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Lightning strikes kill over 90 people in India! | |
| ItsAllOneBigLie Offer Upgrade  User ID: 70941054  United States06/22/2016 10:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| ItsAllOneBigLie (OP) User ID: 70941054 United States06/22/2016 10:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |  "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus "It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners." - Albert Camus "The trouble is, you think you have time." |
| Shiva ascendant User ID: 63483475  Canada06/22/2016 10:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Probably huddling up under trees like cattle in a storm, tree takes a strike and the cattle take the hit by having their hooves on the wet ground. Happens fairly regularly. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper. |
| ItsAllOneBigLie (OP) User ID: 70941054 United States06/22/2016 10:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Probably huddling up under trees like cattle in a storm, tree takes a strike and the cattle take the hit by having their hooves on the wet ground. Happens fairly regularly. Quoting: Shiva ascendant Yeah, but why? I thought it was common knowledge to stay away from those things in lightning storms. "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus "It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners." - Albert Camus "The trouble is, you think you have time." |
| Shiva ascendant User ID: 63483475 Canada06/22/2016 10:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Probably huddling up under trees like cattle in a storm, tree takes a strike and the cattle take the hit by having their hooves on the wet ground. Happens fairly regularly. Quoting: Shiva ascendant Yeah, but why? I thought it was common knowledge to stay away from those things in lightning storms. Maybe they just like the odds and would rather take the chance than get drenched?  Monsoon rains can be extremely intense.EDIT TO ADD: Practically every year you hear about spectators at a PGA event being zapped the same way  Last Edited by Shiva ascendant on 06/22/2016 10:42 AM This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper. |
| ItsAllOneBigLie (OP) User ID: 70941054 United States06/22/2016 10:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Probably huddling up under trees like cattle in a storm, tree takes a strike and the cattle take the hit by having their hooves on the wet ground. Happens fairly regularly. Quoting: Shiva ascendant Yeah, but why? I thought it was common knowledge to stay away from those things in lightning storms. Maybe they just like the odds and would rather take the chance than get drenched? Monsoon rains can be extremely intense.EDIT TO ADD: Practically every year you hear about spectators at a PGA event being zapped the same way Do you really? Lol. I guess they're not too smart. That is an outrageous amount of people who are being struck down each year. You'd think they'd catch on. "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus "It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners." - Albert Camus "The trouble is, you think you have time." |
| Shiva ascendant User ID: 63483475 Canada06/22/2016 11:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper. |
| ItsAllOneBigLie (OP) User ID: 70941054 United States06/22/2016 11:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Can't copy the article link because the site is prohibited here but you might find this statistics table mildly interesting: [link to i.kinja-img.com (secure)] The twelve activities that contribute most to lightning deaths. Quoting: Shiva ascendant That is interesting. I'm honestly not shocked fishing is highest on that list. I know some stupid people who risk their lives to get that bite. "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus "It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners." - Albert Camus "The trouble is, you think you have time." |
| Shiva ascendant User ID: 63483475 Canada06/22/2016 11:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Can't copy the article link because the site is prohibited here but you might find this statistics table mildly interesting: [link to i.kinja-img.com (secure)] The twelve activities that contribute most to lightning deaths. Quoting: Shiva ascendant That is interesting. I'm honestly not shocked fishing is highest on that list. I know some stupid people who risk their lives to get that bite. Personally I'd think that and boating were absolute no brainers  This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 17459618 United States06/22/2016 11:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.cnn.com] Quoting: ItsAllOneBigLie Lightning strikes killed at least 90 people Tuesday in four Indian states as monsoon rains swept across much of the country. "Lightning strikes are common during monsoons, but there have been more strikes than usual this year," said Vyas Ji, principal secretary in Bihar, where a record 57 people died Tuesday from the strikes -- the most of any state in the country. In 2014, 2,582 people died in lightning strikes, according to the government, making lightning the leading killer among all natural disasters in India. Holy shit. Remind me never to go to India. Are they too stupid to go inside and stay out of the way of the lightning, or is the lightning so bad they literally can't get away from it? It's worse in central Africa. The lightning will follow smoke from cooking fires down into the mud huts out of a clear blue sky. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72439904  Belgium06/22/2016 11:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | More than 60 people killed by lightning strikes in Bangladesh only last month: [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] No way this is normal. Of course lightning strikes have always happened, but they have never affected so many people at the same time. Scores of people were injured in France and Germany recently as well, also due to lightning strikes. I'll try to dig up a few threads... |
| ItsAllOneBigLie (OP) User ID: 70941054 United States06/22/2016 11:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | More than 60 people killed by lightning strikes in Bangladesh only last month: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72439904 [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] No way this is normal. Of course lightning strikes have always happened, but they have never affected so many people at the same time. Scores of people were injured in France and Germany recently as well, also due to lightning strikes. I'll try to dig up a few threads... That's what I was thinking, it is certainly strange. Perhaps we're being warned... "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus "It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners." - Albert Camus "The trouble is, you think you have time." |
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