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Atlanta man struck and killed by lightning today
Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 10:37 pm
by Brent
A 34-year-old man was struck and killed in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody this afternoon during a freak thunderstorm. He was installing a pool at the time and died instantly from a direct hit.
Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 6:32 am
by Lindaloo
That is horrible!!
Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 7:08 am
by TexasStooge
OH CRAP! That can't be good!
Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 7:53 am
by wx247
I guess ouch doesn't adequately desrcibe the situation, but that was my initial thought.
Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 8:47 am
by GAStorm
Brent wrote:A 34-year-old man was struck and killed in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody this afternoon during a freak thunderstorm. He was installing a pool at the time and died instantly from a direct hit.
I saw that story on the news last night. It is definitely not a common occurence in GA. Anyway, we had some bad lightning around this area, and the storms really didn't move much at all. Definitely a sad story to hear about!
Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 11:01 am
by Brent
Those afternoon storms are very wicked(lots of lightning, torrential rain, and they don't move very fast). We're expecting more today.
Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 12:23 pm
by Brett Adair
We just had one here in the Sylacauga area. Torrential rain, lightning and some wind. Another afternoon of outflow infulenced storms. Maybe they won't be as dangerous as the one the GA man experienced.
Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 12:23 pm
by Brett Adair
We just had one here in the Sylacauga area. Torrential rain, lightning and some wind. Another afternoon of outflow infulenced storms. Maybe they won't be as dangerous as the one the GA man experienced.