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I was hit by lightning with my umbrella. (while i was recording for a movie)

  • 02-12-2010 02:00AM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭


    (Posted this in the weather section earlier but just thought you guys might find it interesting)

    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


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,053 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Should you not go get checked out?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭andyterryjay


    BostonB wrote: »
    Should you not go get checked out?

    i am lucky enough to have a family member in medicine who checked me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭lil_lisa


    Well, I hope you learned your lesson!

    MEN SHOULDN'T HOLD UMBRELLAS!!!

    awesome video though!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭andyterryjay


    lil_lisa wrote: »
    Well, I hope you learned your lesson!

    MEN SHOULDN'T HOLD UMBRELLAS!!!

    awesome video though!


    haha! well said. i think it was the first time i have ever used an umbrella, cause i didnt want the camera to get wet. very unlucky and lucky at the same time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    Who is this 'Lightning' guy and why did he hit you with your umbrella?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭andyterryjay


    Who is this 'Lightning' guy and why did he hit you with your umbrella?


    haha ! Brilliant, i am going to save that.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,542 ✭✭✭Captain Darling


    Tbh it just sounds like you made a bit of a leaky, sqeaky fart after being hit by a snowball.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭andyterryjay


    Tbh it just sounds like you made a bit of a leaky, sqeaky fart after being hit by a snowball.


    ha, i guess you could say it sounds like that. but the noise im pretty sure is my umbrella sparking up with current.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭Fago!


    Ohhhhhhhhhhh shhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttttttt!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 Topdeck


    your lucky you can have a laugh about it. scarey ****.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 610 ✭✭✭TerryTibbs!


    Shocking stuff


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Tbh it just sounds like you made a bit of a leaky, sqeaky fart after being hit by a snowball.

    Also possibly lighted the fart at the same time, hence the flash??



    I hope you've now see the light!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭Dancor


    Bunch of lads rolling about in the snow, eh?

    Nothing gay about that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭LizT


    How did it feel? (stupid question I know!!)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭andyterryjay


    Dancor wrote: »
    Bunch of lads rolling about in the snow, eh?

    Nothing gay about that.


    ha yeah.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭andyterryjay


    lizt wrote: »
    How did it feel? (stupid question I know!!)


    well this is a breakdown of what happened. but all this happened in less than a second.

    -the lightning flashed
    -the metal on the umbreall lit up and i saw the current moving down it
    -then i felt the current go through me, i cant really explain it other way, it just felt weird.

    but i let go of the umbrella immediately.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    It's odd/lucky that the camera kept functioning. Lightning strikes cause a pretty powerful, but localised EMP beside the strike point. This will fry most electronics.

    And most strikes on a person cause burns and can, in some cases, throw the victim several feet in the air.

    You must have been hit with a relatively weak ESD, so count yourself very very lucky!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,600 ✭✭✭roryc


    We can't even do lighning strikes right... I'd be surprised if anyone's ever died from a lightning strike in Ireland

    You were pretty lucky though. Quite the opposite from this pair, talk about bad timing

    http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/lightning-strike-kills-bridetobe-14834253.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    Could have been worse OP, this guy didn't do as well


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,354 ✭✭✭copeyhagen


    cool video, but it reminded me a bit of the homo ending to lord of the rings!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 757 ✭✭✭colly_06


    You should try sell your story to the Sun ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    If you didn't gain any super powers in this transaction its been a complete waste of time.


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