Amadeus Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Lightning Strike Survivors Meet For World Conference People who are struck by lighting stand a surprisingly good chance of surviving, but then often end up with mysterious ailments. Lightning strike survivors are holding a world conference in a bid to overcome their trauma. The survivors stand up, one by one, and tell their stories. Steve has gone through 38 operations. Marianne still feels disoriented and walks into tables and doorframes. Mike doesn't need crutches any more. Linda is so overcome by her tears that she can barely speak. She was hit by lightning four times in 24 years. These tales take up half the morning in a dimly lit hotel conference room in Pigeon Forge, not far from the Dollywood theme park that has put this remote town in Tennessee on the map. The town's main drag is home to a long string of tourist attractions, from amusement arcades to bumper cars to carnival-like attractions, including a replica of a mine complete with a man-made stream, where visitors enthusiastically dig through buckets of gravel -- at $35 apiece -- to search for semiprecious stones. The Lightning Strike and Electric Shock Survivors International World Conference taking place down a side street sounds like yet another attraction -- a particularly eccentric freak show, perhaps. Most people would assume that almost all a lightning strike leaves behind is a small pile of ashes. In fact, dying from a lighting strike is relatively uncommon. Mary Ann Cooper, a professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, estimates that nine out of 10 people struck by lightning survive....... Hit 4 times in 24 years? She must be the unluckiest person alive.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ean Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Maybe she's just really really tall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jampton Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 perhaps she is a conductor?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Roy Sullivan was hit 7 times in 35 years. That's pretty unlucky too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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