Here’s something you never want to have happen to you: you’re videotaping a storm, when all of the sudden lightning comes down and strikes the camera in your hand. Remarkably, she was fine. As she says:
From what i understand, it went through my left hand holding the camera, crossed my back and exited out of my right hand holding onto the metal railing. No entry or exit wounds, just a really good zap!
And obviously the camera wasn’t damaged so badly that the footage couldn’t be extracted. Talk about some luck. Good lord, what an incredible video. [Flickr via Kottke]
Adam
Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 2:37 AMThat’s insane! What’s the glowing thing as she gets zapped :s I was once on my balcony watching a storm in the distance, then silence for a few minutes and suddenly a huge strike hit a lightning conductor just 200m from our home, but all you could see is WHITE, then the sounds of the rumble and alarms going off along the street! Very scary though :) How lucky is this girl, pheeuw!
Arran
Monday, July 14, 2008 at 8:50 AMI was walking down a street in the UK a few years back and there was heaps of loud thunder (daytime) but we couldn’t see any lightning. Car alarms were going off all over. After one loud bang a pigeon fell from the sky dead at our feet…that’s when it was time to go inside.
Jono H
Monday, July 14, 2008 at 9:43 AMShe was not struck by lightning.. once stuck all muscles in the body seize (through nerves) and you can not shout like she did.. this was a close one called a FLANG (flash bang) as the lightning stuck so close the thunder is instantaneous.