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A Eufaula woman is deceased after being struck by lightning
Fox 23 ^ | 7/1/25 | Fox 23 staff

Posted on 07/02/2025 7:58:13 AM PDT by DallasBiff

EUFAULA, Okla. —One woman is deceased after being struck by lightning in Eufaula.

Joy Rogers, 57, was taking an evening stroll through a cemetery along her usual two-mile path on Friday when a storm moved through. Joy took a seat on a bench under a tree and was struck by lightning, says her uncle Joe Johnson. Rogers died instantly.

Her uncle said Joy was the life of the party and was truly a ‘joy’ to have at every gathering. According to him, his niece was a lover of nature and would take walks along the lake shoreline. On her walks through the cemetery, she would sometimes take pictures of old tombstones.

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RIP. Ever since I was a little kid, I heard never shelter under a tree during a lightning storm.
1 posted on 07/02/2025 7:58:13 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Wow!
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RIP Young Lady.


2 posted on 07/02/2025 8:02:28 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: DallasBiff

I was taught the same. Lightning seeks the highest point, and cemeteries are often on high ground.


3 posted on 07/02/2025 8:10:53 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: DallasBiff

Thunderstorms rarely come out of nowhere.

Usually you can hear the thunder well in advance.

When you see one coming, get into shelter, and NEVER a tree.


4 posted on 07/02/2025 8:11:14 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: DallasBiff

RIP Joy.


5 posted on 07/02/2025 8:27:24 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: DallasBiff

Rip.

“She always was the life of the party!”

Yeah, we can tell:

“On her walks through the cemetery, she would sometimes take pictures of old tombstones.”

🪦 May she rest in peace


6 posted on 07/02/2025 8:27:36 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: DallasBiff

She lived in Florida where lightning is rare, so she never was taught that.

(Just kidding, folks)


7 posted on 07/02/2025 8:30:36 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: DallasBiff

Getting hit by lightning is a crap shoot.....we had 3 people hit in the same county in Florida recently and all survived.

RIP to this poor unfortunate soul.


8 posted on 07/02/2025 8:30:38 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: metmom

Even on clear, cloudless days you may not be safe!

When Lightning Strikes Out of a Blue Sky
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43941393


9 posted on 07/02/2025 8:34:18 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: DallasBiff

A tree? Where is the mem: He (She) chose poorly.


10 posted on 07/02/2025 8:40:21 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: rdl6989
...Lightning seeks the highest point...

Technically, the path with the least electrical resistance passes the charge. That is made complex by the makeup of the soil and objects standing on the soil. It is strongly affected by any ionization already present in the air. For example, a steel flagpole anchored deeply in the ground will take a hit before an oak tree of the same height. (In the same vicinity) Next, the position of the charged air relative to possible strike points has to be considered. Distance to a strike point from the charged air is a major factor.

All babble aside, stay clear of tall things during a lightning storm.

Lightning doesn't necessarily originate in clouds. It can nail you on a cloudless day, a "bolt from the blue" really is possible. Oh, lightning most certainly will strike one place more than once.

11 posted on 07/02/2025 8:54:12 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I heard of a case of a high school student in Albuquerque who was playing in a soccer meet when he got struck by lightning from a clear blue sky.

What nobody knew what that on the backside of the mountains there was a thunderstorm nobody knew about. The lightning traveled that far ahead of the storm.


12 posted on 07/02/2025 9:11:24 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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What nobody knew what that on the backside of the mountains there was a thunderstorm nobody knew about.

That was a mess.....

Try again, without distractions....

What nobody knew was that there was a thunderstorm on the backside of the mountains.

13 posted on 07/02/2025 9:14:03 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: DallasBiff

We all have. The poor dear.


14 posted on 07/02/2025 9:27:01 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: DallasBiff

Very saddening indeed.

May this poor lady rest in peace, and may He comfort her grieving family 😞🙏🏻✝️


15 posted on 07/02/2025 9:32:46 AM PDT by Menes (Thank you, America, for giving us hope!)
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To: metmom

Summer Monsoons are rolling thru
Arizona now and I witnessed a Good Lightning strike Yesterday!
Enough rain to mess up the dust
On My Truck!


16 posted on 07/02/2025 9:32:56 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: metmom

Back in the 90s during football practice at an Indianapolis high school several players had steel cleats on their shoes.
The coaches simply wore tennis shoes that day. There was a lightning strike in the area and all these boys just hit the ground in pain in their legs. It took the coaches a minute to understand that they weren’t joking. The charge came up through those cleats. They were not seriously injured as far as I know.


17 posted on 07/02/2025 9:38:09 AM PDT by rdl6989
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That’s weird.

You just can’t be too careful with lightning.

I remember watching a storm from inside my house, by the back door.

I heard ZZZZTTTTTT!!!!!! BANG!!!!!!!! and saw lightning hit the house across the street.

I closed the door and decided that was enough storm watching exposed to the outside. I went to a window instead.


18 posted on 07/02/2025 9:45:47 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: DallasBiff

19 posted on 07/02/2025 9:47:38 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: rdl6989

What really freaks me out, and mind you, as a meteorologist, not much does weather wise, is thundersnow.

You simply CANNOT tell what direction it’s coming from or how far away it is. As soon as the thundersnow started, I used it as an excuse to call it quits on the shoveling. :)


20 posted on 07/02/2025 9:48:16 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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