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Colo. cyclist hit by lightning bolt
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Posted on 09/15/2009 11:41:40 AM PDT by JoeProBono
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. A freak bolt of lightning struck a 56-year-old cyclist in Englewood, Colo., even though no electrical storms were reported in the area, authorities say.
Perry Schellpfeffer, an Englewood police spokesman, told The Denver Post the unidentified victim was hit by the lightning Wednesday afternoon. His injuries were not considered life-threatening.
"There were some clouds and it was thundering a little, but there wasn't any kind of lightning storm," Schellpfeffer said.
Among U.S. states, Colorado tied Florida for the most deaths from lightning strikes in 2008, when each had four. In 2006, each state had eight lightning-related deaths, the most in the nation, the National Weather Service said.
Lightning in Colorado caused 394 deaths between 1959 and 1994, the Post said.
TOPICS: Outdoors; Travel; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: lightning; zot
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To: JoeProBono
“There were some clouds and it was thundering a little, but there wasn’t any kind of lightning storm,”
ummm... where theres thunder, theres lightning.
To: JoeProBono
Don’t raise your head out of the foxhole.
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:44:24 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: JoeProBono
"There were some clouds and it was thundering a little, but there wasn't any kind of lightning storm," Schellpfeffer said.
He DOES know what causes thunder....right?
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:44:52 AM PDT
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: LearsFool
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:46:17 AM PDT
by
Mr. Blonde
(You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
To: JoeProBono
“My son, there’s just something about you that I don’t like.”
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:48:22 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: philsfan24
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:48:26 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
“Did I ever tell you I was hit by lighting seven times?”
To: JoeProBono
Was the bicyclist riding two abreast on long, windy country roads with several cars lined up behind him waiting to pass?
just asking... no particular reason
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:49:53 AM PDT
by
earlJam
To: Some hope remaining.
My moose was hit by lightning
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:52:30 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: earlJam
Was the bicyclist riding two abreast on long, windy country roads with several cars lined up behind him waiting to pass? just asking... no particular reason ROFL!!
Are you implying that this may - just may, mind you - be cosmic justice?
To: philsfan24
ummm... where theres thunder, theres lightning.
Very very frightening!
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:54:34 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: earlJam
Haha, that’s the God for me —
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:55:11 AM PDT
by
bboop
(Tar and feathers -- good back then, good now)
To: Slings and Arrows
Was he FReeping at the time?
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:55:47 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: JoeProBono
See what happens to show offs?....
To: philsfan24
I went through that neighborhood a half-hour later, on light-rail, on the way to a ballgame, and it was raining and sunshine at the same time.
At that time of day it’s easy not to perceive the clouds directly overhead, due to the angle of the sun.
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:56:54 AM PDT
by
G Larry
( Obamacare=Dying in Line!)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
09/15/2009 11:58:37 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(If you believe you can tell me what to think, I believe I can tell you where to go.)
To: JoeProBono
A freak bolt of lightning?
Wacko Jacko reincarnate?
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:16:20 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(That smell of death...be seeing ya big casino)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:24:05 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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