A Shocking Inquiry

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Aug 29, 2010 | 06:03 AM

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andyd

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Re: A Shocking Inquiry

You'd be safe in a hardtop!! From Top Gear.....

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/t...while-in-a-car-

Or bolt a 60 foot lightning conducter to the car!!

Aug 29, 2010 | 06:48 AM

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roctech

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Re: A Shocking Inquiry

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Originally Posted by Learnin

There's bolts of lightning, and then there's real bolts of lightning. That lady got struck by a real bolt of lightning.

That was actually were i live, upstae N.Y. Don,t remember that story on the local news. Really odd since lightning storms are kind of rare around here. I don.t drive my roadster in the rain so i,m not concerned

Aug 30, 2010 | 11:20 AM

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Learnin

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From: St. Marys, Kansas

Re: A Shocking Inquiry

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Originally Posted by Crosscar

About 2,000 people are killed worldwide by lightning each year. Hundreds more survive strikes but suffer from a variety of lasting symptoms, including memory loss, dizziness, weakness, numbness, and other life-altering ailments. There are about 6,865,000,000 people in the world, so you chances of getting hit are less than 1 in 3 million.Actually those are pretty good odds and some of those ailments sound a lot like some that us old people already have anyway. LOL

Yea, I wonder if I coulda been struck without knowing it?

Aug 30, 2010 | 12:00 PM

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apkano

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I can't believe I actually just read this.

Aug 30, 2010 | 03:33 PM

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Bladecutter

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Re: A Shocking Inquiry

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Originally Posted by Learnin

Yea, you're probably right...it's just that being up around 12,000 feet makes me a little jittery if it's lightning.

Hmmn...

Since you live in Kansas, and you are planning on heading up to 12k feet, then that means you're most likely coming over here to Colorado.

Honestly, don't worry about getting hit by lightning.
It happens, but its a rarity.

Worry more about getting hit by another stupid driver.
Especially if the weather is clear, traffic is light, and the road is straight.
That happens all the time.

BC.