Guest guest Report post Posted May 6, 2005 <center><h3>Lightning Strikes Car and Home</h3></center> May. 5, 2005 Alex Cabrero Reporting <center></center> <center></center> A rock chip this isn't! How about a lightning bolt! It's what's left of a Salt Lake woman's windshield after lightning struck as she was driving down a highway. Lightning is the number one natural killer in Utah so she's lucky to be alive, and what a story she has. One minute she's driving down the highway, the next she's pulled over after lightning ripped through her car. If the chances of getting struck by lightning are slim, then getting hit two times should be near impossible. That means Aline Devaud of Millcreek shouldn't ever have to worry about it again. As if Mother Nature hasn't done enough to Utah this year, now she's picking on people. Aline Devaud: “Pretty amazing, but I’m lucky.” Lucky because Aline Devaud was driving her car when a big bolt of lightning came through the top. Aline Devaud: “I thought the tire had blown out. My car was just in the shop yesterday, so I thought, ‘those darn mechanics. What did they do wrong?’ (laughs).” She can laugh now, but at the time it wasn't funny at all. Her windshield is half gone, her airbags popped out, and her side mirror is blown off. And the road she was on was damaged after the lightning went through her car. Jay Watkins, Utah Highway Patrol: “I can’t believe it. Absolutely, I’m still amazed by it.” Shirley Ayrton is amazed too. Shirley Ayrton, Lightning Victim: “Definitely the loudest thing I’ve ever experienced. Lightning came down the chimney of her South Jordan home and ripped apart some tiles. Shirley Ayrton: “I was amazed. I just didn’t think lightning would travel down a chimney and come into your home.” Yeah, lightning can do that, and as we saw, it can come through a moving car too. Fortunately, both victims are okay, shaken up but okay. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted May 6, 2005 getting struck by lightning. The car is an electrical conductor, creating an equipotential surface with no electric field inside the car. All the electrical charges move to the surface of the car, so while the car may be wrecked, you are quite safe in the car. You don't have much risk of electrocution at least. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted May 6, 2005 travelling down the road going 60MPH and having the car's air bag explode in your face does not make you "quite safe in the car"! /images/graemlins/blush.gif Similar to the fact that falling off of a tall building won't kill you, its the sudden stop at the end. /images/graemlins/grin.gif Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted May 6, 2005 I'm not denying the role of God in this. I believe God has a hand in everything, good AND bad. I see God as the facilitator of our karma. He can excuse our sins and give us happiness, he can also cause us some pain. It's all up to him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
