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Most places there are a significant population of bears, you are more likely to be attacked by a bear than to be killed by lightning.
1 posted on 05/15/2020 5:57:16 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Bears, beets, bolts of lightning.


2 posted on 05/15/2020 6:02:28 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: marktwain

The odds of getting hit by lightening go up on a golf course, though they’re still very low (~1 in 600,000).


3 posted on 05/15/2020 6:02:59 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: marktwain

Yet bears are never struck by lightning. Makes you think...


5 posted on 05/15/2020 6:15:41 AM PDT by bwest
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To: marktwain

Carrying a firearm can’t save me from a lightning strike, but it can be of use against a bear attack.


8 posted on 05/15/2020 6:26:55 AM PDT by G Larry (The People must shutdown the tyrants.)
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To: marktwain

Same odds as getting the Wuhan flu.


11 posted on 05/15/2020 6:39:42 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: marktwain

What are the odds of getting struck by lightning while getting mauled by a bear?


16 posted on 05/15/2020 7:07:39 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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“... or about 1 person every 123 years.”

In truth, there are actually data on this. Several years ago, I looked this up, and there were 7 people in the US who had been hit twice by lightening and survived.

I looked it up in reference to comparing the odds of winning the Powerball vs getting hit by lightening twice. The twice-struck odds were almost 10 times greater than buying the winning Powerball ticket.


21 posted on 05/15/2020 7:45:09 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: marktwain

I found a conversion kit for Tiger repellent stones. You can easily convert them into lightning strike stones.


23 posted on 05/15/2020 8:04:35 AM PDT by pas
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I’d have a better chance of getting hit by lightning twice than hitting a bear sitting in the middle of the fairway with my driver.........He’s safer there than in the woods.


25 posted on 05/15/2020 11:33:02 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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28 posted on 05/15/2020 12:20:00 PM PDT by Bratch (“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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