Lightning Strike

I just heard "breaking news" on channel 11 here in Toledo that someone was struck by lightning at CP this afternoon. They said it's believed to have happened in the parking lot, and the person was taken to Firelands Medical Center. They said there would be more information available later on.

Wow, that would really suck. What are the chances with all those TALL things around.

Did they mention what parking lot? Was it the main or the Soak City? That is crazy!!

does it really matter what parking lot? is one more vulnerable to lightning than the other?

That sucks.

My friend broke his arm in the main parking lot back in May. I had to take him to the Sandusky hospital. That parking lot is a burden.

Channel 5 in Cleveland is also reporting the story.

*** Edited 6/9/2005 12:02:52 AM UTC by Walt***

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/4586529/detail.html

WKYC has a little more info. Link available in our news section.

Quick sidenote: Are the timestamps on the news articles in Pacific time or what?

Funny thing is.... it proves that your more likely to get hit by lightning than get hurt on a roller coaster or be in a roller coaster accident, not all of you may agree with me but, its the truth!

Hah good point Lakeland. I heard over one of the policeman's scanners today just after it happened that someone got struck by lightning, scary thing.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

What are the odds it hit some guy instead of the huge metal pole sticking 420 feet in the sky?

I knew a guy who got hit by lightning once, he turned out okay. Funny like no other, though, he didn't even know what was going on, why he was in the hospital room and stuff.

All they said on the 11:00 news tonight is that a 17 year old male had a near miss with lightning in a Cedar Point parking lot. He was treated at Firelands for precautionary measures and released.

Someone was hit by lightning last year outside of Season Passes.

Its not unheard of. . .when people are outside, along with lightning, its bound to happen eventually.

I don't mean to sound insensitive, but whats the big deal if he was nearly hit? Nearly hit, I take to mean that he wasn't hit. If you weren't hit, what precautionary measures are there? Are they going to wrap him in insulated foam rubber to protect him from future near misses?

I'm glad he's alright, but shouldn't he be if the lightning missed him?

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades (not lightning strikes).

Actually, the phrase should really be "Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades AND lightning."

http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd18jun99_1.htm

J

(who doesn't load pyro, move buildings or handle highly pressurized vapor arc lamps when it storms)

None of that mentions anything about the lightning strike being NEAR you. It talks about the lightning strike hitting you. So still, close does not count in lightning (although the resulting pressure wave COULD cause some auditory/vertigo issues).

and yes, it is usually a good idea to not handle electrical/flammable equipment when it storms. Heck, we used to always shut off our computer at home when it stormed, but that was before surge protectors got a bit better.

Wow that's pretty wild.

It's funny cause Sunday night when we were at the park it started to storm about 9PM, and I remember telling my friend as we were running back to Breakers "The lightning has all these high targets around us... we'll be fine"

HA! Guess I was wrong....

The article form today makes it sound like he was actually hit by the lightning. The article over at Coasterbuzz though says nearly (it was an earlier article though). Which is it?

Also, I find in interesting that the boy that was hit said something like, "Give me the big one" as he looked up at the storm, and then he got hit. Freaky