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To: Red Badger

Wow! I always thought cars were the safest place to be during a ,ightening storm if you were out and about. Guess not.


9 posted on 08/07/2023 6:34:39 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

There was on a few years ago, in Kansas IIRC, where a lady was travelling down I-70 and was hit.

The lightning bolt made a perfectly round hole in her windshield about 6 inches across, and thru the passenger seat and floorboard........................


10 posted on 08/07/2023 6:39:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Bob434

People think that because the vehicle sits on rubber tires that it is safe.

A lightning bolt can traverse 20 miles in a second...a few inches of rubber is no problem................


12 posted on 08/07/2023 6:44:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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