Children getting hit by lighting in FL
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Two small children in 2 separate schools were hit indirectly by lightning when it hit the building & traveled through to a light switch and another by the child touching a door know. We don't always teach the kids how to be safe indoors in these severe electrical storms. I can imagine the fear these two small children will have of storms in the future.
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OMG how scary for them. My much older than that daughter had that happen when lightning struck her building as she was opening an outside door. This was about 4 months ago, doc had her come back for 3 follow up visits aft the initial blood work, ekg, etc. It can affect the body in many ways for some time. She is still very squemish during storms.
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Originally Posted by donnajean
Two small children in 2 separate schools were hit indirectly by lightning when it hit the building & traveled through to a light switch and another by the child touching a door know. We don't always teach the kids how to be safe indoors in these severe electrical storms. I can imagine the fear these two small children will have of storms in the future.
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we (I) watched a lighting bolt come in one window and out an other in a straight line I say we but I don't know who got into another room faster my son or the dog plus in SW Florida my home got hit took all my out side lights a 67ft norfork palm, a 15ft palm tree, computer, a/c and wired in smoke detector, it followed the roots of the norkfork palm right in to the wiring in that corner if the house boy what a noise that was
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Don't lightning rods help prevent something like this? My kids think I am weird because I make them turn off the computer, the tv, and make sure they don't take a bath or shower during an electrical storm. Luckily we don't have as many here in the Seattle area as we did in Alabama where I grew up.
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Originally Posted by Kas
Don't lightning rods help prevent something like this? My kids think I am weird because I make them turn off the computer, the tv, and make sure they don't take a bath or shower during an electrical storm. Luckily we don't have as many here in the Seattle area as we did in Alabama where I grew up.
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