SHAZAM!

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#-o

That is the greatest picture I have ever seen.

Was that from Buck Rogers?

Totally agree about the thread title.

just got back from work. i think the lightning did a job on my direct tv. i got no tv right now. my system wouldn't turn on .

damn you to hell!!! now i can't have some down time watching tv.

Carnivore wrote: Old one, jeffrey! The "I kiss you guy" is even part of the "Internet People" video

Yeah, totally old. Definitely occupies his own special place in the pantheon.



( ^ not mine but yes, I did actually, repeatedly click that tree for what must have been *hours* to win my own one of these, back when)

http://www.nbc30.com/news/17006943/detail.html

10 Struck By Lightning In N.Y., N.J.
Lifeguard Struck Trying to Clear N.J. Beach

POSTED: 3:48 pm EDT July 27, 2008
UPDATED: 3:49 pm EDT July 27, 2008

NEW YORK -- Cape May fire department officials said a lifeguard was struck by lightning as he tried to clear the beach of people as rain moved in.

The man was struck at 1:17 p.m. between Paterson Street and Beach Avenue.

He was conscious and alert after being struck, and was taken to Cape Regional Medical Center. His condition was unknown.

At the same time, a girl on the beach suffered injuries to her hands. Fire authorities said it appeared she was holding an umbrella at the time. She was taken to same hospital, but her condition is unknown. It was raining at the time she was struck. She and the lifeguard are the tenth people to be struck by lightning on Sunday.

The National Park Service said a man died and two others were injured after a lightning strike on the beach in Sandy Hook. Hours earlier, five people were struck by lightning in Long Island.

Park service spokesman Brian Feeney said the lightning struck at about noon Sunday on a beach where swimming isn't allowed. That means there weren't even lifeguards to raise the alarm as a fast-moving severe thunderstorm swept into the area.

Feeney told News 4 New York's Brian Thompson that one man in his 30s died. A man and woman in their 30s were taken to Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. Their conditions were unknown.

As a precaution, all beaches at Sandy Hook National Park were closed to swimming and beach activities until the weather cleared.

Feeney declined to immediately release the names of the dead and injured and didn't immediately have more details.

5 Struck By Lightning In L.I.

Five people in their 20s were hospitalized after they were struck by lightning in Long Island.

The incident happened at Cantiague Park in Hicksville at about 10:15 a.m.

Authorities transported the five individuals to Nassau County Medical Center. They suffered burns of various degrees.

A hospital official said they were taken to the emergency room, where they were evaluated.

Two of the victims were admitted to the hospital's burn center in serious condition. The other three were treated and released, a hospital representative said.

The identities of the victims were immediately available.

The county evacuated the park and closed its swimming pool. Officials warned people not to take cover under trees during storms, saying they are prone to lightning strikes.

Yea, I heard that really big one too. HUGE flash and when the thunder sounded, someone outside screamed. I thought someone got hit. She was just scared though. Don't blame her.

I was bowling. STRIKE! 258 last week!

jesus. what a tragedy.

I guess this is one good thing of having grown up in miami beach and having had an aunt who lived in san diego - I know exactly how to deal with fucked up tides. doesn't mean I couldn't drown in a riptide or screwy current, but hell knows I ain't trying to swim against that shit. people who don't know what to do barely stand a chance if the lifeguards can't get to them.

awful.