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3 Dead After Apparent Lightning Strike Injures 4 Near White House
NBC News ^ | Aug 5, 2022

Posted on 08/05/2022 7:44:02 PM PDT by 11th_VA

Three of the four people who apparently were hit by lightning near the White House on Thursday have died, Washington, D.C., police said in updates Friday.

James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75, tourists to D.C. from Janesville, Wisconsin, were killed, police said Friday morning.

A 29-year-old man also died, police said later Friday. His name was not immediately released.

The Muellers were semi-retired high school sweethearts visiting D.C. for their 56th wedding anniversary, their niece told News4. James Mueller owned a drywall business, Donna Mueller was a teacher, and they had five children, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. ..

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcwashington.com ...


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To: rlmorel

Going on alone is hard.


21 posted on 08/05/2022 8:21:16 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: Responsibility2nd

It was in Lafayette Park, right across the street from the WH.

They were doing exactly what we’re told not to do in a storm like this - standing under a tree.

We’ve had violent late afternoon/evening thunderstorms for days now. Weather report seems to indicate it will rain for most of the next week. None of it is helping with the heat, though - just makes the humidity worse.


22 posted on 08/05/2022 8:24:17 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: livius

“Praying for the dead is one of the spiritual acts of mercy.”

Catholic ritual.


23 posted on 08/05/2022 8:24:36 PM PDT by TexasGator (ice )
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To: JohnnyP

It makes my heart hurt to even consider it, as much as I have seen it happen.


24 posted on 08/05/2022 8:24:51 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: 11th_VA

“Hmmm - maybe a metaphor for us all”

...or perhaps it wasn’t just a ‘random’ bolt of lightning.


25 posted on 08/05/2022 8:25:03 PM PDT by BobL (The Globalists/Neocons desperately want Ukraine to win...makes it easy for me to choose a side)
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To: 11th_VA

Waiting for libtards to blame it on glowbull warming.


26 posted on 08/05/2022 8:26:14 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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To: 11th_VA

Whoa....😮


27 posted on 08/05/2022 8:32:28 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Not funny.


28 posted on 08/05/2022 8:34:11 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Louis XVI of France and I share a common ancestor, but I still have my head.)
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To: TexasGator

Don’t tell people how or for whom to pray.


29 posted on 08/05/2022 8:36:12 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: rlmorel

I thought the same thing. A blessing, out of this tragedy.


30 posted on 08/05/2022 8:36:36 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: 11th_VA

RIP.


31 posted on 08/05/2022 8:40:29 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: 11th_VA

if only it were biden, harris and pelosi!


32 posted on 08/05/2022 8:41:34 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Allegra
Don’t tell people how or for whom to pray.

Amen. If someone doesn’t believe in it, then they don’t have to do it. The rest of us will pick up the slack.

May these unfortunate people Rest In Peace. Amen.

33 posted on 08/05/2022 8:42:49 PM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: janetjanet998

Good Lord it was POURING outside what the hell were they doing outside walking around!! GEEZE!!!


34 posted on 08/05/2022 8:42:49 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: traderrob6

Yes...Shannon Bream showed it last night.


35 posted on 08/05/2022 8:44:11 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: fidelis

Amen.


36 posted on 08/05/2022 8:45:25 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: 11th_VA

If Biden was struck by lightning, how would we know?


37 posted on 08/05/2022 9:12:03 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

It’s been coming on very suddenly here.

I’m very sorry this happened to them, but people need to be aware of what NOT to do in a thunderstorm. There were buildings nearby they could have moved toward when they first heard thunder.


38 posted on 08/05/2022 9:12:41 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: TexasGator; Responsibility2nd
Responsibility2nd ~ That said, prayers for the Muellers.

TexasGator ~ They are dead ...

Then pray for their children also born as Muellers, grand children 50:50 chance of also being Muellers, and great grandchildren 1 in 4 chance...

39 posted on 08/05/2022 9:13:49 PM PDT by null and void (they promise the jetsons but deliver the flintstones)
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To: OrangeHoof
If Biden was struck by lightning, how would we know?

Dunno.

If pelosi was, how long would it take for the alcohol to burn off?

40 posted on 08/05/2022 9:15:29 PM PDT by null and void (they promise the jetsons but deliver the flintstones)
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