stayed lit for what seemed like 3 seconds or more on a 45 degree angle crash course with the tree.
m1gunner
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Have been hit twice. I really do not like lightening.
feralmerril
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Years ago I worked on the conservation dept in wisconsin with a guy that also was a guide on the side. He told me of takeing a guy out duck hunting, a storm came up, the guy got hit, split him open, all the shells exploded in his vest too!
A few years ago my wife and I were driveing in nevada. We seen lighting hit one of those big green metal road signs about two miles ahead and it "glowed" a brilliant blue for maybe 20 secounds!
A few years ago my wife and I were driveing in nevada. We seen lighting hit one of those big green metal road signs about two miles ahead and it "glowed" a brilliant blue for maybe 20 secounds!
Wheelgunner840
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This is exactly why I do not shoot skeet!
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riptrack44
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They say one can feel lightning before it strikes by the hair on the back of your neck standing up. I don't know if that's true or not but they all say if you suspect a strike, hit the ground and lay flat.
m1gunner
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No warning either time for me.
7003006
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A couple years ago I was out fishing with some friends and some weather was starting to come in,I said we should go in but was outvoted until one of the guys said look at this,we looked over and his line was arched twenty to thirty feet in the air.That did it everyone reeled up and we were out of there.
ancient-one
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Several years back when I would still get up on roofs, I was doing something to my carport roof. It was cloudy and you could hear distant thunder. My wife came out and warned me to get off the roof and I gave her the crap about it is still a long distance off and I would get down when it got closer.
In no more than a couple of minutes lighting hit a tree about 150 feet from me. Besides the deafening noise the hair on my arms and the little I had on my head stood up. It was a weird feeling and made you take inventory to see if you were really still alive. Needless to say I vacated the roof but I really did hate to grab hold of the aluminum ladder.
In no more than a couple of minutes lighting hit a tree about 150 feet from me. Besides the deafening noise the hair on my arms and the little I had on my head stood up. It was a weird feeling and made you take inventory to see if you were really still alive. Needless to say I vacated the roof but I really did hate to grab hold of the aluminum ladder.
I was about 14 years old, A buddy and I were biking and a big storm rolled in, Well we knew where we were and ducked into a metal tool shed at a convent, It was pouring cats and dogs with lightening,,, Well CRAAACKKKK, We both tingled head to toe and felt the charge while we were sitting in the shed with out backs against the tin walls,,,,, We jumped up yelling, Mounted our bikes and pedaled as fast as out legs could go...... Now I am how I am....
That lightening is sneaky stuff!
Peter
That lightening is sneaky stuff!
Peter
glypnir
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You really want to squat down, but only touch the ground with your feet. The current tends to flow along the surface, so you could get a high voltage drop across yourself if you lie flat on the ground.
