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Fifty-One People Injured in Lightning Strike in Northern Vietnam
Associated Press ^
| 5/24/2003
| AP
Posted on 05/24/2003 6:16:00 PM PDT by Normal4me
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Lightning struck a house in northern Vietnam, injuring 51 people who were inside watching a popular television show, an official said Saturday. The victims, mostly students aged 8 to 17, were taken to local hospitals in Lang Son province following Thursday's incident.
Four adults suffered burns, while 10 children were treated for dizziness and headaches, said Hoang Van Thinh of the People's Committee of Binh Trung village, 105 miles northeast of Hanoi.
The other 37 victims were treated and released. None of the victims' conditions was life-threatening, Thinh said.
The village is not wired for electricity, but one house is powered by a 0.5-kilowatt power generator run by stream water. The lightning struck the generator and sent a current through the 14-inch television set that everyone was gathered around, Thinh said.
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51 people in one house watching a 14" TV???
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:16:00 PM PDT
by
Normal4me
To: Normal4me
ZOT!
(Reached for comment, Viking Kitties had none) <|:)~
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:17:27 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: Normal4me
Musta been some TV show.
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:17:50 PM PDT
by
strela
(24-26 May 2003 - Its Not Just Another 3-Day Weekend)
To: Normal4me
I've had that many people in my place watching a football game before. Although my TV is definitely bigger, and I can't really say the women were "watching"...
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:17:55 PM PDT
by
Quick1
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: martin_fierro
LOL...I think my zot probation is over by now. ;-)
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:28:47 PM PDT
by
Normal4me
(I am a militant conservative according to Petah Jennings. I LIKE it!)
To: Normal4me
51 zots in one bolt. Our AMs have an impressive record to beat.
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:36:21 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Normal4me
It was a HAVEN for homosexuals. It was a source of recruiting for homosexual preditors.
Sounds about right, they are still stuck in 1968.
That house and generator, do you suppose it belonged to just anyone ???
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:43:10 PM PDT
by
tet68
(Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
To: martin_fierro; dighton
Oh I feel so guilty!! I know I should've aimed better!! This is all my fault!!
See why you need to get those shooting lessons, dighton?
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:44:46 PM PDT
by
4mycountry
(Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid.)
To: tet68
Oops something left in the clipboard.
That should have been.
51 people in one house watching a 14" TV???
Sounds about right, they are still stuck in 1968.
That house and generator, do you suppose it belonged to just anyone ???
10
posted on
05/24/2003 6:45:13 PM PDT
by
tet68
(Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
To: jriemer; Zavien Doombringer; Constitution Day
See why we must practice our ZOT!-ing?
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:46:57 PM PDT
by
4mycountry
(Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid.)
To: tet68
*"That house and generator, do you suppose it belonged to just anyone ???"*
Wanna clue us in? I just found it amusing that 51 people would be watching a 14" TV. Musta been the American Idol Finale...
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:57:19 PM PDT
by
Normal4me
(I am a militant conservative according to Petah Jennings. I LIKE it!)
To: KBtry4-11
Uh oh, you had to go and remind me of the weather and the bugs.
I had a giant bug land in my mouth as I slept and I crunched into it as I awoke in surprise. My scream caused an alert and I was reprimanded the next day by the OIC.
What a "dinky dow"!
To: battlegearboat
Ew, yuck, gross! I would scream, too. >_<'''
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posted on
05/24/2003 7:40:53 PM PDT
by
4mycountry
(Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid.)
To: KBtry4-11
So, I guess 4:00 PM is not a good tee off time?
To: AGreatPer
We usually teed off around sunset with our M-16s.
To: Normal4me
Guess they were watching the Vietnamese version of "The Elecric Company".
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posted on
05/24/2003 9:14:48 PM PDT
by
exit82
To: Normal4me
They were all drinking john mccains budweiser/
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posted on
05/24/2003 9:20:06 PM PDT
by
cksharks
To: Normal4me
"We like Ruben!"
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posted on
05/24/2003 9:22:48 PM PDT
by
July 4th
To: battlegearboat
Tough to hit a ball with an M-16. But seriously, I don't know, are there golf courses over there????
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