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Florida: Man Riding Motorcycle Died After Lightning Strike Shattered His Helmet, Causing Crash
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| 6/10/19 at 4:06 AM EDT
| By Callum Paton
Posted on 06/10/2019 10:33:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Chauncey Gardiner
I recall reading that the path for the lightning rises up and the lightning then follows it.
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posted on
06/10/2019 12:12:24 PM PDT
by
TalBlack
(Damn right I'll "do something" you fat, balding son of a bitch!)
To: Red Badger
I was hit by a (small) tornado in Floridah...right after turn north on State Road 7 at Oakland Park Blvd. Jumped off the bike just as it went into a spin and sheared off the mirror, left turn signal, and gear shift lever. Two Rastafarians picked me and the bike off the street, planted me back on it and i rode the ten miles home in driving rain (and hail) without leaving second gear.
I went back to the intersection the next day and tried to find the Rastamen to thank them, but nobody knew who they were.
But I have NEVER been hit by lightening.
BTW, I still ride the same bike, 20 years later.
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posted on
06/10/2019 12:24:56 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
Used to live in Margate....................
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posted on
06/10/2019 12:30:40 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Me Too!
Now if you lived in Coral Bay, Margate we may have been neighbors!
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posted on
06/10/2019 12:37:27 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Dr. Sivana
I had thought that the rubber on the tires keep the bike from being grounded, making a lightning strike unlikely while in motion. When dealing with lightning range voltages, everything is grounded. Rubber contains carbon, and with those voltages, it will blow right through it.
For what it's worth, i've seen a dump truck lift it's bed under some high line wires until it touched them. All the tires exploded, and here we are only talking about 12 kilovolts.
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posted on
06/10/2019 12:39:19 PM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no o<ither sovereignty.")
To: left that other site
I left there in 1980....................
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posted on
06/10/2019 12:42:51 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: left that other site
On a motorcycle...................
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posted on
06/10/2019 12:43:26 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Chauncey Gardiner
Yes it does. That’s one thing I learned in the airforce and actually retained.
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posted on
06/10/2019 12:44:16 PM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: Red Badger
Oh. I was there from 1999 to 2015. Coral Bay didn’t even exist in 1980...it was under construction when Andrew hi in 1992.
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posted on
06/10/2019 12:44:16 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: TheDog
Dittos, very unlikely u get hit by lightening, even less so on a scooter, this poor guys number just came up, poof!
To: Red Badger
Golly, that could diminish the reputation of motorcycles for safe riding.
To: left that other site
Coral Springs was still ‘New’..............
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posted on
06/10/2019 12:55:15 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: V_TWIN
No doubt Cape canavel 92-94 Every day 3 pm. Coming over merit island 🌴
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posted on
06/10/2019 12:58:02 PM PDT
by
Truthoverpower
(The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
To: Red Badger
Coral Bay is right on the border with Coral Springs. Margate Zip Code, but kids could walk to Coral Springs High School.
999 zero-lot line CBS single houses...that’s lots of kids!
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posted on
06/10/2019 1:14:37 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Red Badger
When I left in 2015, I had my car, my motorcycle, my dog, and my guitar.
I think I may have a song in there somewhere.
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posted on
06/10/2019 1:16:31 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
Throw in rain, train, prison and ‘momma’ and you have the perfect Country Song..............
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posted on
06/10/2019 1:18:29 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: dead
With a car it is the Faraday Cage effect going on that protects the people inside.
That video is obviously not from Russia. I’ll watch the car crash videos from Russia. A car can flip over and skid 4 feet behind a person and those Russians barely even react.
And then they proceed to calmly continue down the sidewalk without a glance at the wrecked car or the people within.
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posted on
06/10/2019 1:20:58 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/10/2019 1:35:08 PM PDT
by
bleach
(If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
To: Chauncey Gardiner
To: Dr. Sivana
Insulation can be jumped if the voltage potential across it is high enough. That’s why high tension lines have such big insulators. And, the lightning potential is millions of volts. Also, if the tires are damp, the insulating value is greatly reduced.
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