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Thread #92929   Message #1782639
Posted By: LilyFestre
13-Jul-06 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: hit by lightening
Subject: RE: BS: hit by lightening
Glad you are ok.

When I was a kid, my sister and I were sitting at the table having lunch during a thunderstorm. The sliding glass door was open slightly and another window in the room was open, creating a cross-breeze. My sister was holding a forkful of potato salad when the lightening struck the fork. The veins in the back of her hand stood out immediately (think old, gnarly witch hands). I don't remember what else was medically wrong (I was 7 or 8) but she was in the hospital for 2 weeks and for months afterwards, she would have to go to the ER as she'd wake up hyperventilating. Scary stuff.

Michelle