# College Student walking to class hit by lightning **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382 "2022-08-26T08:31:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/1 "2022-08-26T08:31:26Z")
First day of class and this happened. šŸ˜± Itā€™s amazing she wasnā€™t badly injured. Sheā€™s planning to return for classes next week. Thatā€™s one tough woman. Cite [https://weartv.com/news/local/uwf-freshman-recovering-after-being-struck-by-lightning-on-first-day-of-classes](https://weartv.com/news/local/uwf-freshman-recovering-after-being-struck-by-lightning-on-first-day-of-classes) > [@](#): > > Eggler collapsed on the sidewalk after the lightning hit her in the chest. > > ā€œMy shirt was completely open because of the lightning strike,ā€ Eggler said. ā€œIt melted to me.ā€ > > The electricity traveled down the left side of her body. Her watch exploded and burned her wrist. > > The current went down to her foot, putting a hole in her sock and one in her sneaker. > > ā€œI was able to get my backpack off but I couldnā€™t feel my legs at all and I was scared I was paralyzed and I was really panicking,ā€ Eggler said. > > UWF senior Nelson Libbert and others ran over to Eggler and put her onto a bench before dialing 911. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/2 "2022-08-26T09:09:47Z")
Wow! She is one lucky lady. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/3 "2022-08-26T11:35:15Z")
Any talk of superpowers or have they kept that quiet? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/4 "2022-08-26T13:05:54Z")
OK Zeus. Iā€™ll change majors. Jeez! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/5 "2022-08-26T13:23:58Z")
Noting like what this lady had happen but I want to share this. I pulled my brothers sailboat out of the water. And went around to the back of it to climb aboard using the metal ladder. Bang! I found myself on the ground. The boat had collected a shit ton of static electricity and had not grounded/discharged it. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/6 "2022-08-26T13:48:59Z")
Sometimes it seems the world is out to get us. I didnā€™t know static electricity built up that high. I hated the carpet at my parents. I got zapped every time I walked across the room and touched something. Iā€™ve seen dead cattle that got hit by lightning. Scary. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/7 "2022-08-26T13:49:23Z")
Glad to hear sheā€™s ok. Also nothing like what the young woman experienced, but Iā€™ll share my lightning story. I was a kid, maybe 10, looking out my bedroom window at a thunderstorm. A cast-iron Model-T piggy bank was on my window sill, and I was resting my chin on it while watching the storm. Suddenly a flash of lightning stuck really close- it seemed like in the middle of our street, The thunder boom was instantaneous with the lightning. At the same time I felt a mild electric shock from the metal bank to my chin. It was a freaky experience. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/8 "2022-08-26T14:17:08Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I didnā€™t know static electricity built up that high. Lightning **is** static electricity. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/9 "2022-08-26T17:18:19Z")
Sheā€™s going back to classes? Some people just canā€™t take a hint. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/10 "2022-08-26T18:00:14Z")
Oohh Iā€™ve had a similar experience with static doing upholstery work on boats. Not strong enough to knock me around but enough to elicit a loud curse. People, i think, sorta dismiss static as harmless but it really isnā€™t. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/11 "2022-08-26T18:18:33Z")
Iā€™d either change from or to a Philosophy or theology major. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/12 "2022-08-26T18:40:30Z")
Another lightning strike 3 weeks ago in Washington, DC: > **[Three dead after lightning strike near White House](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62431231)** > > An elderly couple celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary and a 29-year old man are killed. And the survivor talks about the experience: > **['I'm not sure why I'm the one that made it' | Lightning strike victim shares...](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/lightning-strike-survivor-shares-gratitude-and-road-to-recovery/65-e115c4cd-d645-4419-a576-169e8f5c8ae6)** > > Amber Escudero-Kontostathis was one of four people hit by lightning outside the White House. She was the sole survivor. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/13 "2022-08-26T18:45:49Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > OK Zeus. Iā€™ll change majors. Jeez! Maybe she can get a discount on one. You know, a lower _charge_. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/14 "2022-08-26T18:57:54Z")
Beware. Zeus doles out pun-ishmentā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/15 "2022-08-26T22:32:19Z")
Iā€™d be careful about conducting debate on current events which might amp-lify the potential of Zeusā€™ wrath. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/16 "2022-08-27T11:46:48Z")
I am shocked, SHOCKED, at the paganism of this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/17 "2022-08-27T13:29:51Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > I am shocked, SHOCKED So was she. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/18 "2022-08-27T15:31:30Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > the paganism of this thread! I find it lacks Thor-oughness. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382/19 "2022-08-27T20:29:32Z")
Pro tip - if youā€™re pouring waste solvent into a 55 gallon drum, be sure that the drum and the funnel, if itā€™s metal, are grounded by cable to an actual grounding rod. Also, when opening or closing a drum of solvent, use a brass bung tool.