 Ever Been Struck by Lightning? |
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 Oct 23 2004, 04:16 PM
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Rank: Whirlwind  Group: AccuWeather_Employee Posts: 0 Joined: 28-February 04 From: State College, PA Member No.: 3  |
I would imagine, due to odds, most people reading this forum have not actually been struck by lightning. I don't mean nearby, I mean it has actually hit you (or your vehicle).
I do know of at least one WeatherMatrix Member who has been close or struck mutliple times - Thomas Giella... Click here to read one of his reports from 2001. :shock: The following info was culled from news sources: Roy Sullivan, a Virginia park ranger, survived seven lightning strikes, making him the world record holder. Experts say the odds of being struck by lightning twice in a lifetime are roughly one in 9,000,000. According to Storm Data, a National Weather Service publication, your odds of being struck by lightning once in an 80-year lifetime are about one in 3,000. (You might have seen odds like one in 650,000. Those are roughly the odds of being struck in a given year.) -------------------- THIS ACCOUNT IS NO LONGER ACTIVE BUT I AM A MODERATOR - PLEASE PM ME AT ACCOUNT 'WEATHERMATRIX'
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Oct 23 2004, 06:48 PM
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 Rank: F5 Superstorm  Group: Founding Member Posts: 4,751 Joined: 7-March 04 From: Baiting Hollow, NY Member No.: 6 |
Thankfully I have not had that pleasure.
-------------------- Artie/NY
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