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[RC] lightening.....better off out or In ? - rides2farOn Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:13:15 GMT Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Please Reply to: Beth caglehead10@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Now, She brings her horses inside during bad weather, she just feels a little better do that even tho they still may be safer out . whatever makes you sleep better at night ! Well I just scanned down a zillion lightning strike listings on that site and learned a few things: 1. Never RUN for cover. Lots of people were "running for cover". That must draw lightning. 2. Don't grab the handle of your car after running for cover. Lots of them were "touching a car". 3. A thatch hut does not stop lightning and storms do not bring people in India out of the fields. 4. God uses golfers for target practice. 5. Reporters think it's funny when kids get hit while playing video games. 6. Several got hit while in their basements. Stay off concrete...it travels through the house. (now I don't miss my old basement I used to retreat to!) 7. Avoid softball fields at all cost. 8. Never admit to a reporter that you were "watching a storm and got hit". It just makes them think, "Well Duh!" 9. "Taking cover under a tree" is like hiding behind a bullseye. 10. The following woman sounds like an endurance rider to me...and please note the part about "the odds of getting struck by lightning are one in 280...hello?? Where are all you lightning strike victims? Odds are we should have some! 05/13/2004 Jennifer Ross 0.0 F Evansville Indiana USA taking shelter with horse N/A During the storm,Horse,Outside,Stormy Weather,Taking Shelter,Ungrounded Shelter An Indiana woman survives after she is struck by lightning. Strong storms rolled through LaGrange County Tuesday night. Jennifer Ross was riding one of her horses and couldn't make it back to her house in time. She and the horse took cover in a nearby wooden shelter, where Ross starting to pat the animal who was pregnant. Lightning struck, running through the horse and hitting the woman. The horse died instantly and the flash knocked Ross to the ground. Ross was bruised and temporarily numbed, but she survived. "It's my luck. I don't win the lottery but I can get struck by lightning." According to the National Weather Service, the odds of getting struck by lightning are only one in 280. http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=1866383 sbl20041311055411_story.asp_S=1866383 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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