Re: Thunder
- From: "sfb" <sfb@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 14:41:41 GMT
Lightning and safe are seldom used in the same sentence.
In Ohio a few years ago, four guys walked off the course into a house
under construction and were killed there by a lightning strike.
The Boy Scout who was killed in Utah this week was sleeping in a cabin.
<bigoldcat2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Played a very long course that did a giant loop from the clubhouse,
> meandering through a new developement and finally returned to the
> clubhouse at 18. I was paired with 3 guys who were okay golfers and a
> lot of fun to play with. We had already agreed to play another local
> course next week. It began thundering and we could see a dark cloud
> way
> off in the distance. They immediately pulled off and went inside a
> home
> that was being built. I ask if they were kidding, as the group behind
> us was playing through, giving us a look of disbelief. I grabbed my
> bag
> and started walking back, about 3 miles to the clubhouse. Never have I
> seen anyone pull off the course, unless lightning was striking visibly
> in the area. Everyone on the course had continued their rounds except
> those guys. Anyone else that scared of thunder?
>
.
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