I was unfortuneate enough to be witness, and lucky enough not to be included in, a lightning strike that invlolved 9 people. It was when I was a child, during an adult supervised feild trip to a local park. A sudden storm came up, with obvious lightlning. The adult who was in charge of our group had us 'hide from the lightning' in a ditch. I refused and sat next to a boulder about 10 feet away from them. I got soaked, but when the lightning actually struck, it struck a metal foot path over the ditch. Everyone who was in that wet ditch was effected. Being 11, I could not drag the kids or teacher out by myself, and had no concept of CPR. It took a few minutes for the other group to get to us and most of the people went to the hospital, but I was able to help keep heads above the raising water until I was able to colapse into a teacher's arms.

It was a crap shoot, but it taught me never to hide in ditches.

Rena

Just a little tip.

People think that lightning always travels DOWN to the ground. It doesn't. Sometimes it travels sideways.

If you're in the car or the house, CLOSE THE WINDOWS.

'Pup

BelgianPup:

Well now I finally know why Frankenstein had the contacts mounted on the "SIDES" of his neck.

Thanks!

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