jlmiracle 7 #1 August 6, 2003 So Saturday was cloudy so I decided to weed the garden. I was almost done when it started to rain so I stopped and went inside. When it stopped raining I went back out to finish even though it was still thundering and lightning. Just as I dumped my last bucket into the compost bin, lightning struck (somewhere close) and knocked me to the ground, or at least that's where I ended up. I shook for about 2 hours afterwards. My question, if anyone knows, would be, could the lightning have really knocked me down (or did I just instinctively dive for the ground) and how close would it have to have been? Its kinda of a stupid topic, but I'm bored at work. JudyBe kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #2 August 6, 2003 thats pretty freaky. i dont know shit about lightening though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #3 August 6, 2003 How close ? Close enough to make you glad you weren't playing golf at the time. LOL You would have to change your name to "rod". LOL (OK OK... that was lame.) Glad you're OK.http://www.brandonandlaura.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #4 August 6, 2003 It's possible that it short-circuited your nervous system for a while. If you lost muscle control then you'd almost have to fall to the ground -- wouldn't you? See http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Biographies/GalvaniBio.htmquade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #5 August 6, 2003 QuoteIt's possible that it short-circuited your nervous system for a while. If you lost muscle control then you'd almost have to fall to the ground -- wouldn't you? Its interesting you said that cause I my arms shook for about 30 minutes my my legs trembled for close to 2 hours and I freak out now a bit when I see lightning. Not sure if I was shaking because of the strike or cause it scared the piss out of me (not literally, but almost). JudyBe kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casie 0 #6 August 6, 2003 Glad you're ok. I agree with Quade! My mom has been struck by lightningTWICE & both times she was knocked down. My grandpa was also struck the first time my mom was. I guess it kinda runs in the family.....~Porn Kitty WARNING: Goldschlager causes extreme emotional outbursts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #7 August 6, 2003 i have heard of people going airborn due to a super close lightining strike.www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #8 August 6, 2003 there is a SW indian tribe (cant recall which) that believes a man struck by lightning is 'outside the world' and no longer has to obey the normal rules of society, they are veiwed as shamans who speak for the gods...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #9 August 6, 2003 Quote You would have to change your name to "rod". LOL (OK OK... that was lame.) reply] My husband heard the lightning hit, comes outside and I'm slowly getting off the ground, asks me if I'm okay, and if I was struck, I said no, I'm not smoking. Then, of course, offers me an umbrella and a golf club. JudyBe kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites CrazyIvan 0 #10 August 6, 2003 I'm glad that you're OK, now tell me....Do you have any super-powers now? __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jlmiracle 7 #11 August 6, 2003 if shaking uncontrolably when there is lightning is a super power, then yes. I'm hoping this will go away. JudyBe kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Casie 0 #12 August 6, 2003 Quotethere is a SW indian tribe (cant recall which) that believes a man struck by lightning is 'outside the world' and no longer has to obey the normal rules of society, they are veiwed as shamans who speak for the gods... Really? That's interesting....I'll have to tell my mom that. She actually collects indian artifacts!~Porn Kitty WARNING: Goldschlager causes extreme emotional outbursts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #13 August 6, 2003 QuoteThen, of course, offers me an umbrella and a golf club. Did he also spray you down with a brine solution? If at first you don't succeed...... Your story sounds a bit like a friend's. He stopped to use a pay phone. He was talking and all of a sudden the person he was talking to heard a loud crash. After about a minute my friend picked the phone back up and casually mentions......"I think I got struck by lightning." He was talking one second and the next he knew he was laying on the ground. Didn't hurt him at all as far as I know. "I've been struck...si-si-si-....six----six" "Wow...struck SIX times!!" "Six-six-sixty-six times..." -The Great Outdoors Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zenister 0 #14 August 6, 2003 QuoteQuotethere is a SW indian tribe (cant recall which) that believes a man struck by lightning is 'outside the world' and no longer has to obey the normal rules of society, they are veiwed as shamans who speak for the gods... Really? That's interesting....I'll have to tell my mom that. She actually collects indian artifacts! when i get home i'll dig thru my library and tell you which one... for the longest time i used to play outside during thunderstorms so as to have an excuse for my behavior edit: i did have lightning hit a tree about a 100yds away while i was out riding, wasnt even a thunderstorm yet. just getting cloudy..horse thru me and took off, luckily he stopped about a 1/4 mile away or i'd have had a looong walk back..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mountainman 0 #15 August 6, 2003 Quotei have heard of people going airborn due to a super close lightining strike. Which is just another good reason for wearing your rig while walking around the house naked. Can you imagine ? |||LIGHTING STRIKE||| You're suddenly in freefall... toss... flare. Holy shit. http://www.brandonandlaura.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #16 August 6, 2003 QuoteWhich is just another good reason for wearing your rig while walking around the house naked. Like ANYONE needed MORE reasons for that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chopchop 0 #17 August 6, 2003 A week or so ago, I was listening to a talk radio show and it was about this guy that is working on harnessing lightening as a source of power.. He said that people that live through lightening "strikes" aren't really struck at all.. The ground near them was hit and they got a jolt as a result. The closer, the stronger the jolt. He also said a direct hit would essentially vaporize the person. "Hello... police... I need to speak to the missing persons dept.. Last I seen her, I sent her to the roof to adjust the antennae during the thunderstorm..." chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #18 August 6, 2003 QuoteHe also said a direct hit would essentially vaporize the person. I'm not sure that's true. http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medical.htm Oh, as as for harnessing lightning as a power source . . . uh, was there a Flux Capacitor involved?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bmcd308 0 #19 August 6, 2003 I was on a trap field when lightning struck the ground the next field over. Several people on that squad fell down, and about ten of us felt really odd afterward, but noone was shaking. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BlueEyedMonster 0 #20 August 6, 2003 Yes it is possible. The sound you hear (thunder) is a shockwave cause by the air being superheated by the electral discharge. Very similar to an explosion. So if a bomb went off next to you that can be heard for miles, you are going to go flying... just as you would with a large lightning strike. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chopchop 0 #21 August 6, 2003 QuoteQuoteHe also said a direct hit would essentially vaporize the person. I'm not sure that's true. http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medical.htm hmmm... I don't see on there where they discuss whether these are direct hits or near misses which are what the guy said are considered strikes.. can you point that part out? QuoteOh, as as for harnessing lightning as a power source . . . uh, was there a Flux Capacitor involved? Very funny... but the show was of a serious note. It was based on the work of Nikola Tesla chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #22 August 6, 2003 My point was that the NOAA medical page doesn't mention a lot of folks being vaporized. However (and f me because I can't find it right now), there is a Park Ranger somewhere that holds the record for being struck the most times and still living, something like 6 times I think. He has this really neat Smokey Bear hat with a really neat hole that got punched in it from a lightning strike and he certainly wasn't vaporized. As for Tesla . . . I'm a big fan of his earlier work with collapsing magnetic fields and since most of my adult work life has relied on looking at cathode ray tubes, I'm eternally grateful. I'm also grateful for his AC current that powers them. However, Tesla's concepts of powering the world by turning it into a large capacitor was flawed in several ways. A variation of it does allow us to have TV, radio and cell phones and for that I'm also grateful, but getting power from lightning is, in a single word, stupid. Where could you possibly put it? What could possibly absorb that much energy and then release it in a controlled manner? Further, lightning, while it does in fact strike the same place more than once, is awfully unpredictable in doing so. Edited to add. Well, I can't find the hat, but . . . here we go . . . (1). I was wrong, it was seven times. QuoteThe person that holds the title for the most times struck by lightning is the former human lightning conductor of Virginia, ex-park ranger, Roy C. Sullivan. He was struck seven times. He was never killed by lightning but finally took his own life in 1983 reportedly rejected by love. Also see . . . http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?id=48497quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zenister 0 #23 August 6, 2003 and a watch thats internal components were vaporized and have scorch marks at the entry and exit points.. people have been hit directly by lightning..Ripley's has run a show that had pictures of flash burns caused by direct contact...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chopchop 0 #24 August 6, 2003 Well... there you have it.. guess you can't believe everything you hear on public radio.. Oh, well... it kept me awake for 2 hours at the end of a long drive. chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. 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CrazyIvan 0 #10 August 6, 2003 I'm glad that you're OK, now tell me....Do you have any super-powers now? __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #11 August 6, 2003 if shaking uncontrolably when there is lightning is a super power, then yes. I'm hoping this will go away. JudyBe kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casie 0 #12 August 6, 2003 Quotethere is a SW indian tribe (cant recall which) that believes a man struck by lightning is 'outside the world' and no longer has to obey the normal rules of society, they are veiwed as shamans who speak for the gods... Really? That's interesting....I'll have to tell my mom that. She actually collects indian artifacts!~Porn Kitty WARNING: Goldschlager causes extreme emotional outbursts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #13 August 6, 2003 QuoteThen, of course, offers me an umbrella and a golf club. Did he also spray you down with a brine solution? If at first you don't succeed...... Your story sounds a bit like a friend's. He stopped to use a pay phone. He was talking and all of a sudden the person he was talking to heard a loud crash. After about a minute my friend picked the phone back up and casually mentions......"I think I got struck by lightning." He was talking one second and the next he knew he was laying on the ground. Didn't hurt him at all as far as I know. "I've been struck...si-si-si-....six----six" "Wow...struck SIX times!!" "Six-six-sixty-six times..." -The Great Outdoors Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #14 August 6, 2003 QuoteQuotethere is a SW indian tribe (cant recall which) that believes a man struck by lightning is 'outside the world' and no longer has to obey the normal rules of society, they are veiwed as shamans who speak for the gods... Really? That's interesting....I'll have to tell my mom that. She actually collects indian artifacts! when i get home i'll dig thru my library and tell you which one... for the longest time i used to play outside during thunderstorms so as to have an excuse for my behavior edit: i did have lightning hit a tree about a 100yds away while i was out riding, wasnt even a thunderstorm yet. just getting cloudy..horse thru me and took off, luckily he stopped about a 1/4 mile away or i'd have had a looong walk back..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #15 August 6, 2003 Quotei have heard of people going airborn due to a super close lightining strike. Which is just another good reason for wearing your rig while walking around the house naked. Can you imagine ? |||LIGHTING STRIKE||| You're suddenly in freefall... toss... flare. Holy shit. http://www.brandonandlaura.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #16 August 6, 2003 QuoteWhich is just another good reason for wearing your rig while walking around the house naked. Like ANYONE needed MORE reasons for that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopchop 0 #17 August 6, 2003 A week or so ago, I was listening to a talk radio show and it was about this guy that is working on harnessing lightening as a source of power.. He said that people that live through lightening "strikes" aren't really struck at all.. The ground near them was hit and they got a jolt as a result. The closer, the stronger the jolt. He also said a direct hit would essentially vaporize the person. "Hello... police... I need to speak to the missing persons dept.. Last I seen her, I sent her to the roof to adjust the antennae during the thunderstorm..." chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #18 August 6, 2003 QuoteHe also said a direct hit would essentially vaporize the person. I'm not sure that's true. http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medical.htm Oh, as as for harnessing lightning as a power source . . . uh, was there a Flux Capacitor involved?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmcd308 0 #19 August 6, 2003 I was on a trap field when lightning struck the ground the next field over. Several people on that squad fell down, and about ten of us felt really odd afterward, but noone was shaking. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueEyedMonster 0 #20 August 6, 2003 Yes it is possible. The sound you hear (thunder) is a shockwave cause by the air being superheated by the electral discharge. Very similar to an explosion. So if a bomb went off next to you that can be heard for miles, you are going to go flying... just as you would with a large lightning strike. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopchop 0 #21 August 6, 2003 QuoteQuoteHe also said a direct hit would essentially vaporize the person. I'm not sure that's true. http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medical.htm hmmm... I don't see on there where they discuss whether these are direct hits or near misses which are what the guy said are considered strikes.. can you point that part out? QuoteOh, as as for harnessing lightning as a power source . . . uh, was there a Flux Capacitor involved? Very funny... but the show was of a serious note. It was based on the work of Nikola Tesla chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #22 August 6, 2003 My point was that the NOAA medical page doesn't mention a lot of folks being vaporized. However (and f me because I can't find it right now), there is a Park Ranger somewhere that holds the record for being struck the most times and still living, something like 6 times I think. He has this really neat Smokey Bear hat with a really neat hole that got punched in it from a lightning strike and he certainly wasn't vaporized. As for Tesla . . . I'm a big fan of his earlier work with collapsing magnetic fields and since most of my adult work life has relied on looking at cathode ray tubes, I'm eternally grateful. I'm also grateful for his AC current that powers them. However, Tesla's concepts of powering the world by turning it into a large capacitor was flawed in several ways. A variation of it does allow us to have TV, radio and cell phones and for that I'm also grateful, but getting power from lightning is, in a single word, stupid. Where could you possibly put it? What could possibly absorb that much energy and then release it in a controlled manner? Further, lightning, while it does in fact strike the same place more than once, is awfully unpredictable in doing so. Edited to add. Well, I can't find the hat, but . . . here we go . . . (1). I was wrong, it was seven times. QuoteThe person that holds the title for the most times struck by lightning is the former human lightning conductor of Virginia, ex-park ranger, Roy C. Sullivan. He was struck seven times. He was never killed by lightning but finally took his own life in 1983 reportedly rejected by love. Also see . . . http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?id=48497quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #23 August 6, 2003 and a watch thats internal components were vaporized and have scorch marks at the entry and exit points.. people have been hit directly by lightning..Ripley's has run a show that had pictures of flash burns caused by direct contact...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopchop 0 #24 August 6, 2003 Well... there you have it.. guess you can't believe everything you hear on public radio.. Oh, well... it kept me awake for 2 hours at the end of a long drive. chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottishJohn 25 #25 August 7, 2003 A couple of years ago I was renting a house with some mates and the house got struck by lightning. The lightening struck the satelltte dish came down the cable through the TV , Video, Satelitte controler, cable controler, Nintendo 64, Hi Fi, sony playstation then blew the electric sockets out of the wall. The lightening also arced between 2 coach lamps that were on one of the walls. I was sitting about 5 ft away at the time watching the TV and I never want to be as close as that again. My ears were ringing for about 5 min coz the noise was so loud. oh , and nove of the stuff was insured ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you think my attitude stinks you should smell my fingers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
