Lightning Sends Pinellas Man to Hospital
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| No CommentI’m surprised this don’t happen more often. I drive a lot around Pinellas county, and when it’s raining with lighting striking all around. People are running across streets with a lighting rod (umbrella) high above their heads. I don’t care how big of a hurry you are in. Stay inside until lighting stop. At least put the umbrella away and get wet. Better wet than dead.
A lightning strike came dangerously close to a Pinellas County man Sunday evening.
According to Pinellas County Fire Rescue, a man suffered a “secondary shock’ when lightning hit near where he was walking in the parking lot of a Panera Bread restaurant in Largo.
The incident happened at 6:18 p.m. when the man was walking across the parking lot while holding an umbrella.
While not a direct strike, the incident was still enough to send the man to Largo Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
The man is expected to be okay but his condition has not been released.
source: http://www.baynews9.com
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