I liked Lee Trevino's strategy. Hit a few times himself whilst playing golf, he said whenever he saw a line of thunderstorms approaching, he reached for his 2 iron. "Even God can't hit a 2 iron." posted by three blind mice at 1:08 PM on July 12, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]
ericb, that iPod news bit has been in rotation all day. Sometimes I wish the news peoples would call it like I see it: someone had a metal electronic device strapped to them in a thunderstorm. This is not a product alert. It's an alert against being an idiot. Slow news day? posted by NationalKato at 1:13 PM on July 12, 2007
The iPod is a red herring here. The important thing is that joggers are finding out what God really thinks of them. posted by trondant at 1:14 PM on July 12, 2007
And those daring golfers...
At least 159 of em dead so far in the us only! posted by uandt at 1:16 PM on July 12, 2007
And then I found lots of really interesting lightning death statistics and stories here.
Apparently god hates people living in Wyoming the most. posted by uandt at 1:35 PM on July 12, 2007
Some of the markings that a lightning strike will leave are incredible...
Some of the markings that a lightning strike will leave are incredible...
Lichtenberg figures on lightning strike victims.
oh shit, next week there will be another BMEzine thread, where people are discharging cattle prods into their eyes. posted by geos at 2:48 PM on July 12, 2007
Just don't be wearin; your 'buds.' go outside in a thunderstorm.
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heh heh, public safety...
posted by geos at 12:59 PM on July 12, 2007