Another Lightning Strike Fatality in Colorado

[Lilou]

_http://news.msn.com/us/second-lightning-strike-fatality-in-two-days-at-colorado-park-officials-say_

A lightning strike on Saturday killed a man in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, a day after another strike killed a woman who had been out on a hike.


Four people were injured in Saturday's strike, and eight were hurt on Friday, officials said in a news release.

Park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson identified the woman killed on Friday as Rebecca R. Teilhet, 42, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, who had been hiking with her husband and a friend.

She died at the scene as rough weather allowed an air ambulance to land only between "cycles of severe weather," Patterson said.

The man killed in Saturday's incident was not identified. The victims were struck by lightning at Rainbow Curve, where visitors often gather to watch for rainbows after rainstorms.

Patterson said rangers learned of the latest strike at the 11,000-foot high lookout trail shortly before 4 p.m. Mountain Time. The four injured people and the man who died were taken by regular ambulance to Estes Park Medical Center, she said.

Thunderstorms pummeled the area around the park on Saturday, and heavy rain and more storms were expected Saturday night and Sunday, the National Weather Service said.

 

[Niall]

Nuts!

Check out this report of two separate incidents on the 11th where people were struck by lightning despite being in their own homes:

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/tornado-strong-lifted-car-off-ground-24531653?tab=9482930&section=1206853&playlist=24435396

@ 1 minute in.

 

[trendsetter37]

Nuts!

Check out this report of two separate incidents on the 11th where people were struck by lightning despite being in their own homes:

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/tornado-strong-lifted-car-off-ground-24531653?tab=9482930&section=1206853&playlist=24435396

@ 1 minute in.

Wow things are really heating up. I have been very wary of lightning storms recently after reading articles where males were the only ones killed by lightening this year. It seems like there is an immense amount of energy and power fueling these storms.

 

[Chu]

Also on the 11th, there was another man killed by lightning, this time in Mexico:

http://es.sott.net/article/29479-Hombre-pierde-la-vida-al-caerle-un-rayo-en-Tlatlauquitepec
(in Spanish)

He left work as usual, got caught in an electrical storm, and was later found dead by the side of the road.

Nuts!

Check out this report of two separate incidents on the 11th where people were struck by lightning despite being in their own homes:

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/tornado-strong-lifted-car-off-ground-24531653?tab=9482930&section=1206853&playlist=24435396

@ 1 minute in.

"Electricity can reach your home", said the reported (or something along those lines). No kiddin'!

 

[Lilou]

Yikes!! I've always had a healthy fear of lightning, now it has gone up a notch or three! I read a magazine article a few years back about a woman who was washing dishes at her kitchen sink during a storm (no window in front of her) but lightning traveled thru the wires and struck her from the light fixture above her head! If memory serves me, she was seriously injured and very close to death.

So stay away from not only doors and windows, but light fixtures, electric sockets, sinks and showers.