guys.... calm down.... ur humblebrag is showing xxx
guys.... calm down.... ur humblebrag is showing xxx
In 53 years of running only one close call comes to mind. I was running about 30 feet off the side of a street during a storm and a bolt of lightening hit a light standard about that far away from me. Didn't get burned, but the shock wave knocked me off my feet. It was a bit unnerving. Just shook it off and continued onward. Luck of the Irish I guess.
One summer long, long ago, an apartment I was staying in one night was struck by lightning. Burned to the ground.
Not a week later, a house I was in was struck by lightning. Burned to the ground.
Not a week later, a car I was in was struck by lightning. It was totaled (electrical issue).
karliots wrote:
KidStallyn wrote:
Fist off....You don't get "Struck" by Lightning....There's not person in the clouds sitting up there throwing electrified darts at you. Cloud to Ground Lightning actually starts at the ground level and passes upwards to the cloud. Basically, it starts with negatively charged Ions on an object...If the object happens to be you, you will feel all of th ehair on your head tingle and then WHAMMO!
I think "struck by lightning" is the generally accepted term for what you describe above...so we'll all just keep on using it while you think we are all morons. I also don't believe WHAMMO! is technically the correct name for when you actually get hit by the bolt of lightning. So first off...you don't get "WHAMMO"'d by lightning.
Ha, great reply. Made me laugh.
In FL, there are roughly 1.2 million lightning strikes per year, with about 10 fatalities, so roughly one bolt in 120,000 results in a death. On the West coast of Florida where I live, it's common for a summertime thunderstorm to crank out 1,000+ bolts. Odds are low, but high enough that I try to stay inside.