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Man Holding Cigarette 'Zapped' By Lightning
local6 ^
| June 25, 2008
Posted on 06/26/2008 10:27:30 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A man watching TV and listening to music inside an Orange County apartment was struck by lightning while holding a cigarette out of a window.
Adam Rice was struck on the hand Wednesday afternoon at the Whisper Lake apartments, located on state Road 436 south of University Boulevard.
"All of sudden it sounded like fireworks go off, just loud pops, like, constantly," Rice said. "The whole house lit up blue, and I got zapped on my hand."
Rice told Local 6 News that the current traveled through his body and exited between the two smallest toes on one of his feet.
"My foot just kind of burns a little and stings when I walk," Rice said.
The lightning strike also caused a small brush fire nearby.
"I called the fire department and I (said), 'I just got struck by lightning and the woods are on fire," Rice said. "Next thing I know my body felt like I stuck a fork in an outlet. I just dove off my bed until it was gone," Rice said.
Rice refused medical treatment and said he will be going on a date Wednesday night.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chat; cig; florida; lightning
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To: stainlessbanner
The lightning strike also caused a small brush fire nearby. Second hand lightning.
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:28:46 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
To: stainlessbanner
That rarely happens, but it’s happened to this chap three times.
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:29:28 AM PDT
by
CWWren
(Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress....but I repeat myself.)
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:29:31 AM PDT
by
saganite
To: stainlessbanner
To: stainlessbanner
Wouldn’t it be easier to use a cigarette lighter or a match to light your smoke?
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:29:41 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Tom Manion '08-My only reason for voting this year)
To: stainlessbanner
Kickin’ the habit the hard way...
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:30:02 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Friends with umbrellas are outstanding in the rain.)
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:30:14 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: stainlessbanner
The young feller learned what happens when you post DU screeds to FR...
To: stainlessbanner
I know my body felt like I stuck a fork in an outlet. Why do I have the feeling that he knows EXACTLY how that feels?
More than once.
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:32:05 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: stainlessbanner
He better thank God he was born right-handed, apparently.
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:32:55 AM PDT
by
krb
(If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:33:13 AM PDT
by
Smile-n-Win
(There has been no terrorism on U.S. soil since 9/11. That is about to CHANGE soon!)
To: Izzy Dunne
¡Viva Zappa!
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:34:14 AM PDT
by
null and void
(every Muslim, the minute he can start differentiating, carries hate of Americans, Jews & Christians)
To: stainlessbanner
Boy this gives a whole new meaning to the Surgeon General's warning of how smoking can be hazardous to your health.lol
Just goes to prove (and in the spirit of full disclosure, I AM a smoker) that one can go thru life smoke free and one day, get struck by lightning (OR RUN OVER BY A BUS) and still end up as "demised" as if one has succumbed to medical conditions attributed to puffing on the "evil weed."
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:34:59 AM PDT
by
Conservative Vermont Vet
((One of ONLY 37 Conservatives in the People's Republic of Vermont. Socialists and Progressives All))
To: stainlessbanner
The good news is that mercifully he has been knocked so silly he thinks he has a date .
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:35:58 AM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
To: stainlessbanner
A guy fishing on the beach here the other day got zapped, too.
To: stainlessbanner
It wasn't lightning. It was the crystal meth fumes belching from the window.
To: stainlessbanner
"I called the fire department and I (said), 'I just got struck by lightning and the woods are on fire," Rice said. "Next thing I know my body felt like I stuck a fork in an outlet. I just dove off my bed until it was gone," Rice said. I don't understand this. First he was struck on the hand. Then he made a phone call. Then he was struck again?
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:37:23 AM PDT
by
Drawsing
(The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
To: zot
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:37:28 AM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: stainlessbanner
So, did he finish the cigarette?
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posted on
06/26/2008 10:37:30 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(This tagline is completely naked - STOP STARING!)
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