9 injured when lightning hits Old Faithful viewers

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[JoeProBono]

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) -- A lightning strike in Yellowstone National Park injured nine people waiting to see Old Faithful geyser erupt.

One man hit by the bolt on Tuesday was hospitalized.

[JoeProBono]

[JRandomFreeper]

Nature, she's a mother.

/johnny

[CIB-173RDABN]

We are going to Yellowstone later in the year. One more thing to be aware of.

[WOBBLY BOB]

The Risk Of Yellowstone’s Mighty Volcano

http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/yellowstone.benz.volcano.2.1710007.html

[dnandell]

We just went to Yellowstone last week. Thankfully no lightning. Of all the ways to get hurt in Yellowstone, lighting has to be at the bottom of the list.

I never really thought I was afraid of heights, but I seriously thought I was going to be sick after driving around those mountains with a 1 inch expanse between the white line and an 8000 foot drop....

[CIB-173RDABN]

Fortunately I will not be driving.

Once in the Park we plan on taking some bus tours. I hear it is worth the trip and so we are looking forward to it.

[NEMDF]

Any more details? My sister and brother-in-law got there Sunday night, would have been likely to be at Old Faithful on Tuesday.

[dnandell]

I wasn’t driving either. I was on the drop-off side. My husband kept telling me, “oh! Look at that!” and I’d say (hyperventilating) “HOW ABOUT YOU LOOK AT THE ROAD!!!”

[CIB-173RDABN]

I did not think of that. ;-)

[calex59]

One of the greatest places I have ever visited.

[calex59]

Did you see any Grizzlies? I did on my visit, along with numerous Elk, Buffalo and other interesting creatures.

[JoeProBono]

Old Faithful in Lightning Storm

[dnandell]

We saw a lot of buffalo and elk. No bears and no moose. =[ (I really wanted to see a moose.)

[fr_freak]

One of the greatest places I have ever visited.

Absolutely. Truly God's country.

[calex59]

Saw a grizzly down the hill about 150 yards, stopped to look and a group of Japanese tourist stopped behind us. I warned them not to go down the hill but some of them did anyway. When they reached a distance about 50 yards from the grizzly he jumped up and turned over the log he was lying behind flipping it into the air and towards the Japanese tourists, they scattered and ran up hill faster than I thought possible. During the same trip a Japanese tourist was killed while trying to put his arm around a buffalo in order to get a photo. It turned on him and killed him.

Some people have no comprehension of wild animal versus tame.

[JoeProBono]

[CalvaryJohn]

So here are these people, purposely standing right next to boiling water shooting out of the ground, when fire comes out of the sky and BOOM! There’s something humorous about this; I cant quite put my finger on it. I’m glad no one was killed.

[JRandomFreeper]

I don't get why people vacation in a place where there are:

Deadly animals running free
Steaming mud pits and scalding geysers
The chance of the largest volcano eruption of all time
Possible pyroclastic flows
Ground squirrels
Tourists
Federal employees
Forest fires
Poisonous snakes
Sudden drop-offs where you have time to die of fright before you splat.

I mean, where can you live that makes THAT seem like a vacation spot?

Oh, I forgot, lightning strikes.

/johnny

[rabscuttle385]

I never really thought I was afraid of heights, but I seriously thought I was going to be sick after driving around those mountains with a 1 inch expanse between the white line and an 8000 foot drop....

I *am* afraid of heights, but I didn't have any issues driving around when I was at Yellowstone last month.

[rabscuttle385]

During the same trip a Japanese tourist was killed while trying to put his arm around a buffalo in order to get a photo. It turned on him and killed him...Some people have no comprehension of wild animal versus tame.

Talk about a Darwin award right there.

There are signs posted at park entrances warning that it is not only unsafe but illegal to molest the animals, including the bison.