Posted on 08/02/2021 7:34:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A man from Robertson County, Tennessee was playing a video game on Saturday night during a storm when a nearby lightning strike resulted in him being shocked straight up the wire of his controller.
He was able to make the call, and when ambulance crews arrived, they found that he didn’t appear injured, “wanted to be checked out to make sure he was not injured” and didn’t need to be transported to a local hospital.
And while this might sound like a one-in-a-million kind of event, it was just last year that Karma, a pro Rocket League player, was playing a game during a storm, holding a wired video game controller, and the exact same thing happened.
In this case she was even unluckier than the Robertson County man, as Karma actually suffered burns to her hand, and the shock melted the USB connection port on the controller she was using
(Excerpt) Read more at kotaku.com ...
Game Over................................
“... burns to her hand, and the shock melted the USB connection port on the controller she was using.”
Good thing he wasn’t watching porn.
This is why you get a surge protector
The rest hurts.
So, that's what they're calling it these days.
Wasn’t that in a James Bond movie ? LOL
Many years ago, my Dad was watching tv when lightning struck a transformer in the pole across the street.
Blew out his tv, microwave, and rang his landline.
Good thing he wasn’t near any of them.
Someone had a better computer and fired back : )
Zeus may have joined the online game.
That’s why you spend the extra money and go wireless.
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