| Mon, 04/09/2012 12:00 PM Killed | kills 10 in 4 districts | 0.0 | U | India | ||||
| Lightning kills 10 in 4 dists UNB, Dhaka Ten people were killed and nine injured after being struck by lightning in Gazipur, Sherpur, Gopalganj and Jamalpur on Monday. In Sherpur, three madrasha students were killed by thunderbolt at Chhatrakona in Nokla upazila in the afternoon. The deceased were Minhajul Islam, 15, Chan Miah, 12, and Masud Miah, 10, all students of Chhatrakona Moffazalia Madrasha. Urfa Union Parishad Chairman Anisur Rahman said when the students were playing on the playground of the madrasha during their tiffin hour a thunderbolt hit them around 1:30pm, leaving the trio injured. When they were taken to local health complex, doctors declared them dead. In Gazipur, two people died as a thunderbolt struck them at Bhobanipur village in sadar upazila. Quoting locals, police said Sujan, 27, and Dolon, 26, of Patpocha village in the upazila were critically injured in lightning strike around 8:00am while they were going to their work during rain. They were taken to sadar hospital where they died at about 9:15am. In Gopalganj, two people were killed and five injured in lightning strike at Uttarpar village in Kotalipara upazila. Quoting witnesses, Kotalipara Police Station officer-in-charge Tota Miah said Nihar Dhali, 25, of Burua village and Sujan Gyne, 17, of Shimulbari village were killed after being hit by thunderbolt while working in a watermelon field amid rain. The injured were admitted to upazila health complex. Meanwhile, in Jamalpur, lightning left two people dead and four others wounded at Tin Ani in Bakshiganj uapzila. Witnesses said thunderbolt hit the passengers of a human hauler (bhotbhoti), leaving Murshedul Islam, 30, and Chan Miah, 26, of Nayapara village, dead on the spot and four others injured around 2:00pm. The injured were admitted to upazila health complex. | ||||||||
| Sun, 04/08/2012 04:30 PM Killed | man killed, man injured different incidents | 32.0 | M | Nasese Fiji | fishing,Outside | |||
| Man dies after lightning strike Publish date/time: 08/04/2012 [17:04] Print this page Email this page Share 3 A 32 year old man lost his life yesterday afternoon after he was struck by lightning. Police said the man went out fishing with a friend near Nasese where the incident occurred at around 4.30pm. Police confirmed the man was rushed to hospital after the lightening strike but was pronounced dead on arrival. This is the second lightening strike incident for this Easter Weekend with a forty four year old man suffering from extensive burns after being close to a pine tree that was struck on Friday in Vunivau, Labasa. The forty four year old man is still admitted in hospital. Story by: Fijivillage Team | ||||||||
| Sun, 04/08/2012 12:00 PM Killed | 1 killed, 3 injured | 26.0 | M | Gabagaon village Odisha India | ||||
| HomeOdisha India PoliticsBusiness Sports Entertainment Interview Feature World Analysis Life Style Travel Odisha BREAKING NEWS Release 30 prisoners in exchange of MLA: Maoists tell Odisha Govt Pune Warriors register second consecutive win, beat Kings XI Punjab by 22 runs Kings XI Punjab need 167 runs to win IPL-5: Rajasthan Royals pull second emphatic win in a row Uncertainty continuous over Italian release; Maoists send fresh audio tape, ask govt to clarify Boxer Vijender qualifies for London Olympics Mon, 9th Apr, 2012 | Updated: 2012-04-08 13:41:22GMT Web Site You are here: Home >> News>> Districts views 57 ShareThis Odisha: Lightning strikes Balasore dist; one killed, three injured By Our correspondent Place: Balasore Date: 07-Apr-2012 01:01:50 Balasore Dist Map Balasore (Odisha): One person died and three others injured after being struck by lightning in Odisha's Balasore district today. Lightning struck Debendra Das (26) when he was at his house in Gabagaon village under Chandipur police station. His mother sustained serious injury due to the lightning, police said. Two persons were injured at nearby Kaaphala and Jankhrai villages, they said. Meanwhile, normal life was paralysed as a strong gale accompanied by lightning and rain lashed many parts of the district. Power supply in the town remained disrupted as huge trees fell on electric poles and transmission lines. | ||||||||
| Sun, 04/08/2012 12:00 PM Killed | 3 killed, 2 injured | 0.0 | M | Purulia India | loading bricks into truck | Outside,Work | ||
| 3 killed, 2 injured in lightning PTI | 10:04 PM,Apr 08,2012 Purulia (WB), Apr 8 (PTI) Three labourers were killed and two others were seriously injured when lightning struck them in Purulia district today. SP C Sudhakar said five labourers were loading bricks in a truck when they were hit by thunderbolt this afternoon. While three died on the spot, two suffered burn injuries and were taken to the Purulia Sadar Hospital in critical condition. Different parts of the district was lashed by thunderstorm accompanied by rains today. The five were all in the age group of 22-24 years. PTI COR SUS | ||||||||
| Sun, 04/08/2012 12:00 PM Injured | 15 cadets | 15.0 | U | Bukit Katil Malacca Malaysia | on a camping trip | Boy Scouts,Camping,Outside | ||
| Freak storm zaps 15 cadets who suffer minor injuries By R S N MURALI MALACCA: A freak storm with high winds and lightning injured 15 members of the Pasukan Cadet Bersatu Malaysia who were on a camping trip at a Scout camp at Bukit Katil. The cadets, aged between 13 and 17 years, were taken to the Malacca hospital to be examined, said an army personnel who declined to be named. The camp for the cadets is run by the army. The winds were so strong that all the tents were blown away, he said. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam visited the camp and then dashed off to the hospital to check on the cadets | ||||||||
| Sat, 04/07/2012 12:00 PM Injured | 5 people | 40.0 | M | Vunivalu Labasa town Fiji | taking shelter under a tree | N/A | Indirect,Outside,Taking Shelter,Tree,Under Trees | |
| April 07 2012 12:07 PMA+ A-||| A lightning strike in Labasa late yesterday put five men in hospital. A 40-year-old man remains in a critical condition at the Labasa Hospital's intensive care unit while the four others were discharged after treatment. Police spokeswoman Ana Naisoro said the lightning struck the men at Vunivalu, outside Labasa town. Naisoro said the five men were playing and had taken shelter under a pine tree when lightning struck the tree. She urged people to stay indoors during bad weather Read more at: http://www.fijilive.com/news_new/index.php/news/show_news/41477 Copyright 2012 © Fijilive.com Lightning strikes 4 boys under tree Serafina Silaitoga Saturday, April 07, 2012 LIGHTNING struck down four boys in Labasa yesterday afternoon while taking shelter under a pine tree. One of the four is in serious condition while the other three escaped injuries. The boys were rushed to the Labasa Hospital where they were treated. The incident happened at the Qawa Primary School ground at about 4.30pm. The lightning strike also caused a blackout in the Labasa Town area. Ashneel Kumar, one of the four who survived the lightning bolt, said he was thrown about three metres from the pine tree. He said while playing soccer it started raining and the four took shelter beneath the pine tree. "Not long after we stopped playing soccer and took shelter under the tree, lightning struck and we found ourselves lying on the ground. "I am so shocked at what has happened," Ashneel said. Avinesh Lal, who was playing with the boys, said he had walked off the ground when the incident happened. "I heard the boys screaming and when I turned back, they were lying on the ground." Police media officer north Luke Rawalai said police had not received any formal complaint. "However, we are aware of the incident that happened at Vunivau." Ministry of Health spokesman Peni Namotu could not be reached for a comment. Thunderstorms and lightning continued to affect parts of the the Fiji Group yesterday. Victims recount deadly strike Serafina Silaitoga Sunday, April 08, 2012 + Enlarge this image Ashneel Kumar shows the path of the lightning bolt that struck the pine tree at Vunivau, outside Labasa Town. Picture: Serafina Silaitoga THE lightning bolt that struck a group of boys in Labasa over the weekend burnt the clothes of two boys, threw another two down a ditch and stripped the trunk of the pine tree. Ashneel Kumar, who survived the ordeal was among three men who sheltered under a pine tree when the lightning struck at Qawa Primary School ground on Friday afternoon. He said two of the boys had their shorts burnt. "One of the two that had their shorts burnt was wearing copper jewellery including rings on his fingers which was against the pine tree. "The lightning bolt struck the tree and it travelled right down to the copper rings in his fingers and when he felt the tingle, he threw his left hand forward towards the other friend who is admitted at hospital," Mr Kumar said. "Their shorts and undergarments were burnt and we had to cover them with the shirt as another guy performed first aid." Mr Kumar received scratches and bruises to his left arms and neck. He was treated at the Labasa Hospital on Friday night with the other two men while the fourth has remained at the Intensive Care Unit. "We will never forget that day. Now we know how very dangerous the lightning is and after it struck, there were like black carbon substance all around the ground. | ||||||||
| Sat, 04/07/2012 12:00 PM unknown | safety info passed on | 0.0 | U | Malaysia | a start but bad info included and now spreads to asia | Education | ||
| MOE should have lightning safety rules for schools THE death of a 16-year-old student at the UPM field in Serdang last Tuesday could have been avoided if the organisers of the inter-school football game had observed the lightning safety rules that had been posted in the mass media for over a decade. In the 2.45pm incident, the victim and his friend had taken shelter under a tree beside the field during a thunderstorm when lightning struck them. The victim died a few hours later in hospital while his friend was in serious condition. The tree, which was struck by lightning, bore the characteristic lightning current path which is marked by splintered bark. According to the security guards, another tree nearby had also been struck by lightning not long ago. This incident should be taken seriously by the Education Ministry since there was a serious breach of safety protocols by the school officials who organised of the game. These officials should have ensured that all the students were evacuated into sturdy buildings before the thunderstorm broke and that they remained there until the storm was well and truly over. The ministry should view this kind of incident seriously since the students are minors under the supervision of adults who should know better. With the thunderstorm season in full gear with the change in monsoon, the public, especially teachers and students, is reminded to strictly follow the lightning safety rules listed below when outdoors: > STOP all outdoor activities and seek shelter as soon as you see dark thunder clouds gathering on the horizon or over the hill. Lightning can strike up to 15km away from the thunder cloud i.e. even before the rain starts!; > RUN for a shelter if you can hear thunder or see a lightning bolt. You are already in danger of being struck by lightning; > DO not wait for the rain to fall before you act. Sometimes, lightning occurs before the rain starts to fall. Never use an umbrella in a lightning storm; > DO not take shelter under a tree or in a tent, a small shed, a kongsi, a rotunda or a roadside food stall. For small shelters, ensure that they have been installed with a proper lightning protection system before you take shelter in them; > TAKE shelter inside a sturdy or large building (e.g. shop or house), inside a metal roofed vehicle (e.g. bus, van or car) or under a large structure (e.g. bridge). Do NOT loiter outside a large building to avoid being struck by debris from lightning damage; > IF there is no proper shelter nearby, get down from an elevated position (eg. mound, hill top or platform). Get into any depression in the ground or in a dry drain; > GET into a Lightning Defensive Position i.e. squat with your feet together and close your ears with your hands. Do NOT lie down. Do NOT touch anyone or any metal objects (eg. fence, gate etc.) near you; > IF it rains, get your clothes wet because wet clothing helps to reduce serious injury to the lightning struck person. Let the current flow over you instead of inside you; > INSIDE a shelter, do NOT touch any metallic object, electric equipment or cable. Do NOT use the telephone unless it is really urgent. Use a mobile phone instead (if available). Keep AWAY from the balcony, verandah, doorway, window, wall or pillar; and > STAY inside your shelter for 30 minutes after the last thunder is heard. Lightning can strike up to 15km away from the thundercloud i.e. even after the rain had stopped! ZAHAR, Kuala Lumpur. | ||||||||
| Fri, 04/06/2012 12:00 PM Killed | 5 dead in 3 incidents | 24.0 | M | West Bengal India | ||||
| Five killed as lightning strikes West Bengal Darjeeling/Kolkata, April 6, 2012, PTI: Five persons perished in lightning strikes in West Bengal even as Darjeeling experienced unseasonal snowfall and hailstorm on Friday, disrupting early morning train services. Lightning strikes left a man and a woman dead in Hingleganj and Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district, police sources said. A man and a schoolgirl died in lightning strikes at Basanti and Gosaba in South 24 Parganas district, the sources said. A 22-year-old truck driver was also killed by a thunderbolt as he was trying to fix a polythene sheet on the deck of his vehicle at Shalimar railyard in Howrah district, the sources said. Darjeeling town, the Queen of the Hills, received 1 inch to 1.5 inch snowfall between 11:15 am and 11:45 am after a hailstorm and rains in the last three days, district administration sources said. Considered a very unusual phenomenon for April, the snowfall whitened rooftops and streets and delighted tourists. The weatherman said in Kolkata that more snow was expected. A two-hour downpour accompanied by hail lashed the metropolis early morning flooding low-lying areas and affecting train services. The weatherman said Alipore received 63.7 mm and Dumdum 46.2 mm of rain. The rainfall was the result of a trough extending from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal to Bangladesh. Train services in Sealdah south section and Howrah divisions were affected for some time due to the rain but no train was cancelled, railway sources said | ||||||||
| Thu, 04/05/2012 12:00 PM Killed | 3 killed | 0.0 | U | Guwahati India | ||||
| Lightning kills 3 even as rain cools Assam TNN | Apr 5, 2012, 07.44AM IST Article Comments (1) inShare Read More:Regional Meteorological Centre|Met 1 GUWAHATI: Three persons were killed in lightning in different parts of the state even as rain and thunderstorm brought respite from the long spell of dry weather on Wednesday. A youngster and a girl child were killed in Dudhnoi area of Goalpara district, while another person died at Rampur area in Kamrup district when hit by lightning. Cattle and livestock were also killed in the storm. Regional Meteorological Centre here has warned that thunder-squall with a wind speed exceeding 50 kmph is likely to hit one or two places in Assam and Meghalaya in the next 42 hours. Also, thundershowers are likely in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya. Met officials said thunderstorms and thunder-squall, called Bordoichill in Assamese, is a normal phenomenon in the pre-monsoon phase ahead of Bohag Bihu, the spring festival in the state. Even though the state experienced moderate rain on Wednesday, the downpour brought respite from the sultry prevailing over the last two months. Less rainfall in the pre-monsoon phase, which started from last month, has raised concerns of drought. Dry weather, however, continued in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. "Less rainfall in the last two months brought summer much earlier. However, the downpour on Wednesday has brought respite from the heat. The weather has become very pleasant with the heavy rainfall," a city resident said. | ||||||||
| Wed, 04/04/2012 01:30 PM Injured | 3 women | 0.0 | F | Hannajing Imphal India | Outside | |||
| Lightning injures three women Source: Hueiyen News Service Imphal, April 06 2012: At least three women were injured when lightning struck at a field near PYA Ground at Kairang under Heingang Police Station on Wednesday. The incident occurred at around 1.30 pm, when of the injured, a girl reading in class 10, was coming home from a work site of MGNREGS at the foothill of Hannajing. The girl identified as Khullakpam Samiya (18) daughter of Md Abdul Jalil of Kairang Awang Leikai, sustained injuries on her neck, chest and legs. After being struck by lightning, the girl lost consciousness. Two women who were also coming home rushed to her rescue only to get shocked and injured. The two women have been identified as Sitabi Begum (35) wife of Sahidur Rahman of Kairang Awang Leikai and Kumari Ina (18) of Kairang Chingya. All three of them are presently undergoing treatment at JNIMS hospital. | ||||||||
| Tue, 04/03/2012 12:00 PM unknown | Lawsuit in casino incident | 0.0 | M | NJ USA | legal | Legal | ||
| Suit filed in A.C. death by lightning By Jacqueline L. Urgo Inquirer Staff Writer Carmen and Bryan P. Bradley in May 2011. The fatal accident was in September at the Revel site. Post a comment ALSO ON PHILLY.COM Worker's widow sues in NJ casino lightning death Worker's widow sues in AC casino lightning death PHILLY.COM's TOP FIVE PICKS Marimow to return as top Inquirer editor Philly fans stand hours for 30 seconds of Minaj Romney campaign rolls into Delco Boozing punks pummel Folcroft man City's population rising, census says EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - The sky along the oceanfront had become an ugly purple that afternoon as three men poured concrete from large metal buckets hoisted seven stories to the rooftop where they worked. The pelting rain didn't bother them at first. But when the wind began to whip, thunder boomed and a half-dozen lightning strikes hit nearby, the crew helping build the $2.4 billion Revel casino knew it had to seek cover. Yet the buckets containing the concrete and a quick-setting agent "kept coming, kept coming, kept coming," according to Dennis Lamond, 35, of Egg Harbor Township. Lamond was working beside Bryan P. Bradley, 40, of Linwood, when Bradley was fatally struck by lightning as he gripped the metal bucket. The strike hit just moments after the men decided they had had enough. They would risk being fired for quitting the time-sensitive job; they feared for their safety. "That day, we were all scared, afraid for our lives because of the storm," recalled Lamond, who was electrocuted by the same bolt that killed Bradley on Sept. 15, 2011. "But we kept working because we were told to." On Wednesday, Bradley's wife, Carmen, 39, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Tishman Construction Corp. of New York and Network Construction Co. of Pleasantville. Revel has not been named in the suit. The widow fought back tears in her lawyer's office, saying safety personnel on-site had failed to properly monitor work conditions. She was flanked by Lamond and her husband's other crew member, Joseph A. Forcinito, 56, of Millville, who also was injured by the lightning strike. "My husband and his coworkers were made to work under dangerous working conditions with zero regard for their lives," Carmen Bradley said. Each day her young sons ask, "Why did Daddy die?" she said. Attorney Paul R. D'Amato, who represents the Bradleys and Forcinito, contends that the storm created more than 1,200 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes as it roared across the region. An 80-story crane - adjacent to where the men were working, that aided in the construction of the second tallest building in the state - created a powerful conduit for the lightning, he said. "The families want . . .. and are entitled to answers to the lingering and disturbing questions of why their loved one was put at risk," said D'Amato, who also was cocounsel for the plaintiffs in the fatal 2003 Atlantic City Tropicana Casino Hotel garage collapse that killed four construction workers. "Couldn't they see the sky was crackling with lightning bolts?" asked Mark Roddy, who represents Lamond. Forcinito said supervisors showed up midway through the storm with rain gear, but the men already were soaking wet, and no one gave any direction about seeking cover. Members of various construction trade unions who were on the job said there was an inherent push to finish the job quickly. Revel officials promised the resort would open by Memorial Day 2012. It had a "soft opening" Monday; a grand opening is scheduled for May. In a statement issued Wednesday, Network Construction said the lawsuit "wasn't unexpected." The fatal lightning strike was an "act of nature . . . a freak accident," according to Robert Polisano, the company's president. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration last month fined Network $3,000 for violating federal regulations that say when a local storm warning has been issued, safety personnel must determine whether personnel and equipment must be secured. Tishman officials declined to comment other than a one-sentence statement noting that Tishman had not been cited by OSHA or found to be at fault by entities investigating the incident last year. Contact staff writer Jacqueline L. Urgo at 609-652-8382 or jurgo@phillynews.com. | ||||||||
| Tue, 04/03/2012 02:45 PM Killed | 1 dead 1 critical | 16.0 | M | Serdang Malaysia | under a tree | Outside,School,Tree,Under Trees | ||
| Student killed by lightning SERDANG: A 16-year-old student was killed and his friend injured when they were struck by lightning. The incident occurred at about 2.45pm yesterday at a football field near Universiti Putra Malaysia. The Form Four students from SM Seksyen 16 Shah Alam had just finished a football competition among secondary schools and were waiting for the school bus under a tree. Muhammad Mustaqim Muhd Kamarul died less than three hours later at the hospital here while his friend was still being treated and was said to be in semi-critical condition. | ||||||||
| Tue, 04/03/2012 10:30 AM Injured | worker | 0.0 | M | Gibsonburg OH USA | working on vehicle in parking lot | Indirect,Outside,Parking Lot,Work | ||
| Andersons worker struck by lightning in Gibsonburg Posted: Apr 03, 2012 1:57 PM EDT Updated: Apr 03, 2012 4:15 PM EDT By Nick Bade - email GIBSONBURG, OH (WTOL) An Anderson's Farm Center worker was struck by lightning around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning in Gibsonburg. Debbie Crow, an Anderson's spokeswoman, says lightning hit either a communications tower or metal storage building and rolled across the parking lot and struck a worker who was repairing a fertilizer sprayer. The man was taken to Fremont Memorial Hospital where he was treated and released. The worker's name and medical condition have not been released. Crow says the incident did not affect the operations of the Gibsonburg Farm Center. | ||||||||
| Fri, 03/30/2012 12:00 PM unknown | lightning guided by laser beams | 0.0 | U | Switzerland | Science | |||
| Lightning directed by laser beams 30 March 2012 by Jeff Hecht Magazine issue 2858. Subscribe and save IT'S not quite Zeus, but at least it's not entirely myth. Lasers have been used for the first time to trigger and divert lightning bolts. The idea of using a powerful laser to create a low-resistance path through the atmosphere - a virtual lightning rod - gained momentum in the 1990s. Lasers were developed that could generate terawatts (trillions of watts) of power for femtoseconds (millionths of billionths of a second). These created pulses so intense that they ripped electrons from air molecules, forming channels of ionised air along the beam path. These paths focused the laser light in high intensity zones called filaments, which kept the air ionised long after the laser passed through, but failed to trigger or direct lightning. In 2008, a group led by André Mysyrowicz of the applied optics laboratory at ENSTA ParisTech in France took a trailer-sized laser to New Mexico for field experiments with clouds. The group found that its laser filaments increased electrical activity in storm clouds, but did not trigger lightning. Now the group has reached two milestones on the road to practical lightning protection with a more compact laser. In one experiment in a military lab in Toulouse, France, they set up a high-voltage discharge with two possible targets about 2.5 metres away. With the laser off, the artificial lightning always hit the closer target. But with the laser on, generating a filament path to the farther target, the discharge went where it was directed. In a second experiment, Mysyrowicz's team aimed the laser beam across 50 metres of a lab, passing 5 to 20 centimetres from a lightning-producing electrode and an oppositely charged electrode. Usually, lightning jumps straight from electrode to electrode, but with the laser on, the discharge jumped to the laser filament and followed it before jumping to the second electrode (AIP Advances, DOI: 10.1063/1.3690961). Controlling the lightning without making contact with the electrodes makes this more like a real-world situation, says Jérôme Kasparian of the University of Geneva, Switzerland. "In the clouds you don't really have an electrode you can touch," he says. But in the real world, he adds, the targets are far more distant. Mysyrowicz's group is planning more field experiments with the laser. Kasparian thinks success will require a more powerful laser, and the development of pulses shaped precisely for guiding lightning through the air. | ||||||||
| Fri, 03/30/2012 04:20 PM Injured | boy 2 of 2 | 0.0 | M | Butler county AL USA | at the base of a tree | Indirect,Near Trees,Outside,Under Trees | ||
| One child confirmed dead after lightning strikes two in Butler County Published 6:43pm Friday, March 30, 2012 Email Comments One boy has died from a lightning strike after a storm cell passed through Butler County this afternoon according to Butler County Sheriff Kenny Harden. We received a call at 4:20 p.m. in reference to people struck by lightning off East Dogwood Trail, Harden said. We got there and there were two young boys that had been in the wooded area and lightning struck a tree. Harden said that the boys were at the base of the tree when the lightning struck. Both of them were transported to Georgiana Hospital and one was pronounced there at the hospital, Harden said. The other one is stable. Harden said the names will not be released at this time because he doesnt know if all of the family has been notified. The two individuals were about three miles north of Georgiana at the intersection of Highways 31 and 106 when the lightning strike happened said Eric Ebensen, a meteorologist out of the National Weather Service in Mobile. We had a thunderstorm move through the central part of the county and there was some lightning, not a whole lot, but there was some, Ebensen said. According to Harden, the lightning storm came upon the area quickly. Its a terrible tragedy that happened, Harden said. You just dont know the words to say about it. Email Comments | ||||||||
| Fri, 03/30/2012 04:00 PM Killed | Aven Brett Schofield, 1 of 2 | 12.0 | M | Butler county AL USA | in a field | N/A | Indirect,Outside,Under Trees | |
| Butler County Sheriff Kenny Hardin confirms one of two young boys playing outside in a field has died after a lightning strike late this afternoon. No names or ages have been released in the incident that happened in a rural part of the county. We're continuing to follow up and will have the very latest tonight at 10. Storm winds peeled back part of the roof at the Crump Senior Center on Congressman Dickinson Drive - not far from Garrett Coliseum in north Montgomery. We'll take you inside for a look at the rain soaked carpet and piles of ceiling tiles that were sucked out of their frames and dumped on the floor. Alabama's unemployment rate dipped two-tenths of a percent last month...the seventh consecutive month for a decrease. But one economist we talked with says there are other issues in play here. We'll have more on the numbers and what's behind them - at 10. Plus, she was named after the Greek goddess of youth - the cup bearer to the gods. Ever heard of Hebe? That's the woman at the top of the Court Street fountain in Montgomery and her watery home has just had a facelift. BUTLER COUNTY, Alabama The name of the 12-year-old Greenville boy who died after being struck by lightning Friday has been released. Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock said Aven Brett Schofield died shortly after being taken to Georgiana Hospital. Another boy also suffered injuries from the strike and was taken to Georgiana Hospital. He was transferred to UAB Hospital for additional treatment, but has been released. The Greenville Advocate reports that the boys were standing at the base of a pine tree in a wooded area off East Dogwood Trail when they were struck about 4:20 p.m. Garlock said Schofield took the brunt of the lightning strike. Butler County Sheriff Kenny Harden told WSFA the boys were planning to go to a birthday party a short time later. Garlock said there was a third boy who was treated for minor injuries at Georgiana Hospital, but the coroner wasn't sure if the boy was with the other two. "I don't know where he was at in relationship to the lightning strike," Garlock said. | ||||||||
| Thu, 03/29/2012 12:00 PM Killed | man and 3 girls killed | 0.0 | M | Amazonian region Brazil | looking for fruit | Outside | ||
| Lightning Kills 4 in Brazils Amazon Region RIO DE JANEIRO A man and three girls died when they were struck by lightning in Irituia, a rural town in Brazils Para state, while looking for fruit in the Amazonian region, police said. The girls, who ranged in age from 7 to 13, were gathering fruit in the Amazon jungle with neighbors Sunday when the electrical storm rolled in, police said, adding that two of the victims were sisters. The group decided to take shelter from the rain under a tree and were struck by lightning. An 11-year-old boy who was helping gather fruit was also injured, but he is out of danger, police said. EFE | ||||||||
| Thu, 03/29/2012 09:30 PM Injured | William F Isles | 0.0 | M | Wichita KS USA | outside in back yard | N/A | Critical,Ground Strike,Indirect,Outside,Yard | |
| Wichita Man Struck By Lightning During Thursday Night Storms Around 9:30 p.m., as a severe storm moved through Wichita, a man was struck by lightning in the 6300 block of east Orme, just southwest of Kellogg and Woodlawn. Reporter: KAKE News Email Address: news@kake.com Story 0 Comments Map Font Size: Thursday, March 29, 2012 Around 9:30 p.m., as a severe storm moved through Wichita, a man was struck by lightning in his back yard in the 6300 block of east Orme, just southwest of Kellogg and Woodlawn. The victim, William F. Isles, was coherent and used an amateur radio to call out for help. An assistant in the KAKEland Weatherplex heard his call on our "ham" radio and called 911. He was speaking with Sedgwick County EMS upon their arrival but was taken to St. Francis in critical condition. The storm produced extreme lightning, torrential rain, and hail up to two inches in diameter. KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - A Kansas man was struck by lightning hours after buying three Mega Millions lottery tickets on Thursday, proving in real life the old saying that a gambler is more likely to be struck down from the sky than win the jackpot. Bill Isles, 48, bought three tickets in the record $656 million lottery Thursday at a Wichita, Kansas grocery store. On the way to his car, Isles said he commented to a friend: "I've got a better chance of getting struck by lightning" than winning the lottery. Later at about 9:30 p.m., Isles was standing in the back yard of his Wichita duplex, when he saw a flash and heard a boom -- lightning. "It threw me to the ground quivering," Isles said in a telephone interview on Saturday. "It kind of scrambled my brain and gave me an irregular heartbeat." Isles, a volunteer weather spotter for the National Weather Service, had his portable ham radio with him because he was checking the skies for storm activity. He crawled on the ground to get the radio, which had been thrown from his hand. Isles had been talking to other spotters on the radio and called in about the lightning strike. One of the spotters, a local television station intern, called 911. Isles was taken by ambulance to a hospital and kept overnight for observation. Isles said doctors wanted to make sure his heartbeat was back to normal. He suffered no burns or other physical effects from the strike, which he said could have been worse because his yard has a power line pole and wires overhead. "But for the grace of God, I would have been dead," Isles said. "It was not a direct strike." Isles said he had someone buy him ten more tickets to the Mega Millions lottery on Friday night. While one of the three winning tickets was sold in Kansas, Isles was not a winner. Officials of the Mega Millions lottery, which had the largest prize in U.S. history, said that the odds of winning lottery were about 176 million to one. Americans have a much higher chance of being struck by lightning, at 775,000 to one over the course of a year, depending on the part of the country and the season, according to the National Weather Service. Isles, who is out of work after being laid off last June by a furniture store, said he did once win $2,000 in the lottery and will keep playing. "The next time I will use the radio while sitting in the car," he said. (Editing by Greg McCune) | ||||||||
| Thu, 03/29/2012 04:30 PM Injured | Chris Phillips | 42.0 | M | Weston Australia | Indirect,Outside | |||
| Weston father struck by lightning ALISON BRANLEY 30 Mar, 2012 04:00 AM A MAN struck by lightning at Weston was recovering in hospital last night. Chris Phillips, a 42-year-old excavator and father of two, was reportedly doing some fencing at his Weston Street property when he was struck in a sudden thunderstorm just after 4.30pm. Mr Phillips was thrown two metres from the strike. He was recovering in John Hunter Hospital in a serious but stable condition last night. His wife Kerrie was unable to speak much last night but told the Newcastle Herald Mr Phillips was going to be fine. A NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said it was common for lightning strike victims to suffer entry and exit wounds and possible burns. Neighbours said last night the storm struck quickly, bringing hail and flash flooding. Many remembered hearing a distinctively loud thunder crack about 4.30pm. Shane Reeves was next door with his wife Melissa and two children when the storm hit. There was this bang and I leapt off the lounge chair, Mr Reeves said. I thought something exploded in my back shed, it didnt sound like thunder. It was the largest bang Ive ever heard. Mr Reeves said he could not believe how close the thunder clap sounded to his house. I thought it was going to blow my back windows out, he said. I cant explain that bang. It was too close for my liking. Mrs Reeves said she was amazed last night to think it could have accompanied the lightning strike that injured their neighbour. Theyre really nice people, Mrs Reeves said. I hope he is OK. Mr Phillips runs Able Excavations Newcastle, an excavating and earth moving contracting business in Weston. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe storm warning for NSW and the ACT yesterday. It is understood yesterdays thunderstorm was mainly experienced around Cessnock. | ||||||||
| Thu, 03/29/2012 12:00 PM Injured | man | 42.0 | M | Weston Australia | fixing a fence | Outside | ||
| Man hit by lightning at Weston ALISON BRANLEY 29 Mar, 2012 06:07 PM A 42-year-old Weston man is in John Hunter Hospital in a serious but stable condition after being struck by lightning at Weston this afternoon. Paramedics were called to his Weston Street residential property at 4.40pm. The man was thrown two metres by the strike. He was reportedly fixing a fence when he was struck. A NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said it was not uncommon for lightning strike victims to suffer entry and exit wounds and possible burns. | ||||||||
| Sat, 03/24/2012 12:00 PM unknown | OSHA fines company | 0.0 | U | NJ USA | company fined for atlantic city death | Legal | ||
| OSHA fines Pleasantville company $3,000 for violations in September lightning death at Revel site Story Comments ShareShare Print Print page Font Size: Default font size Larger font size Michael Ein Construction worker Derrick Kelly, left facing away, gets hugs from fellow workers in September following a moment of silence in memory of the two workers struck by lightning at the Revel casino construction site in Atlantic City. (The Press of Atlantic City/Staff Photo by Michael Ein) Posted: Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:30 am | Updated: 8:09 am, Sat Mar 24, 2012. By DEREK HARPER, Staff Writer | PLEASANTVILLE The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently fined a Pleasantville company $3,000 following the death of a construction worker at Atlantic Citys Revel casino site in September. Bryan Bradley, a 40-year-old father of two, was killed by lightning Sept. 15. Network Construction was cited for violating federal regulations that require once a local storm warning has been issued that a person in charge determine if the manufacturers recommendations to secure equipment must be implemented. This specific incident was cited under OSHA regulations dealing with cranes and derricks. OSHA classified the violation as serious. Bradleys brother, Butch Bradley, said he was glad the incident was investigated, but the penalty was inadequate. I appreciate they (OSHA) did their job, and they did it well, and they found an outcome that was obvious to everyone in town: The jobsite should have been closed, Butch Bradley said. You know, youre talking about $3,000 and my brothers life, Bradley said. He added later, Whats the difference between $100 and $3,000? Why dont you give me a $50 Wawa gift certificate as a fine? The afternoon he died, Bryan Bradley and two other men were on the fifth-floor roof deck, pouring concrete from a hopper that had been lifted to them by a tower crane, according to the OSHA Citation and Notification of Penalty. Nearly a half-hour earlier, a Special Weather Statement was issued by the National Weather Service warning of strong thunderstorms in the area, read the citation signed by OSHA Area Director Paula Dixon-Roderick. A quickly moving thunderstorm rolled in. A bolt of lightning is believed to have struck the basket of the cement pourer while Bradley held the handle. Another man suffered hand injuries. OSHA records show the agency concluded the incident exposed seven people to danger. It is unclear who the other people were. The agency issued the violation Nov. 19, and Network Construction formally contested the fine Dec. 12. The citation became public this month once the six-month window for the investigation closed. The federal agency has not previously cited the company, according to OSHA records. Company President Bob Polisano did not return a call seeking comment. Butch Bradley said he learned a new respect for construction workers who built Atlantic City and experienced the warmth of the area community in time following his brothers death. A Linwood native who now lives in Los Angeles, Bradley said, You dont really realize how when something like that happens, everyone comes out of the woodwork to help. It made the whole situation a lot easier to deal with. Bradley said that he and his brothers wife have since established the Bryan P. Bradley Fund for Fallen and Injured Workers in his brothers honor. The fund, based in Linwood, is currently organizing a comedy show at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa to be held on the anniversary of his brothers death. Contact Derek Harper: 609-272-7046 DHarper@pressofac.com | ||||||||
| Sat, 03/24/2012 12:00 PM unknown | bad safey info | 0.0 | M | WV USA | Josh Fitzpatrick WSAZ | Bad Safety info | ||
| Ask Josh Fitzpatrick: Lightning SafetyWSAZ Blog Listing Ask Josh Fitzpatrick: Lightning Safety Topic Author: Josh Fitzpatrick Posted: 7:33 AM Mar 24, 2012 Replies Posted: 0 comments Save Email Print Recent Blog Topics Ask Josh Fitzpatrick: Lightning Safety Ask Josh Fitzpatrick: Why Do We Change Our Clocks? Ask Josh Fitzpatrick: Rating Tornadoes Ask Josh Fitzpatrick: How does hail form? Ask Josh Fitzpatrick: THE WORST BLIZZARD! Ask Josh Fitzpatrick: Snow Facts Font Size: The lightning shot pictured above is from South Point, Ohio from earlier in March. Lightning In the United States, there are an estimated 25 million lightning flashes each year. During the past 30 years, lightning killed an average of 66 people per year. This is more than the average of deaths per year caused by tornadoes. Yet because lightning usually claims only one or two victims at a time and does not cause mass destruction of property, it is underrated as a risk. While documented lightning injuries in the United States average about 300 per year, undocumented injuries likely much higher. Watch for Developing Thunderstorms: Thunderstorms are most likely to develop on spring or summer days but can occur year round. As the sun heats the air, pockets of warmer air start to rise and cumulus clouds form. Continued heating can cause these clouds to grow vertically into towering cumulus clouds, often the first sign of a developing thunderstorm. An Approaching Thunderstorm: Lightning can strike as far as 10 miles from area where it is raining. That's about the distance you can hear thunder. If you can hear thunder, you are within striking distance. Seek safe shelter immediately. Lightning Safety If you can see lightning or hear thunder you are already at risk! Most lightning injuries and fatalities occur when people are caught outdoors in the summer months during the afternoon and evening. Outdoor Activities: Most lightning deaths and injuries occur in the summer. Postpone outdoor activities if thunderstorms are imminent. Move to a sturdy enclosed building. Get inside a hardtop vehicle and keep the windows rolled up. Avoid touching metal. If caught outdoors and no shelter is nearby: Stay away from tall trees. If there is no shelter crouch in the open, keeping twice as far away from a tree as it is tall. Avoid being the tallest object around. Get as low as you can but do not lie prone on the ground. Squat on the balls of your feet to have minimum contact with the ground. Place your hands over your ears and your head between your knees. Get out of the water. If caught in a boat, crouch down in the center of the boat away from metal hardware. Swimming, wading, snorkeling and scuba diving are NOT safe. Don't stand in puddles, even if wearing rubber boots. Move away from a group of people. Stay several yards away from each other. Don't share a bleacher bench or huddle in a group. If you are outdoors when you see or hear a thunderstorm coming or your hair stands on end, immediately stop your activities and seek safe shelter immediately! 30/30 Rule The first 30 means if, between flash and bang, you count to 30 or less, you are in danger and should go to safe shelter. Flash-to-bang: When you see the FLASH, Count the seconds to the BANG, Every 5 seconds equals 1 mile. Divide by 5 to give the distance in miles from you to the lightning. 30 seconds - suspend all outdoor activities (lightning strike was 6 miles away or less) and seek safe shelter If you count 15 seconds or less, a lightning strike could occur where you are (3 miles away or less). The second 30 means wait 30 minutes from the last flash or thunder to establish "all clear. Indoor Activities: Do not use any electrical appliances (except those used for weather information) and unplug unnecessary ones. Turn off air conditioners and computers to protect them from power surges. Do not use a corded telephone except in an emergency. Do not bathe or shower during a thunderstorm. Avoid contact with anything that conducts electricity. Stay away from windows and doors. Avoid contact with concrete walls or floors which may contain metal reinforcing bars; carports or open garages; covered patios; washing your hands or doing dishes. When inside, wait 30 minutes after the last strike, before going out again. No place is completely safe from lightning, but some places are safer than others. Although some victims are struck directly by the main lightning stroke, many victims are struck as the current moves in and along the ground. Helping a Lightning Strike Victim: If a person is struck by lightning, call 911 and get medical care immediately. Cardiac arrest and irregularities, burns, and nerve damage are common in cases where people are struck by lightning. However, with proper treatment, including CPR if necessary, most victims survive a lightning strike. You are in no danger helping a lightning victim. The charge will not affect you Follow me on Facebook: facebook.com/joshfitzwsaz Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/wsazjoshfitz Source: www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/ | ||||||||
| Sat, 03/24/2012 11:30 PM Injured | Tom Connor | 0.0 | M | Eutawille SC USA | between auto and house | Indirect,Outside,Thrown,Walking to Vehicle | ||
| Eutawville man struck by lightning respects it a lot more now Story Discussion By MARTHA ROSE BROWN, T&D Correspondent | Posted: Monday, April 2, 2012 6:15 am | (0) Comments Font Size: Default font size Larger font size T&D CORRESPONDENT MARTHA ROSE BROWN Tom Connor of Eutawville sustained about a three-inch scratch to his forehead when he was knocked to the ground by lightning on March 24. Other than the scratch and some tingling and burning in three fingers on his left hand, hes okay. EUTAWVILLE It all took place in a matter of seconds, a Eutawville man says of his frightening encounter with lightning on Saturday, March 24 as severe thunderstorms rolled through the area. Tom Connor and his wife had returned home at around 11:30 p.m. from the restaurant near Eutaw Springs which Mrs. Connor operates. When we got home, the thunder and lightning were right on top of us, Connor said. He said he was about two steps away from the bumper of his truck when he heard a loud crash of thunder and a bright flash of lightning. The next thing he knew, he had been thrown several feet from where he had been standing and was lying at the front wall of his home. I couldnt move my left arm for several seconds, Connor said. And then I rolled and tried to get myself oriented, he said. By that point, he managed to bend his left arm at the elbow but his arm felt like it was on fire, Connor said. After he regained his senses, he was able to stand up and walk inside the house. His only visible injury from the lightning strike was an approximately three-inch scratch on his forehead above his right eye. When I woke up Sunday morning, all of the joints in my body just ached, Connor said. The burning sensation in his arm has subsided, but three fingers on his left hand continue to tingle and burn, he said. Id never been really afraid of lightning, but I respect it a lot more now, Connor said. Contact the writer: marfawose@aol.com. Read more: http://www.struckbylightning.org/news/sbl20120204083852_article_81ef4240-7c6b-11e1-9100-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz1qt0W7LqY | ||||||||
| Thu, 03/22/2012 unknown | Dallas Hiram Patch | 0.0 | U | TX USA | jon.gargis@patch.com | Bad Safety info | ||
| Editor Jon Gargis: Heard some news you want us to check out? Let me know: jon.gargis@patch.com Patch Newsletter Nearby Join Sign In Home News Events Places House & Home Traffic & Gas Gallery More Police & Fire Lightning Safety Tips from the Paulding Sheriffs Office Lightning, a regular occurrence during the year, can be deadly. The Paulding County Sheriffs Office offers these tips for dealing with it. 5:15 am Email Print Comment Upload Photos and Videos The Paulding County Sheriffs Office reminds residents that there is little they can do to reduce the risk of being struck by lightning if outside during a thunderstorm. The only completely safe action to take is to move inside a safe building or vehicle. Buildings A safe building is one that is fully enclosed with a roof, walls and floor, and has plumbing or wiring. Examples of safe buildings include a home, school, church, hotel, office building or shopping center. If lightning should directly strike a building with electricity and/or plumbing, the dangerous electrical current from the flash will typically travel through the wiring and/or plumbing, and then into the ground. This is why you should stay away from showers, sinks, hot tubs and electronic equipment such as TVs, radios, corded telephones and computers. Unsafe buildings include carports, open garages, covered patios, picnic shelters, beach pavilions, golf shelters, tents of any kind, baseball dugouts, sheds and greenhouses. Vehicles A safe vehicle is any fully enclosed metal-topped vehicle such as a hard-topped car, minivan, bus, truck, etc. If you drive into a thunderstorm, slow down and use extra caution. If possible, pull off the road into a safe area. Do not leave the vehicle during a thunderstorm. Unsafe vehicles include convertibles, golf carts, riding mowers, open cab construction equipment and boats without cabins. Lightning risk reduction outdoors Most importantly, stay away from high points or anything that will act as a conductor. Tall or isolated trees, water, telephone poles or metal structures can all attract lightning strikes. Avoid open areas where you serve as the tallest object around. Your best bet if you are unable to take shelter indoors is to find a depression or other low point where you can crouch in lightning position. Lightning position involves crouching with your feet planted squarely on the ground, with your head lower than your shoulders. If you have a sleeping pad or other insulator to place under your feet, it can help protect you from ground current. Do not stand underneath an exposed rock ledge or in the entrance of a cave. If the earth above you is struck, the electricity may arc through you in order to reach the ground. If youre traveling in a group when a thunderstorm hits, spread out as you take cover. Thirty to fifty feet between group members should ensure that someone will be available to administer CPR and first aid in the event of a strike. Providing first aid after a lighting strike In the event of a strike, it is important to be prepared for significant injuries of almost any type. If you see someone struck by lightning, it is imperative to check their heartbeat and breathing immediately. CPR has a phenomenal success rate among lightning victims. In cases of lighting injury, CPR can have success rates of up to 90 percent. As such, normal rules of triage do not apply. If you find someone without a pulse or respirations after a lightning strike, begin CPR immediately. Lightning can be deadly and should be taken seriously. Having to take shelter from a storm during an outdoor activity can seem like an inconveniencehowever, it is the difference between life and death. A good rule of thumb is to stay indoors until 30 minutes have passed after the last clasp of thunder or flash of lightning observed. Dont be afraid to be the person who speaks upthe life you save may be your own! Related Topics: Lightning, Paulding County Sheriff's Office, and Severe Weather | ||||||||
| Wed, 03/21/2012 12:00 PM Killed | man | 0.0 | M | Srinagar India | Military | |||
| Armyman killed after being struck by lightning Last Updated: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 12:55 0 Tags: Kupwara district, Armyman killed, Kashmir Srinagar: An Armyman was killed when lightning struck a forward post in Keran sector near the Line of Control in Kupwara district of Kashmir, official sources said on Thursday. Rifleman Kamal Kumar died on the spot as lightning struck his picket at Akaash post in Keran sector on the intervening night of March 20 and 21, the sources said. Kashmir Valley was gripped by unprecedented storms on Monday and Tuesday that resulted in death of three persons and injuries to over 20 others. | ||||||||
| Wed, 03/21/2012 03:00 PM Injured | Larry Bazzle | 52.0 | M | James City VA USA | standing in doorway with hand outside | Hail,Indirect,Inside Shower,Severe Thunderstorm,Standing in Doorway | ||
| What it's like to get hit by lightning Larry Bazzle stuck his arm out his front door to gauge the size of hail falling during a storm last week he was struck by lightning. By Ann Efimetz Modified: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:36 AM EDT Originally Published: Thursday, March 29, 2012 JAMESCITY Larry Bazzle described being struck by lightning last week as getting hit by a truck that was really hot. Late last Wednesday afternoon a thunderstorm passed though his Williamsburg West neighborhood, spawning hail and severe thunder and lightning. Bazzle, 52, was concerned about hail damaging the new truck he had parked in the driveway. As the storm raged, he stuck his hand out the aluminum door on the front of his house. I wanted to see how big the hail was to see if I needed to put my truck under the carport, Bazzle recalled in an interview Tuesday. The next thing I knew, it was like someone took a camera and flashed it right in my face and a bomb blew up. The jolt sent him careening backward, landing on the living room floor where his mother found him. He was conscious, but in pain. His mother drove him to Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center where he underwent a series of tests, mostly on his heart. He was treated and released. There were no long-lasting effects, save a bruise on his arm where the bolt struck. He reports feeling stiff and still has a considerable amount of pain. He returned to the doctor Tuesday for additional tests to ensure there were no long-lasting repercussions. Each year around 85 people die across the United States from lightning strikes. They can occur indoors or out. Bazzle theorizes lightning hit his home in two places. Upstairs, three television sets and a computer were destroyed. The other spot was at the front door. The doctor said I was extremely lucky, Bazzle said. Usually there are two outcomes to a lightning strike. I got the good one. | ||||||||
| Tue, 03/20/2012 12:00 AM Injured | Debra Anderhub | 52.0 | F | Frisco TX USA | outside at school | N/A | Indirect,Outside,School,Work | |
| VideoPhoto Teachers Aide Struck by Lightning Published : Wednesday, 28 Mar 2012, 4:51 PM CDT Fil Alvarado FOX 4 News Adapted for Web by Tracy DeLatte | myFOXdfw.com FRISCO, Texas - A teachers aide in Frisco was struck by lighting a few weeks ago while she helped students arriving at school. Now she is shocked the school district wont help pay her medical bills. Debra Anderhub remembers driving to work on March 20 through a pretty bad storm. Thats what really frightened me, the first bolt I saw early that morning, she said. The teachers aide at Rogers Elementary in the Frisco Independent School District said once she got on campus she began helping students into school and out of the storm as their parents dropped them off. It was the worst lightning storm in a long, long time, she said. She was holding an umbrella out in the rain and wearing her rubber boots. In four years Ive only worn my rain boots one time, she said. Once the kids were inside, Anderhub hurried to go back in too. I turned around and my hair stood up and felt really strange, she said. And then it happened. She was struck by a loud, deafening crack of lightning. She felt it go through her body. It was horrible. It was like youre on fire. It wasnt an electrical feeling. It was more like fire, she said. Anderhubs hand was burned where she held the metal shaft of the umbrella. But she believes the rubber boots saved her life. I could have been fried. Ive heard that from doctors and the emergency room. I know people are amazed. I am too, she said. Anderhub made two separate visits to the emergency room. Doctors also recommended she see a specialist to find out what other injuries the lightning strike may have caused. But she cant afford to go. She had opted out of the school districts insurance plan because should couldnt afford it. Shes dreading the medical bills. The workers compensation claim Anderhub filed was denied because she was told her injuries were caused by an act of God. And the school district said it cant help because of strict legal restrictions on how it can use taxpayer money. She is disappointed the district wont do more, but admitted her principal at Rogers Elementary has shown a lot of compassion. The school has started a fund to help her get well enough to return to work. Read more on myFOXdfw.com: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/weather/teachers-aide-struck-by-lightning32812#ixzz1qVBLAmsU Frisco Teachers Aide Hit By Lightning, Then Medical Bills March 28, 2012 5:21 PM Share this 14 9 comments Filed Under Education, Local, News, Syndicated Local, Watch + Listen Related Tags Frisco Independent School District, Frisco ISD, Health Insurance, insurance, lightning, teacher's aide, Workers Compensation, Workmen's Compensation FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) A Frisco teachers aide was at work last week when she was struck by lightning, but the most shocking thing happened when the woman tried to pay her medical bills. It was bad out there, Debra Anderhub remembered. It was maybe the worst lightning storm Ive ever seen. Even before the lightning bolt hit her, Anderhub said she had a bad feeling while outside of Rogers Elementary School in Frisco. The teachers aide had started her day on whats called car patrol helping special needs students get to class. When I turned around I felt the hair on the back of neck and my head stand up. A storm was overhead on the morning of March 20 and then there was the electrical discharge. It wasnt hard for the 52-year-old woman to recall the pain. When it hit me I felt that I was on fire, she said. I felt like my eyes were laying on my cheek and my heart was exploding. Anderhub suffered bruising and serious burns to her hands and eyes. She believes her rubber soled boots and strong faith in God saved her life. Given that Anderhub was at work when she was injured, you would think she would have no trouble getting financial help for her injuries& but thats not the case. The Frisco Independent School District makes insurance available for employees, but Anderhub wasnt covered because she thought it was too expensive. Without insurance coverage, Anderhub made her claim through the states workers compensation program. It was denied. While Anderhub said shes not bitter or angry, she admitted, Im very disappointed and Im very hurt by it. Anderhub said she was told that acts of God are not covered by workers compensation. But an exception could be made if, &the employment exposes the employee to a greater risk of injury from an act of God. While the medical bills pile up, pain from Anderhubs lightning burns still havent subsided. To add insult to injury, Anderhub said she was particularly offended by the response of one Frisco ISD official. He made the statement get your teachers at your school to take up a collection. That hurt me as much as the lightning strike, because its not my teachers responsibility. After whats being called an act of God, Anderhub says she has no one else to turn to. Its real disheartening and I just know Gods taking care of me, because this could have been a lot worse, she said. Neither the Frisco ISD nor state workers comp officials responded to CBS 11 News requests for comment. Surgery restores vision for Frisco lightning strike victim print Email this article | MORE by JANET ST. JAMES WFAA Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:24 AM Gallery SEE ALL 7 PHOTOS » FRISCO Nothing can persuade Debra Anderhub to touch the umbrella propped against her television. "No," she said firmly. "It just reminds me I'm here, and I'm alive, and I'm good. And God's good." It's a reminder of a stormy spring day; March 20, 2012, to be exact. The 52-year old teacher's assistant was working car duty outside Rogers Elementary in Frisco when she was struck by lightning. "It just went through the whole left side, like a huge electrical shock," Anderhub said. "I felt like my eyes were pulled out and sitting on my cheeks." Within days, the world started to fade from those eyes. "Things went blurry, and then it was just like the lights went out," she said. "I just sat here or laid in the bed. Couldn't read, couldn't drive. Couldn't work the microwave. Couldn't do anything." "She was right on the cusp of being legally blind," said eye surgeon Dr. Dennis Goldsberry. He explained that cataracts are a common side-effect of a lightning strike; not that lightning strikes are common they are about a one-in-a million occurrence. Debra Anderhub's is the only case he's ever seen. "In Debra's case, I think the combination of the bright flash from the lightning in combination with the heat was probably what caused the damage to her lens," Dr. Goldsberry said. Not knowing if he could fix the damage and without promise of any compensation, as Anderhub didn't have medical insurance Dr. Goldsberry replaced her cloudy cataracts with lens implants. "The result is, she sees 20/15 without any glasses today," the surgeon said with a smile. "And, I'm so thankful," Anderhub added. "As a matter of fact, one of my kids at school said, I heard him tell another student, 'You better beware, because Ms. Anderhub can see 200 miles away. She can see everything you do now!' So I love that!" Anderhub's medical bills have been paid by the state's workers compensation program. She still has memory and nerve problems from the lightning strike, along with a tiny scar on her elbow where the bolt left her body. But she has her sight along with that folded up reminder of how fleeting and fortunate life can be. E-mail jstjames@wfaa.com | ||||||||
| Sat, 03/17/2012 07:00 PM Killed | Mohd Ridwan Jamal | 20.0 | M | Melaka India | at football practice | Ground Strike,Indirect,Outside,School,Sports Field | ||
| MELAKA - A Kolej Universiti Teknologi Melaka (KUIM) student died after he was hit by lightning as he was about to join a football training session at the college in Kuala Sungai Baru here yesterday. In the 6.30pm incident, Mohd Ridwan Jamal, 20, a fourth semester Diploma in Nursing Student, was with nine other friends by the side of the field for the session. His elder sister, Roslinda Jamal, 41, who was alerted about the incident by his friends, said Mohd Ridwan died while on the way to the Terendak Camp hospital in Sungai Udang. "I arrived at the hospital at 7pm and was told by the doctors that they were unable to revive him," she told reporters when met at the Melaka Hospital, where his body was brought for a post-mortem. Roslinda said his friends told her that it was drizzling at the time and suddenly there was a loud sound followed by lightning. "They told me all of them were flung from where they were and fled the scene before they realised Mohd Ridwan was lying unconscious," she said. Alor Gajah police chief Supt Umar Ali Saifuddin Shaharudin confirmed the incident and said police had classified the case as suddent death. -- Bernama Read more: Student struck by lightning dies - Latest - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/latest/student-struck-by-lightning-dies-1.61591#ixzz1pVw5Ew1V | ||||||||
| Thu, 03/15/2012 09:00 PM Injured | Joshua Cook | 0.0 | M | Mulkeytown IL USA | kneeling on garage floor fixing car | Cardiac Arrest,CPR,Garage with door open,Indirect,Indoors | ||
| Lightning Strikes Local Man While Working in Garage TOOLS EMAIL THIS ARTICLE FACEBOOK DIGG PRINT THIS ARTICLE By Nick Hausen Story Created: Mar 16, 2012 at 5:40 PM CDT Story Updated: Mar 16, 2012 at 8:59 PM CDT MULKEYTOWN -- When lightning strikes, we've always been told to head indoors. That's what one local man did Thursday night, but it wasn't enough to keep him safe. On Thursday night, many saw a dazzling display of cloud to ground lightning, but one area man got a much closer look than he ever wanted. "I feel lucky, I feel real lucky" said Joshua Cook who was struck by lightning. He was working on his car when he was struck, kneeling here on his dry garage floor, door closed, when a bolt of lightning hit a tree next to his home. "I was under the vehicle and I seen a flash of light and that's the last thing that I remember about the strike," explained Joshua. He was thrown back three feet and landed next to a tractor in the garage, unconscious. His dad, Jerry Cook, was in the garage when it happened, but he thought Josh was playing a joke on him. He quickly realized it was no joke. "Once I got him on his back, I started doing chest compressions," said Jerry Cook. "I told Mike and started screaming to someone to call 911." Jerry gave CPR to his son for more than seven minutes before he finally got a pulse. "To sit there and see your son, which in my opinion was dead and me trying to bring him back, I've never experienced anything like it and I pray to God that I never do, because I'll never forget," said Jerry Cook. The shock of it all hasn't really hit Joshua yet. "It's like it didn't happen because I don't remember any of it, I'm ok with it," explained Joshua. He is recovering well, and has no signs of the lightning strike on his body. While he is still in the hospital, he is expected to be released by Saturday. Previous Article Governor Appeals FEMA for Southern Illinois Aid | ||||||||
| Thu, 03/15/2012 08:00 AM Injured | 2 men | 27.0 | M | Cambridge Ontario Canada | walking across parking lot | Ground Strike,Indirect,Outside,Parking Lot,Work | ||
| A 27-year-old man and 53-year-old man were taken to hospital Thursday morning after being struck by lightning in a Toyota plant parking lot in Cambridge, Ont. Waterloo Regional Police Sgt. Eszes said the men were walking across the parking lot of the plant when a lightning strike hit the lot. Emergency services arrived and took both men to hospital for observation. Both were in good condition. Cambridge is about 100 kilometres southwest of downtown Toronto. gtieman@postmedia.com Twitter.com/gabrielletieman © Copyright (c) Postmedia News | ||||||||
| Thu, 03/15/2012 12:00 PM Injured | Donna Deas | 0.0 | F | Hialeah FL USA | leaving her car | Indirect,Outside,Parking Lot | ||
| Florida Woman Struck By Lightning..."wasn't raining or even stormy" Lucky escape: Mrs Deas' legs were paralyzed for 30 minutes after she was struck by lightning. She and her husband James were knocked out by the blast By: Kris Allred | WSAV-TV Published: March 30, 2012 | 0 Comments | Post a Comment A Florida woman has been struck by lightning in a Toys R Us car park, and it wasn't raining or even stormy. Donna Deas was exiting her car in Hialeah, Florida, when a bolt suddenly hit thie ground near where she was standing. Both she and her husband James were knocked out by the blast, which occurred on March 15. 'It was just overcast and it was just, bam! It was like in a split second,' Donna says. Donna was climbing out of her car when she was struck. "I could feel my legs on fire," she says, whose legs were completely paralysed for 30 minutes after the incident. "My husband fell on the ground. I'm telling him, 'Don't move, don't move. Just wait, just wait.'" This type of lightning strike is called a 'bolt out of the blue.' Contrary to popular belief, there doesn't have to be rain, or even stormy clouds, for you to be at risk. Lightning Facts 1. In the past ten years almost 400 people have been killed by strikes. 2. If you hear thunder or see lightning, you are at risk. Get indoors. 3. Lightning can strike up to ten miles away from the location of a storm. 4. Stay away from windows, as lightning can come through them. 5. If outside, do not take shelter under trees. 6. Stay inside for 30 minutes after you heard the last roll of thunder | ||||||||
| Wed, 03/14/2012 04:15 PM Injured | Emily Bobb 1 of 4 girls | 0.0 | F | Seymnour IN USA | softball practice | Baseball or Softball,Clear sky,First Strike,Outside,School,Sports Field | ||
| VideoPhotoMap More Stories Meth lab explodes in Anderson hotel A meth lab explosion inside an Anderson hotel sent two people & Mom who lost legs in tornado going home An Indiana woman who lost parts of both her legs while & BMV: IYG plate sales violated rules The Indiana Youth Group, the non-profit agency at the center of& Warm winter costs park revenue dollars Warm winter weather took a toll on a northern Indiana parks & Court picks up school voucher appeal The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a & More Stories » Advertisement Four teen athletes injured - one critically - in Seymour lightning strike Updated: Friday, 16 Mar 2012, 7:36 AM EDT Published : Thursday, 15 Mar 2012, 7:11 PM EDT SEYMOUR, Ind. (WISH) - Four softball players were injured when lightning struck just before practice in Seymour on Thursday. Seymour Senior Carlee Westfall told 24-Hour News 8 the skies were clear when the girls softball team headed out on the field around 4:15 PM. The next thing she knew, she saw a flash of light, then saw her teammate fall to the ground and start shaking. Then she said, She just laid there. Westfall said she and another friend started running toward the girl, when she thought another stroke of lightning hit right between them. She described the feeling of being hit, We felt our bodies vibrating, and added, We didnt really know what to expect. Westfall said her legs went numb. A high school freshman was taken to Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health in critical condition after the strike at the high school field in the southern Indiana city. She is identified by friends as freshman Emily Bobb. Hospital officials said Friday morning her condition was upgraded to good. The three others, including Westfall, were taken to Shenck Medical Center in Seymour with non-life-threatening injuries, but were released later in the evening, said Stephanie Furlow, director of marketing at the center. Westfall told 24-Hour News 8 late Thursday that Bobb had been taken off a ventilator at Riley and was speaking, even asking when she could play softball again. Seymour Police Chief Bill Abbott told tribtown.com that the skies were clear at the time of the lightning strike. He and the school's athletic director both declined to release further information about the incident or the girls' identities. Westfall said a meeting is planned with the team before school on Friday. Next week, the school is on spring break. The other girls hurt were Kelsy Nolting, a junior, and Kristin George, a sophomore. Though parts of far southeastern Indiana were under a severe thunderstorm watch at the time, Jackson County was under no weather alerts at the time of the strike, which happened at about 4:15 p.m. Thursday. A strong storm did move through the area shortly after, however, according to Forecast 8 meteorologists. | ||||||||
| Wed, 03/14/2012 04:15 PM Injured | Carlee Westfall 2 of 4 | 0.0 | F | Seymnour IN USA | softball practice | Baseball or Softball,Clear sky,Ground Strike,Indirect,Outside,School,Sports Field | ||
| Wed, 03/14/2012 04:15 PM Injured | 3 of 4 | 0.0 | F | Seymnour IN USA | softball practice | N/A | Baseball or Softball,Bolt out of the blue,Field,First Strike,Ground Strike,Indirect,Outside,School,Sports Field | |
| MUNCIE - Blue skies overhead doesn't mean there's no risk of lightning. Students playing ball on the Ball State University campus Friday thought there was no chance of a lightning bolt striking them at that moment. But a "bolt from the blue" could strike. "That's crazy," some students said. "They're not particularly common. Lightning bolts can strike 25 miles ahead of the storm," said WTHR Severe Weather Specialist Dr. David Call, a Ball State professor. It happened at Seymour High School's softball field Thursday. There was no sign of a storm, but lightning struck freshman Emily Bobb. "Lightning strike knocked her to the ground, they began CPR immediately," said School Superintendent Dr. Teran Armstrong. Bobb was helped by a doctor across the street who saw the strike happen and climbed a fence to help her. "She was not breathing when I go there. She turned blue, her heartbeat was very, very shallow," said Dr. Levi Nehrt. Bobb is listed in good condition at Riley Hospital. Three of her teammates felt tingling. In 1999, it happened to a man in Carmel, who was hit by lightning kicking the ball around on the lawn, with no severe storms in the area. But why? "The top of the storm starts to roll in overhead very quietly because it's not raining yet and, all of a sudden, it sends lightning bolts from the blue sky," said Dr. Call. Seymour school officials say no rules were broken. Like other schools, it has a policy to take cover at the first sign of lightning. "The safety measures we give work in most circumstances, but once in awhile, you just have bad luck," Dr. Call said. WeatherBug sent images to Eyewitness News Meteorologist Chris Wright, showing the first two lightning pulses recorded seven miles from Seymour High School. The lightning was still up in the clouds at that point. But 15 minutes later, Emily Bobb was hit by a cloud-to-ground bolt. WeatherBug says the cloud-to-cloud detectors might give organizations like schools and athletic teams better advance notice of active, but unseen, lightning riding far ahead of the storm. | ||||||||
| Wed, 03/14/2012 04:15 PM Injured | 4 of 4 | 0.0 | F | Seymnour IN USA | softball practice | Baseball or Softball,Bolt out of the blue,Ground Strike,Indirect,Outside,School,Sports Field | ||
| Wed, 03/14/2012 12:00 PM Killed | 3 dead 6 injured | 0.0 | F | Shravasti India | ||||
| Three including mother-duo die and six injured in lightning TNN Mar 15, 2012, 02.29PM IST Tags: Sirsia Community Health Center|Sirsia CHC|Lightning SHRAVASTI: Three persons including a mother-daughter duo died and nine were seriously injured after the lightning struck in the area. Two cattle were also killed in the incident. All the injured have been admitted to Sirsia Community Health Center (CHC). The police have sent the dead bodies for postmortem. The police told that Reeta (35) and his daughter Susheela (10) and Kusumwati (10) were working in the field along with other members of their family, meanwhile the rain stared and all of them went to a temple located in the garden, the lightning fell on the temple all three of them died on the spot while Anshika, Pushpa, Budhai, Sukha Devi, Daleep Jagdai and Jagrana who were standing on the other side of the temple sustained serious injuries. | ||||||||
| Wed, 02/29/2012 12:02 AM Injured | man | 0.0 | M | South Boston VA USA | sitting at desk at DMV | Indirect,Indoors,Police Officer,Work | ||
| Lighting strikes South Boston DMV; employee gets a jolt from desk WRITTEN BY STAFF 11:38 AM 03/01/12 Customers wait there turn to be served outside the DMV 2Go Mobile Office Thursday morning at the DMV. A local Department of Motor Vehicles employee experienced a significant electrical shock resulting from a lighting strike during a severe thunderstorm Wednesday around noon. Although shaken after receiving the jolt while sitting at his desk, the employee was not seriously injured and did not have to be transported to the hospital, according to Halifax Emergency Service Coordinator Kirby Saunders. Emergency service personnel were called to the Department of Motor Vehicles office on Hamilton Boulevard at 12:02 p.m. after receiving a report of someone being struck by lightning. Units from South Boston Fire Department and the Halifax County Rescue Squad responded to the scene along with members from the South Boston Police Department. Upon arrival, Saunders said they were able to determine that only one DMV employee had experienced what was described as an electrical shock while sitting at his desk. This occurred simultaneously with a lightning strike at the front of the office, Saunders said. Officials noted minor damage to the exterior of the building and to two electrical outlets inside. DMV employees reported seeing smoke from the two outlets and immediately evacuated the buildings occupants Wednesday afternoon. According to Melanie Stokes, a spokesperson for the Virginia DMV, the South Boston DMV had to close unexpectedly because of the damage resulting from the storm. The DMV had been scheduled to remain closed on Thursday for repairs; however, the DMV office was open Thursday, and one employee said they would try to remain open as long as the system was working. The DMV 2 Go mobile office was parked outside of the DMV Thursday providing emergency services. Customers also were able to conduct business through DMVs website at www.dmvNOW.com where more than 31 transactions are available. The National Weather Service office confirmed lighting activity in the immediate area around at the time of the DMV strike, Halifax County Emergency Services Coordinator Kirby Saunders said Wednesday. Lightning is one of the most underrated severe weather hazards, yet ranks as one of the top weather killers in the United States. Lightning strikes in America kill about 58 people and injure hundreds of others each year. The safest place to be when lighting threatens is in a substantial structure with electricity and plumbing, Saunders said. However, when inside during a thunderstorm, Saunders urged people to avoid contact with anything that could conduct a lightning strike, including anything that plugs into a wall outlet, corded phones, plumbing, metal doors and window frames. This means do not take a shower or bath during a thunderstorm. Battery-operated computers and cell phones are fine. Generally, enclosed metal vehicles (not convertibles) with the windows rolled up, provide good shelter from lightning, the emergency services coordinator added. If a storm is approaching, get inside immediately. Gazebos, rain or picnic shelters, baseball dugouts, convertible vehicles, and golf carts do not provide protection from lightning. When lightning can be seen or heard, the danger is already present, he added. | ||||||||
| Mon, 02/27/2012 12:00 PM unknown | Jet | 0.0 | U | China | Education,Science | |||
| 'Gigantic Jet', Rare Lightning Bolt, Spotted During 2010 China Thunderstorm (PHOTO) Posted: 02/27/2013 5:05 pm EST GET GREEN ALERTS: SIGN UP FOLLOW: Extreme Weather, Video, China Gigantic Jet, China Gigantic Jet Lightning, China Lightning Photo, Gigantic Jet, Gigantic Jet Lightning, Gigantic Jet Photo, Jet Lightning, Jet Lightning Photo, Lightning Photo, Green News From Elizabeth Howell, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor: A rare glimpse of a "gigantic jet" a huge and mysterious burst of lightning that connects a thunderstorm with the upper atmosphere was made over China in 2010 and was recently described by scientists. The gigantic jet took place in eastern China on Aug. 12, 2010 the farthest a ground-based one has ever been observed from the equator, according to the research team. Previous jets were mainly seen in tropical or subtropical regions, but this one took place around 35 degrees latitude, about the same as the southern part of Tennessee in the United States. A gigantic jet captured above a storm in North Carolina in 2009. "This is the first report from mainland China," lead researcher Jing Yang, an atmospheric scientist with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, told OurAmazingPlanet. The results were recently published in the Chinese Science Bulletin. Researchers got a good look at the storm using a variety of tools, including Doppler radar data and weather pictures in the infrared band of radiation. The gigantic jet peaked at about 55 miles (89 kilometers) above the ground, far above the cloudtops that were measured with Doppler radar at an altitude of 11 miles (17 km). [Infographic: Earth's Atmosphere Top to Bottom] Yang added that her team had possibly seen another gigantic jet in the same area during a different thunderstorm, but said they needed to recheck the data to confirm. "It's not as clear as this one if it is a gigantic jet or not," she said. It wasn't until the last century that electrical activity above thunderclouds was scientifically proven, although rumors based on undocumented observations circulated long before that time. These electrical discharges can take several forms, such as sprites (orange-red flashes) and blue jets, which appear as blue cones. The first confirmed gigantic jet was reported in 2001, after American researchers saw a blue jet reaching 44 miles (70 km) above the clouds at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. This was nearly double the 26-mile (42 km) limit for jets that was previously observed. Two years later, researchers described shapes such as "tree jets" and "carrot jets" that they spotted during a 2002 thunderstorm over the South China Sea near the Philippines. While scientists are still trying to understand how these gigantic jets work, they believe the jets balance out the electrical charge during thunderstorms by discharging the ionosphere a part of the upper atmosphere filled with charged particles. Follow Elizabeth Howell @howellspace, or OurAmazingPlanet on Twitter @OAPlanet. We're also on Facebook and Google+. Electric Earth: Stunning Images of Lightning Strange & Shining: Gallery of Mysterious Night Lights The World's Weirdest Weather Copyright 2013 LiveScience, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ALSO ON HUFFPOST: | ||||||||
| Fri, 02/24/2012 03:15 PM Injured | Anna Morefield 2 of 2 | 9.0 | F | New Bern NC USA | walking from bus to house | Outside,School,Walking to Vehicle | ||
| Fri, 02/24/2012 02:00 PM Killed | woman | 0.0 | F | Fiji | standing in school yard | Ground Strike,Near Trees,Outside,School | ||
| Lightning kills woman in Fiji MICHAEL FIELD Last updated 13:32 24/02/2012 Share Print Text Size A woman has been killed after she was struck by lightning while standing in a school yard with her daughter and other children watching, the Fiji Times reports. Vakamoce Raijeli of Votualevu, east of Nadi International Airport, died instantly from the lightning strike while her five year old daughter Vika Soqo is in hospital with burns. Votualevu Public School manager Pramendra Nath Bharos said the woman and daughter were standing near a mango tree when lightning struck. "The woman and her daughter fell to the ground," he said. He said she died instantly. "The weather was fine. There were a few clouds but it wasn't raining. "Children were outside playing when it happened and it was really unusual," he said. Many children saw the strike. "They were all screaming and most of them were crying and I think they will be traumatised for quite awhile because of what they saw," Bharos said. | ||||||||
| Fri, 02/24/2012 03:15 PM Injured | Abigale Morefield 1 of 2 | 9.0 | F | New Bern NC USA | walking from bus to house | Outside,School,Walking to Vehicle | ||
| RSS Text Size Print Share This HOME / NEWS / LOCAL / Two Young Girls Safe After Close Encounter With Lightning Two Little Girls Safe After Close Encounter With Lightning - Fri, 02/24 » View More Videos Related 12-year-old Abigale Morefield and 9-year-old Anna Morefield. Hail from right outside of Beulaville, right off HWY 24. Credit: Eris Jones Duplin County Storm - Near Beulaville 2/24/2012 By: JONATHAN RODRIGUEZ | WNCT Published: February 24, 2012 Updated: February 24, 2012 - 11:28 PM » 0 Comments | Post a Comment NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) - Two young girls are safe after a very close encounter with lightning. It happened in New Bern, during the severe weather on Friday. "The bus was over there and we got off the bus, started running over here, said 12-year-old Abigale and 9 year old Anna Morefield. They had just gotten home from school when the rain was hammering down. "It was storming real hard and we had just heard of a tornado watch so we thought oh my gosh! The wind was blowing really hard, rain was coming in so we came to the front porch, said the girls mother, Deborah Morefield. Their parents were watching them run to the house when all of sudden they were caught by surprise. "As soon as they got to the grass we hear the bolt of lightning just crash and saw a bolt come down, said Deborah. "The lighting struck that tree and we fell to the ground hard, Abigale remembered. "They were running and it was just like a concussion wave just forced them to the ground, said their step father David Plunkett. The girls got back up and ran to the house as their parents ran to them. "We were really scared, said Anna. "I was scared to death, it though they'd actually gotten hit it was so bright and intense, David said. They called an ambulance and had the girls checked out. EMS crews say they are ok. You can see the scar on the tree where the lightning hit. A shocking experience to say the least, but the girls say they are feeling back to normal. | ||||||||
| Tue, 02/21/2012 12:00 AM unknown | bad safey info | 0.0 | U | AL USA | coffee county, ala eprisenow.com | Bad Safety info | ||
| Officials offer tips for lightning safety By: From staff reports | The Enterprise Ledger Published: February 20, 2012 » 0 Comments | Post a Comment COFFEE COUNTY, Ala. -- Lightning can be one of natures deadliest weather events, and it kills three Alabamians in an average year. Some storms form very quickly, producing this deadly phenomenon, but meteorologists with the National Weather Service offer tips for avoiding lightning strikes. If outside and a lightning storm develops, people should move immediately to a well-constructed house or large building. Avoid using electronics and stay away from any metal, doors or windows. All-metal vehicles are normally safe as well. A common misconception is that the tires of a vehicle protect from electrocution from lightning, but NWS lightning expert John Jensenius said metal actually conducts the lightning away from the passengers and into the ground. If in an all-metal vehicle, do not lean against the doors, he said. If caught outside and someone is too far away from safe shelter, they should crouch down but do not lie flat on the ground, NWS officials say on their website. Avoid isolated trees, and if you are in the woods, stay away from the tallest trees. NWS officials advise people to find a small grove of trees and stay at least 5 feet away to avoid flying bark in case a tree is struck. If in a valley or ravine, be cautious of flooding threats. Less than 1 percent of thunderstorms are classified as severe, which means they produce winds in excess of 58 miles per hour and hail 1 inch or larger in diameter (larger than a quarter). In addition to lightning safety precautions, people are advised to secure loose items to prevent them from becoming dangerous debris in high winds. | ||||||||
| Tue, 02/21/2012 12:00 PM Killed | 10 praying men, 1 dead | 0.0 | M | Malkerns Swaziland | in a house praying | Indoors | ||
| 10 praying men struck by lightning 21 February, 2012 11:38:00 By Fanyana Mabuza Font size: A demon exorcism exercise hosted by a group of 10 members of the Red Gown Sect went awry last Friday afternoon when a lightning bolt struck the house they were praying in, killing one of them instantly. The rest were rushed by Malkerns Police to the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, where they were treated and discharged. Sources close to the matter stated that they went to a one-room flat rented by one of their members, who had been afflicted to a strange illness. It would seem the group believed that she was demon possessed as they are reported to have told members that they were going to drive out the demons that rendered the afflicted member. Neighbours to the rented flat at the Mangozeni area in Malkerns stated that the group of the members arrived fully decked in their colourful gowns and sashes. In a flash, they were heard speaking in tongues while a frenzied sermon was in full progress. They probably did not notice the thunderstorm that was brewing outside and efforts to warn them could not bear the required results. After a few hours with the storm in full progress they opened the door probably to let in some fresh air and that was when the lightning struck, and we heard them wailing in strange voices inside the house. Others hurtled outside shouting that someone had been struck by lightning and it was when the police were called, the witness said. He stated that all 10 of them were rushed to hospital, where one of them was certified dead on arrival. The rest were treated and discharged after spending a few hours at the hospital. Police Spokesperson Superintendent Wendy Hleta confirmed the incident saying that nine Zionists were involved in the incident, where one of them was struck dead by lightning during a church service at Malkerns. The rest were treated and discharged for shock-related afflictions at the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital on Friday night, she said. | ||||||||
| Mon, 02/20/2012 12:00 PM Killed | 1 dead, 1 injured in boat | 0.0 | M | Deduru Oya Sri Lanka | in a boat | Boat,Burnt | ||
| Lightning strikes fisherman Christie Fernando -Chilaw special correspondent A man who was fishing in a boat at the Deduru Oya, Chilaw died when he was struck by lightning last week. His companion who sustained burn injuries, was admitted to the General Hospital, Chilaw in a critical condition. The deceased fisherman was identified as Ruwan Lowe of Chilaw. Jude Marcus was warded at the hospital with severe burn injuries. | ||||||||
| Sat, 02/18/2012 02:30 PM Injured | teen | 0.0 | M | West Harrison county MI USA | in a metal shed | N/A | Metal | |
| Teen struck by lightning; storm damage reported Posted: Feb 18, 2012 4:18 PM EST Updated: Feb 18, 2012 4:47 PM EST Viewer picture of a downed tree in Perkinston Viewer picture of hail near McHenry SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - As severe weather moves through the area, WLOX is receiving numerous reports of damage. In west Harrison County, a juvenile received a shock when lightning struck the shed he was standing inside. According to the Harrison County Fire Marshal Pat Sullivan, AMR responded to reports of someone struck by lightning. When responders arrived, they found the unidentified teen awake and alert. Because he was not struck directly, responders say the teen was not seriously injured. Sullivan says the area is experiencing heavy lightning, and advises that residents take caution and stay inside, away from windows. Barton Baptist Church in Lucedale off Highway 63 has had minor roof damage, that according to the building manager Paul Slater. Slater says the wind lifted up about a five foot section of the roof and left it dangling. Other viewers in George County have reported seeing golf ball sized hail and strong winds near the Stone County line. According to the George County Sheriff's Department, they have not received any reports of any other structure damage. However, they are reporting trees and limbs down. Coast Electric is experiencing wide spread outages in Pearl River county. The company is reporting that around 7,600 customers are without power. Initially, there were an estimated 8,500 outages. Crews are on the scene at multiple sites repairing downed power lines. Stay tuned to WLOX News and WLOX.com for the latest weather updates. Copyright 2012 WLOX. All rights reserved. Lightning strike reported in Harrison County By DONNA HARRIS - dharris@sunherald.com E-MAIL PRINT REPRINT OR LICENSE TEXT SIZE: HARRISON COUNTY -- A young man may have been struck by lightning earlier today, officials said. Harrison County Fire Marshal Pat Sullivan said AMR ambulance crews treated the man, whom he did not identify, but the man refused to be taken to the hospital. The man told officials at the scene he was in a metal shed off Vidalia Road when it was hit by lightning about 2:30 p.m. He said he was struck by lightning, Sullivan said. The man was alert when AMR checked him but said the strike had caused him to lose consciousness for a few minutes, Sullivan said. Sullivan said dangerous lightning is a possibility during the thunderstorm passing through the area. He urged people to use caution when traveling, and to stay inside if possible. Visit SunHerald.com for the latest weather information. Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/17/3761702/lightning-strike-reported-in-harrison.html#storylink=cpy | ||||||||
| Thu, 02/16/2012 12:00 PM Injured | 12 soilders | 0.0 | M | Sri Lanka | Military | |||
| Soldiers hospitalized following lightning strike The military says 12 soldiers were hospitalized after lightning struck land adjoining a building they were constructing in Kamburupitiya this evening. Military spokesman Brigadier Nihal Happuarachi said that the soldiers suffered from shock and were not in a series condition. Meanwhile the department of meteorology has warned that lightning and strong winds can be expected in several parts of the country over the next 24 hours. The public have been advised to remain cautious | ||||||||
| Thu, 02/16/2012 12:00 PM Killed | 3 farmers | 0.0 | M | Guntur district India | ||||
| 3 farmers die because of lightning strike in Guntur By PTI - GUNTUR 17th February 2013 06:57 PM Photos N Anjeneyulu (40) and G Edu Kondalu (40) were struck by lightening when they were in the field, covering the harvested chili crop with tarpaulin. PTI file photo Yesterday's unexpected torrential rain in Guntur district claimed the lives of three farmers, official sources said. N Anjeneyulu (40) and G Edu Kondalu (40) were struck by lightening when they were in the field, covering the harvested chili crop with tarpaulin. At Mulakaluru village, J Govindh (45) died after being struck by lightning as he was returning home after collecting harvested cotton. Cotton and chili crops in the district have been damaged due to the unseasonal rain, officials said. | ||||||||
| Mon, 02/13/2012 12:00 AM Killed | 1 killed, 2 injured | 28.0 | M | Balrampur India | working in field | Farming,Field,Outside | ||
| One killed, two injured in lightning strike PTI | 07:02 PM,Feb 13,2012 Balrampur (UP), Feb 13 (PTI) One person was killed and two others sustained injuries today after they were stuck by lightning, police said here. The incident took place in village Maniaria in Utraula area here this morning when Chotkan (28) and two others were working in a field, they said. The injured have been rushed to hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable, they added. PTI COR ABN PG DBR SPC | ||||||||
| Mon, 02/13/2012 12:00 PM Killed | 5 children, 1 dead | 7.0 | U | Dvumbe Swaziland | ||||
| Gogo drowns, fivestruck by lightning 13 February, 2012 11:32:00 By Winile Masinga Font size: FIVE children from Dvumbe area were struck by lightning killing one on the spot last Friday. The five children were struck by the lightning while waiting near a grocery shop at Dvumbe area. The children are aged between7 to 14. They were rushed to RFM hospital where they were treated and discharged with one of them certified dead. Meanwhile, a 61-year old woman of Tihhosheni area in Hluthi drowned while crossing Ncotjane River. Some people who were following the deceased at a distance witnessed the old woman literally being swept away by the raging water fueled by last Fridays heavy rains. The shocked residents called the police through 999 who responded and searched for the old womans body. On another note, Mbabane police arrested and charged a 38-year old man of Mahwalala for being found in possession of a 7.65 mm pistol loaded with six live rounds of ammunition without a permit or a licence while at Mahwalala Zone 5 in Mbabane. He will appear before the Mbabane magistrates court. Police Public Relations Officer Superintendant Wendy Hleta confirmed the incidents. | ||||||||
| Sun, 02/12/2012 12:00 PM Killed | girl | 5.0 | F | KwaZulu-Natal province India | ||||
| Girl, 5, struck by lightning February 12 2012 at 08:28pm By Sapa INLSA 151211: Lightning strikes over KwaZulu-Natal are likely to to become more frequent, says the South African Weather Service. A five-year-old girl was seriously injured when lighting struck her home in KwaZulu-Natal, the disaster management centre said on Sunday. Zinhle Mthembu was admitted to the Mseleni Hospital on Friday night, said spokesman Mthokozisi Duze. Duze said that, during the same storm, lightning also slightly injured another five people, living in four separate houses in Munyu, Mhabuyalinga. They were taken to the Mbazane clinic where they were treated and released, he said. A family in the area lost three goats and some of their belongings in the storm, said Duze. In Limpopo a woman died when she was struck by lightning in Malamulele, police said on Sunday. Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said 25-year-old Constance Nobele was standing outside in heavy rain when she was hit by a bolt of lightning on Saturday night. She died on the scene. An inquest docket had been opened, Mulaudzi said. - Sapa | ||||||||
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FOR PHILIPPINE INQUIRIES LIKE LIGHTNING ARRESTER SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION
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LIGHTNING ARRESTER SUPPLIER AND INSTALLER IN THE PHILIPPINES
LIGHTNING ARRESTER SUPPLIER AND INSTALLER IN THE PHILIPPINES
LIGHTNING ARRESTER SUPPLIER AND INSTALLER IN METRO MANILA
LIGHTNING ARRESTER SUPPLIER AND INSTALLER IN METRO MANILA
LIGHTNING ARRESTER SUPPLIER AND INSTALLER IN THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC ZONE
LIGHTNING ARRESTER SUPPLIER AND INSTALLER IN THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC ZONE
LIGHTNING ARRESTER SUPPLIER AND INSTALLER IN THE VISAYA REGION
LIGHTNING ARRESTER SUPPLIER AND INSTALLER IN THE VISAYAS REGION
LIGHTNING ARRESTER SUPPLIER AND INSTALLER IN THE MINDANAO
LIGHTNING ARRESTER SUPPLIER AND INSTALLER IN THE MINDANAO
FOR YOUR LIGHTNING STRIKE PROTECTION...LET US HELP YOU AVOID SUCH ACCIDENTS...
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE...BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE...
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I GUARANTEE YOU..YOU'LL NEVER LIVE TO TELL YOUR EXPERIENCE...
DON'T BE THE NEXT VICTIM...PROTECT YOURSELF..YOUR FAMILY..YOUR BUSINESS AT ALL TIMES..
INSTALL A LIGHTNING ARRESTER IN YOUR PLACE...DO IT NOW BEFORE YOUR CAUGHT UNAWARE...
IF YOU HAVE LIGHTING PROTECTION INSTALLED...
YOU'LL HAVE PEACE OF MIND...YOU CAN SLEEP WELL EVEN WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES...
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IN YOUR HOME, IN YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS AND IN YOUR PROPERTIES...
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