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Offline flybox1

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motorcyclist struck by lightning
« on: September 06, 2013, 09:29:53 AM »
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Re: motorcyclist struck by lightning
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2013, 01:31:53 PM »
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Re: motorcyclist struck by lightning
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2013, 02:47:01 PM »
Carbon fiber helmets would transmit the electricity much better...

It is odd that he was struck while moving. It was his time to go I guess...

Being under a tree, isn't a smart place to take shelter during a lightning storm...heard that all my life since I was a kid. Especially a lone tree.

Sad news for anyone to die or be injured by a lightning strike.
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Re: motorcyclist struck by lightning
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2013, 02:51:40 PM »
I think when your number is up, its up and you can't hide from it. In the first story the guy's number wasn't up, the second story it was.

But I also don't believe in pushing the envelope either.
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Re: motorcyclist struck by lightning
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2013, 01:37:10 AM »
never tow a kite dangling a key behind your bike under a tree?with a carbon fibre helmet on.
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Re: motorcyclist struck by lightning
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2013, 03:34:41 AM »
Quote from: RAFster122S on September 06, 2013, 02:47:01 PM
Carbon fiber helmets would transmit the electricity much better...

Due to being encased in resin there would not be much chance of conducting electricity David.... ;)
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Re: motorcyclist struck by lightning
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2013, 11:19:47 AM »
Lightening is the last thing I would be worried about killing me on my bike. Yikes.
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