ipods and electrical storms
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kylie posted 44 weeks ago.
Yeah I just heard that on the news this morning as well. Ipods, cell phones, etc don't attract lightning to you, but just make the burns worse if you do get hit. I'd never thought about it.
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Tikal Dog posted 44 weeks ago.
I have been training in the rain for the last 3 weeks or maybe 4 but whenever a lightning storm starts I stop(even if I´m training without ipod). Rain is one thing but lightning is another thing.
Train safe!
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trainDaBrain posted 44 weeks ago.
I raced in Moab last year and half my team had head-mounted lighting systems. We were of course, racing with lightning storm on the horizon.
Racing in a lightning storm was a point of contention with me and at one point we were in the town of Moab around 10pm when the team engaged in a heated discussion about whether to continue up onto Slickrock. A torrent of rain provided some head-cooling effects - I know I needed it. :) Fortunately during the time it took to argue the value of racing headlong into a fry-fest, the storm had slightly abated.
It's good to know that the devices themselves don't appear to attract lightning - but I never thought they'd provide the burns mentioned in the article. I wonder what an explodiing NiteRider battery would to do a helmet... Not a pleasant thought.
Stay safe, and "when it roars, stay indoors".
-Brandon
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Triguy98 posted 44 weeks ago.
cayman;73000 wrote:
The odds of getting struck by lightening are about the same as winning the lottery:rolleyes:, but be careful out there, it could be more than Metaillica buzzing thru your head.
I hope that's sarcasm. Here in Tampa, the odds of getting hit by lightning during the summer are pretty darn good. I personally know two people that have gotten hit. One lived, the other didnt. The dude that lived didnt take a direct shot, he was working on a chain link fence when lightning struck a connected fence line about a mile away. Good enough to blow himm back off the ladder and ring his bell.
Life is short. Play hard and get dirty doing it.
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RV posted 44 weeks ago.
Ya, I raced ahead of a storm once - pretty nasty stuff - there really wasn't anyplace to stop - out in the country - I kept hoping that as my frame, wheels and areobars are all carbon that I wouldn't attract any lightning. One hit fairly close or at least the boom it seemed was immediately overhead. Hope never to be in that position again...
RV
It takes a long time to get good. - Scott Molina
Slow is smooth; smooth is fast. - Rich Strauss
I was traveling a couple of weeks ago and saw that I was going to be running into a storm. I was in the middle of nowhere farm country, lightening was slicing up the sky ahead of me and I was about 20 minutes out from the hotel.
I had the cell on my hip, the ipod in my ears and road id bracelot on my wrist. I figured great, I'm going to get lit up like a christmas tree, but at least they'd know who I was by the road id melted into my arm.
Anyway, made it back, obviousily. It was a perfect day when I went out and I hadn't thought to check the local weather, always check. The odds of getting struck by lightening are about the same as winning the lottery:rolleyes:, but be careful out there, it could be more than Metaillica buzzing thru your head.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-070711ipod-storms-story,0,546397.story?coll=chi-bizfront-hed
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