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  • September 2008

    • Man Asks Heavens to Settle Dispute, Lightning Strikes

      CCTV  |  Sep 2, 08 9:22 AM CDT

      Man Asks Heavens to Settle Dispute, Lightning Strikes

      (Newser) - A man in China's Fujian province got a shock when he asked the heavens to settle a score, CCTV reports. When a friend demanded an old debt be repaid, the man brandished an iron bar at the sky, swore he had never borrowed the money, and asked the gods to strike him down if he was lying. Lightning promptly stuck the bar. The debtor is recovering in a local hospital. More »

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      China  • debt  • lightning

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • FAA Questions American's Lightning Safety

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 16, 08 1:40 PM CDT

      FAA Questions American's Lightning Safety

      (Newser) - The FAA is questioning American Airlines' new policy on lightning inspections, and its opener is: Why doesn’t American do them anymore? American recently forbade its mechanics from doing extensive lightning damage checks unless pilots suspected a strike, a move designed to reduce delays and cancellations. Big airlines are typically allowed to tweak safety standards, reports the Wall Street Journal. More »

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      airline industry  • American Airlines  • FAA  • airline safety  • inspection  • lightning

  • July 2007

    • Lightning Strikes Same Man Twice

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 30, 07 4:35 PM CDT

      Lightning Strikes Same Man Twice

      (Newser) - A man celebrated the 27th anniversary of being struck by lightning with a second electrocution from above—and once again lived to tell the tale, the Guardian reports. The 68 year old was hiding from a Pennsylvania storm in a shed when he and four others were shocked by lightning; he had been hit at the age of 41 while driving a tractor-trailer. More »

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      storm  • Pennsylvania  • injury  • lightning  • electrocution

    • A Strike Against iPods: Lightning

      Reuters  |  Jul 12, 07 3:32 PM CDT

      A Strike Against iPods: Lightning

      (Newser) - The story of a jogger with Y-shaped burns, a broken jaw, and hearing damage ends in an important moral: Forget your iPod during thunderstorms and try singing in the rain. The metal in earphones—any earphones, not just the chic white buds—can conduct the electric current from a lightning strike, Reuters reports, resulting in a real shock. More »

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      Apple  • lightning

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