Saturday, May 28, 2016

Serious Lighning Strikes

   
 
Photo: science.howstuffworks.com





 Regular readers may recall that one of my sons was struck by lightning while inside a building in 2011. He has lasting painful injuries.     Today, is a notable day because today in Paris, at a park,  11 people were struck by lightning while at a birthday party.  Several are in critical condition and eight of those struck are children.    In Southern Germany,  35 people were struck by lightning while attending a soccer match.  At least one person is critically injured.   In Poland, a man was killed while descending a mountain as he was struck by lightning.

Please read our prior posts on the subject of lightning injury and lightning damage abatement:


http://rationalpreparedness.blogspot.com/2012/10/post-lightning-injuries.html

http://rationalpreparedness.blogspot.com/2012/02/protection-from-lightning-hazards.html

http://rationalpreparedness.blogspot.com/2012/02/exploring-possibility-of-adding.html

http://rationalpreparedness.blogspot.com/2013/02/overcoming-long-term-lightning-injury.html

http://rationalpreparedness.blogspot.com/2012/04/professional-lightning-protection.html

http://rationalpreparedness.blogspot.com/2012/05/lightning-protection-for-trees.html

http://learnedfromdaniel.blogspot.com/2011/08/lightning.html