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Lightning zeros in on teenager's tunes
Denver Post ^ | 07/06/06 | Felisa Cardona

Posted on 07/09/2006 9:45:41 AM PDT by Drew68

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Jason Bunch was listening to Metallica on his iPod

This is just too rich! I wonder if he was listening to this classic Metallica album:

Metallica. What better music to get struck by lightning while listening to! Anyways, glad he's OK and now he'll have a great story to tell. Maybe he'll get a call from the band.

1 posted on 07/09/2006 9:45:43 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68
People listening to Metallica deserve to get hit by lightning.

:^)

2 posted on 07/09/2006 9:47:50 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
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To: Drew68
A real world Zot.
3 posted on 07/09/2006 9:49:07 AM PDT by msnimje (There is no way we can lose if we stay in Iraq and no way we can win if we cut and run.)
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To: Drew68

A good friend of mine in high school was struck by lighting while she was playing softball during summer break. She was killed instantly.

This boy is very lucky to be alive, and I hope he gets his hearing back soon.


4 posted on 07/09/2006 9:50:27 AM PDT by Kieri (Dump "Dangerously Incompetent" Debbie, Support Keith Butler for Senate)
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She was killed instantly.

Sad to hear that. To be honest, lightning freaks me out. I've lived in Colorado almost my whole life and now I live in North Florida. Both places lightning storms can come out of nowhere real quickly. I get indoors fast where I can enjoy the light show and booms from safety.

5 posted on 07/09/2006 9:57:54 AM PDT by Drew68
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"I said, 'I did not stand you up. I was struck by lightning."'

Man! I've told some whoppers, but this tops them all.

6 posted on 07/09/2006 10:01:09 AM PDT by Bear_Slayer (When liberty is outlawed only outlaws will have liberty)
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Man! I've told some whoppers, but this tops them all.

Yes, that's definitely an excuse he won't be able to use a second time. Hope he milks it for all it is worth!

7 posted on 07/09/2006 10:05:44 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Mother Nature doesn't like acid rock either.


8 posted on 07/09/2006 10:07:06 AM PDT by lilylangtree
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To: Drew68

Lightning scares the heck out of me. Lightning kills more people per year than any other weather phenomena.

When It starts storming around here I always unplug the computer from it's electrical and cable connection.

I used to go to Cocoa Beach to visit the parents in laws and Florida has some really good and scary lightning storms.


9 posted on 07/09/2006 10:08:36 AM PDT by garyhope
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Mother Nature doesn't like acid rock either.

Then it is a good thing he wasn't listening to Iron Butterfly. He might not have lived to tell his tale.

Seriously, "acid rock" does not, um, accurately describe Metallica.

10 posted on 07/09/2006 10:11:29 AM PDT by Drew68
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The Metalica might have saved him.


11 posted on 07/09/2006 10:13:46 AM PDT by Danae (Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha)
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To: Drew68

My son used to listen to Metallica with all the screeching. If I were Mother Nature, I would have struck a long time ago.


12 posted on 07/09/2006 10:15:53 AM PDT by lilylangtree
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Lightning kills more people per year than any other weather phenomena.

Sorry, that would be flooding. Most of the deaths attibuted to flooding are from people driving into high water.


13 posted on 07/09/2006 10:19:30 AM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: Drew68
Get the kite, Beavis
14 posted on 07/09/2006 10:22:03 AM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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However, if someone wearing earbuds is struck, current may travel along the wires into the ears," said Gregory Stewart

Considering the path the current flow could have taken, he's lucky to have a brain left

15 posted on 07/09/2006 10:39:17 AM PDT by MilspecRob (Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
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Yes, that's definitely an excuse he won't be able to use a second time. Hope he milks it for all it is worth!

You never know - check out US Park Ranger Roy C. Sullivan who's been hit by lightning seven times...and is still alive.
16 posted on 07/09/2006 10:56:27 AM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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Whatever you say about Metallica, all their greed and talent turned into an equal volume of dynamite isn't fit to be used to blow Ozzie's nose.


17 posted on 07/09/2006 10:57:49 AM PDT by 308MBR ( Somebody sold the GOP to the socialists, and the GOP wasn't theirs to sell.)
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To: Drew68

North Florida?
I live in Ocala and have heard it called the lightning capital of the world. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but man I've never lived in a place where electrical storms are the given, and not the exception like it is here.


18 posted on 07/09/2006 11:08:24 AM PDT by gcruse (http://gcruse.typepad.com)
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Considering the path the current flow could have taken, he's lucky to have a brain left

You are assuming he had a brain, are you not?

Listening to metal head music tends to make one wonder if he had any brains left.

19 posted on 07/09/2006 11:16:13 AM PDT by Popman ("What I was doing wasn't living, it was dying. I really think God had better plans for me.")
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True, but then what were you listening to when you were 17

And back on thread, can you imagine how uncomfortable burned ears must be, ick.

20 posted on 07/09/2006 11:28:28 AM PDT by MilspecRob (Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
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