Girl struck by lightning on sunny day

[Teh One Who Knocks]

'There was no rain. It was a beautiful day'
The Associated Press


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CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) - An 11-year-old western Pennsylvania girl is recovering after she was struck by a bolt from the blue.

Lisa Wehrle tells the Observer-Reporter newspaper of Washington, Pa., that the sun was shining when her daughter, Britney, was struck by lightning Friday, apparently from a storm several miles away.

Lisa Wehrle says, "There was no rain. It was a beautiful day. All she heard was some thunder."

The lightning hit Britney as she was walking down a hill in North Strabane Township with a friend about 2:30 p.m. that day. The bolt hit her on the left shoulder, leaving a burn-like mark and exited her wrist, where it left another mark.

She was treated at a Pittsburgh hospital. Doctors discovered her arm was broken, but otherwise she's OK.

[Hal-9000]

It always amazes me how selective lightning can be.We were always told that it hits the highest point or is attracted to metal...

seems to seek out humans too

[JoeyB]

I've always been told that regardless of the weather conditions where you are, if you can hear thunder, you can be struck.

[Godfather]

Wow, it's shocking she survived. 'Blots from the blue' are generally far more deadly than common strikes. Lightning on a clear day isn't unheard of - it's positive strikes of lighting (most strikes are negative charges) from a far-off cumulonimbus clouds that strike the ground sometimes many miles away where it meets a negative charged streamer... Often where there's clear weather! It's the kind most dangerous to planes.

Really shitty luck.

[Acid Trip]

She's lucky the bolt went from her shoulder out through her wrist. If it had gone through the center of her body she probably wouldn't have lived to tell the story.

[Hal-9000]

ok scientists...which way does lightning travel?

From the sky down to the ground, or is something more nefarious going on behind the scenes?

[Hal-9000]

The answer is, lightning can travel 3 directions...sky to ground, cloud to cloud and ground to sky.

[Acid Trip]

The answer is, lightning can travel 3 directions...sky to ground, cloud to cloud and ground to sky.

I'll lock that away into the "useless Jeopardy knowledge" part of my brain. :mrgreen:

[Hal-9000]

:sad2:

I thought it was a damn sight more interesting than arguing about politics :lol: A subject people can only affect once every four years at the polls, yet somehow endlessly drone on about for hours.And the arguing/discussion...never....changes.....a......thing.

:dance:

[JoeyB]

The answer is, lightning can travel 3 directions...sky to ground, cloud to cloud and ground to sky.

Also, anus to anus.

[Muddy]

:lol: