Still Waters Posted July 17, 2013 #1 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Did you think that you were safe from lightning strikes while you’re indoors, paying for your groceries? Apparently not. A woman standing in line at a Louisiana supermarket was struck by lightning, a baffling event that a meteorologist called “one-in-a-million.” She ended up in the hospital, and business went on as usual in the store. http://consumerist.c...-grocery-store/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckys_Mom Posted July 17, 2013 #2 Share Posted July 17, 2013 It never strikes you that it can happen in doors... Pun intended lol Glad she is ok though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted July 17, 2013 #3 Share Posted July 17, 2013 It never strikes you that it can happen in doors... Pun intended lol Glad she is ok though. Hell, I never knew it COULD strike a person inside a building. One more thing to worry about 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckys_Mom Posted July 17, 2013 #4 Share Posted July 17, 2013 It would scare the life out of some shoplifters ..."Did you pay for that?..."Erm yes, and may god strike me down If I am lying"...ZAP!!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted July 18, 2013 #5 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I was hit by lightning that traveled through the plumbing and electric of my home when it was under construction. I had a grip on a radial arm table saw when a bolt hit our house. Sparks shot out of the receptacles and it blew a hole in a cold water pipe. It felt like someone hit me in my er "tender parts" with a hammer. It was not pleasant I assure you, but fortunately most of the electricity went elsewhere and not through me. I'm perfectly find today. What was I just saying.....? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted July 18, 2013 #6 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I was hit by lightning that traveled through the plumbing and electric of my home when it was under construction. I had a grip on a radial arm table saw when a bolt hit our house. Sparks shot out of the receptacles and it blew a hole in a cold water pipe. It felt like someone hit me in my er "tender parts" with a hammer. It was not pleasant I assure you, but fortunately most of the electricity went elsewhere and not through me. I'm perfectly find today. What was I just saying.....? That is more or less what happened here. Getting struck by lightning wasn't actually what happened. The 'building' was struck by lightning, the charge traveled through the 'sprinkler system' and exited on the floor plate where she was standing. According to the sheriff's office, the lightning struck the building roof, conducted through the sprinkler system and struck a metal plate on the floor, ultimately striking Brooks.. http://www.wwltv.com/news/lafourche-terrebonne/Lightning-strikes-woman-inside-supermarket-215607921.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshadow60 Posted July 18, 2013 #7 Share Posted July 18, 2013 One of my ancestors was struck by ilghtning standing in the vestibule of her home. She was holding her granddaughter at the time and both were killed instantly. Happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted July 18, 2013 #8 Share Posted July 18, 2013 One of my ancestors was struck by ilghtning standing in the vestibule of her home. She was holding her granddaughter at the time and both were killed instantly. Happens. No. It doesn't happen. Lightning cannot penetrate through a roof and continue down through the air. It isn't possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Feet Posted July 18, 2013 #9 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I wonder if she'll have a lichtenberg pattern scar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic Chicken Posted July 18, 2013 #10 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I can just imagine her shoe go flying off into the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient astronaut Posted July 18, 2013 #11 Share Posted July 18, 2013 All I have to say is DAMN!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshadow60 Posted July 18, 2013 #12 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Who mentioned anything about a roof? She was standing in the vestibule of her home and in the doorway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunn Posted July 18, 2013 #13 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Shocking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted July 18, 2013 #14 Share Posted July 18, 2013 A hot lightning bolt travelling along a sprinkler system, and it didn't set the sprinklers-off? OK, maybe not enough heat. And the blown-off shoe... Is that why I always just see 1 shoe on a highway? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d e v i c e Posted July 18, 2013 #15 Share Posted July 18, 2013 It just goes to show you could be killed at any given moment, by any number of things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted July 19, 2013 #16 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Who mentioned anything about a roof? She was standing in the vestibule of her home and in the doorway. Oh, so the door was open? That is a whole different scenario than what I had envisioned. I thought she was just standing there and wallah, right through the roof. That actually does happen. I remember a story just a few years ago of a woman that was praying at her open window. Praying, as it were, that God would protect her family from the terrible lightning storm that was going on. Zapppp....she was struck by lightning while praying at the window. It is impossible for lightning to strike inside a closed room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted July 19, 2013 #17 Share Posted July 19, 2013 It is impossible for lightning to strike inside a closed room. Actually it can, indirectly. For example this is why we are advised not to be on a "land-line" telephone, hand washing dishes, or taking a bath/shower during a lightning storm, amongst other advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted July 20, 2013 #18 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Actually it can, indirectly. For example this is why we are advised not to be on a "land-line" telephone, hand washing dishes, or taking a bath/shower during a lightning storm, amongst other advise. Yes...indirectly...but one cannot ever, never has been, never will be, anywhere on God's Grey Earth, struck by lightning directly inside any fully enclosed building. It is impossible. It can't happen, won't happen and never happened and never will happen...and isn't happening now...no way, no where, no how! Phew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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