Dangers of lightening

Caoimhín

Jebus!!!
Poor fella, hope he gets better.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0413/lightning.html

SimpleSam06

Among the many dangers of lightening, the dye may not come out, leaving you unhappy with a peroxide blonde frizz. If you've dyed or bleached your hair a light colour, you could try having it dyed a darker shade. It's probably best to go to a hairdresser to get advice about this, if you try to fix it at home (by re-dying it) you could end up having problems again and make things worse.

Rb

That's what he gets for "playing" with young children.

Caoimhín

rb_ie wrote: »

That's what he gets for "playing" with young children.

Indeed.:D

Irish Halo

Wait that article says nothing about him being on a weight loss regime or bleaching his hair. Do you have another source? Would he have been better off if he was a few pound heavier or does blonde hair reflect lightning?

p.s. in other news I hope he recovers.

Abi

Rip

thecleverone

A 14-year-old boy remains in a critical condition in hospital after he was struck by lightning in a Dublin suburb.

The incident happened on a green space between Kilclare Gardens and Kilclare Crescent in Tallaght at around 4.30pm yesterday afternoon.

It is understood the boy, who is from the local area, was playing with a young child at the time.

AdvertisementHe was brought to Tallaght Hospital, where he remains seriously ill.

Can't find a link now, but accroding to the RTE news on the radio this morning, the poor young guy died this morning. He never regained consciousness after being struck by lightening.

SimpleSam06

thecleverone wrote: »

He never regained consciousness after being struck by lightening.

Another man down to drive-by hairdressing, damn them.

/Seriously tho RIP

The Black Oil

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/?jp=mhojqleymhmh&c=ireland

RIP

Tar.Aldarion

Oh well.

Jimbo

Not so funny now is it.

RIP

Rb

jimbo78 wrote: »

Not so funny now is it.

RIP

Well, it was lashing down hailstones (followed by rain) and there was a lot of thunder and lightening yesterday. What kind of person goes out playing in a field in such conditions? What kind of parents would let their children out to play in such conditions?

It's sad that a life was lost, and a couple have lost their son, but ffs.

Sherifu

RIP. Sad story.

mike65

For some resson this is described as an accident by RTE news. It was an incident.

Mike.

Mr. CooL ICE

Poor guy. R.I.P.



Thats why I never wear a tin foil hat

nice1franko

is it really more likely than winning the lotto?

not like you hear about things like ths every wednesday/saturday

Neamhshuntasach

We don't get much lightning over here and when it does happen people go out and look up at it. They don't realize the dangers of it. It kills thousands worldwide every year.

Collie D

Ah, hilarious stuff indeed. A young boy gets killed for going out and doing what young boys do.

Just because it's AH doesn't mean you have to put in a smart comment

nice1franko

edit - doesnt matter

Rb

Collie D wrote: »

Ah, hilarious stuff indeed. A young boy gets killed for going out and doing what young boys do.

Just because it's AH doesn't mean you have to put in a smart comment

Not all young boys go out playing in thunder, lightening and hailstones/rain. In fact, I didn't see one out playing in my area during it yesterday.

Tar.Aldarion

What is your avatar rb_ie?

tribulus

Chris Crocker I believe. "LEAVE BRITNEY ALOOOOONE". Funny stuff.

I was actually out walking my dog when the lightning was around, didn't really think much of it at the time but the clouds were way off.

Wertz

rb_ie wrote: »

Not all young boys go out playing in thunder, lightening and hailstones/rain. In fact, I didn't see one out playing in my area during it yesterday.

I used to as a kid at any given opportunity. Fair enough, I'd not stand near trees or out on open ground or start waving metal objects about, but I still went out to see the show; I still do...
The way showers were running through yesterday it was going from fair blue skies to leaden and rain in a matter of 15 minutes...maybe the kid was too pre-occupied with his ball game, maybe his parents don't watch the weather or pay much heed...apparently Bertie's plane was struck by lightning the other day on his way to Belfast, it can happen to anyone.

Jimbo

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

What is your avatar rb_ie?

The chick he has tied up in his attic.

dsmythy

nice1franko wrote: »

is it really more likely than winning the lotto?

not like you hear about things like ths every wednesday/saturday

Well i'd say if the entire country went out and stood in a field all day during a day with thunderstorm activity every time there was one then it probably would be as common. Luckily most people tend to avoid this whereever possible.

RIP to the young lad. I feel for his family.

Rb

tribulus wrote: »

Chris Crocker I believe. "LEAVE BRITNEY ALOOOOONE". Funny stuff.

I was actually out walking my dog when the lightning was around, didn't really think much of it at the time but the clouds were way off.

Aye, give it a google Tar.

entropi

Class m8 of mine in college lives 2 mins from the place told me about it this morning. His sis hangs around with the 14yr old's sis, they resuscitated the kid 4 times but couldn't hold onto him Well, when it's time to go, nothing can be done about it, destiny sucks.

Kiith

I was actually playing football in phoenix park when this happened....scary.

dsmythy

Here in Swords there has just been an almighty clap of thunder. Think i'll stay inside for this one.

JavaBear

Rip

JohnK

jesus! odds of actually being hit must be huge, feel sorry for the kid

Jules

so sad. rip

Overheal

That sucks.

Down in good ol Florida theres lightning everyday but I think less than a dozen people get killed every year. More people then that get struck directly; usually when standing at a window or talking on a phone. Even more people seem to have their houses ripped in half by a thunderbolt.

But here it just seems a terribly freak occurence. The last time I heard about lightning it managed to hit an eircom transformer or something (which had no surge protection for its phonelines) so it blew out just about every connected PC modem in ennis.

RIP kid.

doubledown

The real danger of "lightening" is not being able to spell it properly.

:rolleyes:

Anyway, sad story.

RIP

Caoimhín

doubledown wrote: »

The real danger of "lightening" is not being able to spell it properly.

:rolleyes:

Anyway, sad story.

RIP

Yeah, samrtass... olny nocied tat nwo did ya??

Overheal

please: no txt spk :pac:

doubledown

caoibhin wrote: »

Yeah, samrtass... olny nocied tat nwo did ya??

Yep. Only read it now.

Rb

Overheal wrote: »

But here it just seems a terribly freak occurence. The last time I heard about lightning it managed to hit an eircom transformer or something (which had no surge protection for its phonelines) so it blew out just about every connected PC modem in ennis.

lolololol

Overheal

Not for me it wasnt. The only computer store in the area was a hole in the wall, owned by an overly-egotistical old ****. Had to go back twice cos his replacement modems were crap. Also because the exact same thing happened less than a month later in another storm.

Tar.Aldarion

Fool me once, shame on you...

Sully

Rip