primitives discuss avoiding getting struck by lightning

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=222x66874

Well, scratch another item off the list of things the primitives haven't discussed on Skins's island.

steven johnson  (803 posts)     Sat Aug-08-09 07:58 AM
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ER Physician Tells You How To Avoid A Lightning Strike And What To Do If One Occurs

Lightning injuries affect 800 to 1000 persons per year.

http://www.uic.edu/labs/lightninginjury/treatment.html

ScienceDaily (Aug. 7, 2009) — An estimated 200 people die each year in the U.S. after being struck by lightning. An extremely brief but intense hit delivers more than 10 million volts and is fatal in about 30 percent of cases. Recent lightning strikes in Newark resulted in one death and three injuries.

Prevention begins by seeking cover at the start of a storm. “Lightning seems to be concentrated at the forefront of a storm,” according to Zinzuwadia, “so there tends to be a greater risk of being hit by lightning at the beginning of a storm.”

Once inside, FEMA advises that people avoid contact with corded phones and electrical equipment or cords; do not wash your hands, take a shower, wash dishes, or do laundry because plumbing and bathroom fixtures can conduct electricity; stay away from windows and doors; stay off porches; and do not lie on concrete floors or lean against concrete walls.

blue neen  (1000+ posts)      Sat Aug-08-09 08:55 AM
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1. This is valuable information to have.

I didn't know about the practice of standing on one leg, but it sure makes sense!

notesdev (1000+ posts)        Sat Aug-08-09 08:58 AM
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2. The first thing to do after getting hit by lightning: buy a lottery ticket

[BlueStateSaint]

I know of a way:

Don't mock God.

[Flame]

I used to be pretty lax about lightening safetly, until my sister witness a man get struck, and she spent 10 minutes performing CPR on him in the pouring rain in a parking lot (She was about 7 mths pregnant at the time, too).   The guy didn't make it.

That, and living in Florida, and I'm a bit more paranoid about it now.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I believe they should all get 3-meter whip antennas, and then go out to use them as implements for speaking Progressive truth to nature's power and send white healing light at those bad Republican clouds when a thunderstorm approaches.

[The Village Idiot]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=222x66874

Well, scratch another item off the list of things the primitives haven't discussed on Skins's island.

We need trillion-dollar National Lightening Insurance now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[docstew]

I believe they should all get 3-meter whip antennas, and then go out to use them as implements for speaking Progressive truth to nature's power and send white healing light at those bad Republican clouds when a thunderstorm approaches.

but DAT, they'll get a much better quality signal broadcast by using a higher antenna mast, ideally one where they attach the grounding strap to the left shoulder, and for max effectiveness, wear metal cleated shoes

[JohnnyReb]

DUmmies really should drive a copper rod 8 feet into the ground close to 10 miles of interconnected pasture fence.......whenever a bad storm comes up they should all run out and grab the fence and copper rod at the same time. Since they are now well grounded lightning will not strike them....

[DumbAss Tanker]

but DAT, they'll get a much better quality signal broadcast by using a higher antenna mast, ideally one where they attach the grounding strap to the left shoulder, and for max effectiveness, wear metal cleated shoes

That would work too...

 

[Ralph Wiggum]

I will stick with the famous advice on how not to get struck by lighting from golfer Lee Trevino: hold a 1-iron straight up in the air, because even God can't hit a one-iron.

[BlueStateSaint]

I will stick with the famous advice on how not to get struck by lighting from golfer Lee Trevino: hold a 1-iron straight up in the air, because even God can't hit a one-iron.

 

[Vagabond]

I've actually been hit.  I got caught out in the open when one of those late summer Florida monsters blew in.  There was to way to get to safety fast enough, I was three miles out in the woods.  It was just luck that it only jolted and tossed me fifty feet.

[Chris_]

I've actually been hit.  I got caught out in the open when one of those late summer Florida monsters blew in.  There was to way to get to safety fast enough, I was three miles out in the woods.  It was just luck that it only jolted and tossed me fifty feet.

My father in law has been hit twice, the second time as a 16 year old, he had to walk himself down from the mountaintop in Zion National Park before he could get attended to.  (18 months of skin grafts on his feet from where the lightning shot 'exited' to ground.)

And then, his son got hit once in Mesa, AZ when he was 12.

[PatriotGame]

I believe they should all get 3-meter whip antennas, and then go out to use them as implements for speaking Progressive truth to nature's power and send white healing light at those bad Republican clouds when a thunderstorm approaches.

Or this....

[diesel driver]

My father in law has been hit twice, the second time as a 16 year old, he had to walk himself down from the mountaintop in Zion National Park before he could get attended to.  (18 months of skin grafts on his feet from where the lightning shot 'exited' to ground.)

And then, his son got hit once in Mesa, AZ when he was 12.

Sounds like getting struck by lightning might be hereditary....

[Vagabond]

My father in law has been hit twice, the second time as a 16 year old, he had to walk himself down from the mountaintop in Zion National Park before he could get attended to.  (18 months of skin grafts on his feet from where the lightning shot 'exited' to ground.)

And then, his son got hit once in Mesa, AZ when he was 12.

Ouch! I just remember running for a stand of trees and having just enought time to realize I was in trouble when all my hair stood on end.  Next thing I remember was laying on the ground fifty feet from where I knew I had been standing.  I was only out for a few seconds, I could taste the ozone still in the air.  I had to wait out the storm and walk home in the dark.  They had a doctor look me over and he declared me lucky, it wasn't the first or the last time for that.