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8/14: Shoe of person hit by lightning

http://cellar.org/pictures/lightningshoe.jpg

It's the height of the lightning season here and there is much discussion of it. Two days ago a house about 2 miles away from me was struck and the resulting fireball and fire took down the house. A guy was hit and killed while crabbing on the Delaware. A few weeks ago a guy was hit on the Jersey shore by a bolt that went 8 miles horizontally. The sky was clear over his head, but the lightning sought him out.

This isn't from any of those events. This is from a lightning photo gallery on NOAA's website.

Gross thing about this picture: there must be bits of charred human in there... one day you're wearing your shoes, and the next day, your shoes are wearing you.

Re: 8/14: Shoe of person hit by lightning

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Originally posted by Tony Shepps
there must be bits of charred human in there... one day you're wearing your shoes, and the next day, your shoes are wearing you.

My girlfriend says just about the same thing about my sneakers..