I was hit by lightning with my umbrella.

andyterryjay

I was hit by lightning today while filming for a new video I was making in Terenure College Grounds.

The lightning hit all of us holding metal objects - Me with the umbrella, And my 2 other friends, one with a shovel and the other with glasses.

Here is a link to the video footage of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y09YVcCcNs

Radharc na Sleibhte

Holy fcukin siht.

andyterryjay

yea im pretty freaked out. ha

you could say it was, a shocking experience.

oooohhhhh shhhhiiiiiiiitttttt!

Your reaction was priceless, fair play!

andyterryjay

yeah it was haha ! but i actually say the current go down the pole of the umbrella !!!

Phoenix Park

159 views so far. That should go down well with the ladies in Wesley at the weekend!

murrayp4

You were very very lucky. As far as I remember (please correct me if I'm wrong) objects on the ground send up a small streamer which may or may not make contact with the lightning strike. The lightning made contact with the streamer of another possibly higher object.

andyterryjay

haha yeah, it will do great for my channel aswell.

it may go viral at this rate. not even up half an hour and over 200 vies now.

delta_bravo

I'm confused.

Shouldn't you be dead? The bolt would find earth through your body and cause you massive burns and injury. I thought most lightning was happening out to sea, not as far inland as Terenure

Joe10000

Brilliant to have it on camera but you are blessed. You can buy all the lotto tickets you want now safe in the knowledge that the usual comparative stat no longer applies to you.

murrayp4

delta_bravo wrote: »

I'm confused.

Shouldn't you be dead? The bolt would find earth through your body and cause you massive burns and injury. I thought most lightning was happening out to sea, not as far inland as Terenure

The lightning didn't hit the OP, a charge ran up his body attempting to connect with the lightning strike (a non-connecting streamer), the lightning hit something else instead. He should do the lotto this week.

Pangea

Wow lol, nice post, thats pretty crazy man, you are very lucky.
Hope you dont have any long term effects lol

mrsdewinter

murrayp4 wrote: »

The lightning didn't hit the OP, a charge ran up his body attempting to connect with the lightning strike (a non-connecting streamer), the lightning hit something else instead. He should do the lotto this week.

Thanks for that - and to murrayp4... I found that confusing too.

thebiglewbowski

Lucky boy. maby you now have superpowers like powder did

fryup

does this mean you'll have super-human powers??

if so have you decided on a super-hero name?

andyterryjay

yeah ive been really freaked out by the whole thing.

i am very lucky, i could have died, jesus.

irish weather likes to surprise you doesnt it.

Flukey

Great video. The reaction is brilliant, especially the action replay.:D I'll go halves on a Lotto ticket with you.

KilOit

haha a young man using an umbrella in snow, did you leave your balls at the gate?

andyterryjay

i was trying to not let the camera get wet. but looking back on it, i would rather my camera break than i die. so next time no umbrella for me. it connected with me in my shoulder region cause i was holding the unbrella with no hands. it still tingles a tiny bit.

stimpson

andyterryjay wrote: »

i would rather my camera break than i die. so next time no umbrella for me.

I wouldn't worry about it. Lightning never strikes twice

D

The part at the end were you said "oh ****, i just got electrocuted" in slow motion was really funny.

andyterryjay

stimpson wrote: »

I wouldn't worry about it. Lightning never strikes twice

I wouldn't like to bet on that though.

Columbia

OP, let us know if balloons start sticking to ya.

andyterryjay

Columbia wrote: »

OP, let us know if balloons start sticking to ya.

haha will do. no side effects just yet. although it might be like in misfits. i could have some sort of power !

ro_chez

stimpson wrote: »

I wouldn't worry about it. Lightning never strikes twice

Strangely enough, thaw on here in Clontarf Dub 3, no proper precip since 7ish and one of the icecycles on my balcony's disapeared along with slow drip!

Rougies

ro_chez wrote: »

Strangely enough, thaw on here in Clontarf Dub 3, no proper precip since 7ish and one of the icecycles on my balcony's disapeared along with slow drip!

That's one of the most irrelevant replies I've ever seen!

Rougies

Rougies wrote: »

That's one of the most irrelevant replies I've ever seen!

LOL

It's like some dude with ADHD just walked into a conversation...

To the OP, what an animal piece of footage but jesus christ, stay away from Umbrellas dude!

nisior

Holy fock man. You just made me never have an umbrella ever again hahaha, although I love my pink and see-through umbrella haha. Why did you have an umbrella anyways?? It wasn't raining? You are beyond lucky mate...go buy some lotto tickets now.

caseyann

I hope you went to hospital?

namelessguy

D wrote: »

The part at the end were you said "oh ****, i just got electrocuted" in slow motion was really funny.

That wasn't slow motion, that's how he talk's since.

ro_chez

caseyann wrote: »

I hope you went to hospital?

No need...just drunk and snow dazzled!!

MagicMarker

caseyann wrote: »

I hope you went to hospital?

For internal blistering?

irishmotorist

KilOit wrote: »

haha a young man using an umbrella in snow, did you leave your balls at the gate?

I'm sorry - this was my biggest genuine laugh of the week.

LOL. Literally.

BTW, OP, hope you're OK.

caseyann

Rougies wrote: »

I hope you're not serious?

Nervous: When the central nervous system is affected, a number of side effects can occur such as dementia, amnesia, temporary paralysis, impaired reflexes, memory gaps and anxiety or depression.

caseyann

MagicMarker wrote: »

For internal blistering?

Its called been cautious.

WeeBushy

You should post this in AH, they would love it there.

Mr Benevolent

90% of people struck by lightning survive.

WallyGUFC

Confab wrote: »

90% of people struck by lightning survive.

That has taken the gloss off it for me really. 90%? Never mind the lotto mate. Your only luckier than 10% of people!


PS: Feckin class video!

i57dwun4yb1pt8

jesus , you are one lucky mother

I do reccomend you dont watch any Final Destination movies though

irishmotorist

Confab wrote: »

90% of people struck by lightning survive.

Is that the same 90% of the 40% of people who have had 72% of the 23% of the lightning strikes that have survived the 85% of the 1024 strikes?
Sorry - very facetious sounding. Are there actual stats about this?

Takeshi_Kovacs

Pretty lucky to catch it on film, and even luckier that the lightning strike found a quicker path to ground than through you.

andyterryjay

Deleted User wrote: »

LOL

It's like some dude with ADHD just walked into a conversation...

To the OP, what an animal piece of footage but jesus christ, stay away from Umbrellas dude!

yeah. i dont think i will ever use one again. and it was the first time i had ever used one either ! how unlucky.

andyterryjay

caseyann wrote: »

Nervous: When the central nervous system is affected, a number of side effects can occur such as dementia, amnesia, temporary paralysis, impaired reflexes, memory gaps and anxiety or depression.

slight depression is the only one for me so far.

andyterryjay

nisior wrote: »

Holy fock man. You just made me never have an umbrella ever again hahaha, although I love my pink and see-through umbrella haha. Why did you have an umbrella anyways?? It wasn't raining? You are beyond lucky mate...go buy some lotto tickets now.

it was snowing and i use an expensive camera that i didnt want to get wet

andyterryjay

DaDumTish wrote: »

jesus , you are one lucky mother

I do reccomend you dont watch any Final Destination movies though

too late, already seen them all and yes i have even seen "THE Final Destination", what a terrible movie haha

andyterryjay

WallyGUFC wrote: »

That has taken the gloss off it for me really. 90%? Never mind the lotto mate. Your only luckier than 10% of people!


PS: Feckin class video!

thanks for the statistics guys. still fairly lucky.

im not complaining ha

DWCommuter

andyterryjay wrote: »

it was snowing and i use an expensive camera that i didnt want to get wet

Learn English and come back when you are telling the truth. Meaningless video. Proves nothing.

iii Stevo iii

Your lucky that lightning stuck, cos otherwise that would of been one shi*ty movie.

andyterryjay

iii Stevo iii wrote: »

Your lucky that lightning stuck, cos otherwise that would of been one shi*ty movie.

that was only during one shot for the movie. the actual movie will be good hopefully. ill post a trailer when i have it nearly edited.

andyterryjay

DWCommuter wrote: »

Learn English and come back when you are telling the truth. Meaningless video. Proves nothing.

I am from Ireland and speak perfect English, I would like to think anyway.

the only thing that was wrong with that sentence was lack of punctuation.

i wasnt trying to "prove" anything, i was just showing people that this kind of stuff CAN happen in Ireland, and to be careful during this coldsnap.

TeddyTedson

Haha. That is amazing! Class video. Congrats on living!
I'm going to be scared sh1tless though next time I'm outside when there's lightning!