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To: nickcarraway

He’s very lucky. Odds mean squat. Most lightening strike victims are very dead crispy critters.


3 posted on 07/13/2010 2:39:29 PM PDT by JPG (Mr. Gore, or is it Mr. Stone or Mr. Woody? Whatever, you're under arrest.)
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To: JPG

He came out OK because his truck was a Farraday cage, directing the bolt around him into the ground. Injuries and fatalities from lightning strikes to vehicles are usually the result of accidents that are caused by the driver being momentarily blinded and/or distracted and losing control.


7 posted on 07/13/2010 2:52:37 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
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