Lighting is no joke. There was an article in field and stream a few issues back about this guy and his son that were out in a metal row boat fishing, it started to storm/lightning and they're lollygagging back in, apparently no rush, and the kid ended up getting zapped. He didn't die, but was in the hospital and all. They showed a picture of the rod he was holding and it looked like a lock of long black hair attached to a handle...scary stuff!
Lightening is deadly...my family gives me a hard time about being "afraid" lightening but as this sad report shows it can kill you.
When I was a teenager I used to shoot competitively and whenever we would see it clouding up and getting stormy we would pack it up fast! I have a real healthy respect for lightening.
When I was a teenager I used to shoot competitively and whenever we would see it clouding up and getting stormy we would pack it up fast! I have a real healthy respect for lightening.
Wow! That's awful! I couldn't help but get choked up.
I was fishin sunday morning @ 5 am. When I got up the skies were black, with a small clearing just north. I decided to not take my boat out & just fish from shore if the weather got better. It cleared up & was a nice morning. I was pretty bummed that I didn't take my boat. But, seeing that I feel like I made the right decision!
I was fishin sunday morning @ 5 am. When I got up the skies were black, with a small clearing just north. I decided to not take my boat out & just fish from shore if the weather got better. It cleared up & was a nice morning. I was pretty bummed that I didn't take my boat. But, seeing that I feel like I made the right decision!
