Welsh girl, 10, survives lightning strike through window

Feuer Frei! · 05-11-11, 08:11 AM

Wooow, how lucky can you get. Thank God the Girl is fine.

A 10-YEAR-OLD British girl cheated death after being struck by lightning inside her home, The Sun reported today. Erin Moran was watching a storm from the attic in her home in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, when the bolt struck with a huge bang, shooting through the glass and into her left arm, leaving through her right big toe before scorching the carpet.
The strike left a jagged, Harry Potter-style mark on Erin's arm - and small entry and exit holes in the double-glazed glass window.
Erin's mother and father, Rhian and Mark, both 40, rushed her to the hospital, where she was treated for shock.
"Erin's a very lucky girl. The lightning went right through her. The doctors were astounded," father-of-two Mark Moran said.
The bolt hit three homes in the Morans' street.
"It was ferocious, like a bomb," according to neighbour Wayne Cunningham, 49.
Professor Martin Uman, a lightning expert from the University of Florida, said strikes through windows were "very rare."

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Growler · 05-11-11, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

...she was treated for shock.

Sorry, but I laughed like hell when I read this line.

Glad she's OK, truly, but that line...

Castout · 05-11-11, 09:15 PM

Lucky girl. Happy for her. It would make an astonishing story, "Hey the lightning decided to say hi and take a closer look on me while I was trying to get a look at them"

Howard313 · 05-11-11, 09:20 PM

This has always been a fear of mine. Must've been a "shocking" experience.

Okay, that was cruel, I apologize, I'm glad the kid is alright.

gimpy117 · 05-11-11, 09:22 PM

well its always been known that god hates the welsh

krashkart · 05-11-11, 10:36 PM

Lucky kid.

A couple of years ago I learned a valuable lesson about riding a bike in a thunderstorm: DON'T DO IT. The rain wasn't coming down yet and I only had a short way to go, so I chanced it. On my way back home a bolt of lightning struck somewhere nearby, close enough that I felt a jolt through the rubber grips on my handlebars. I don't remember if I saw the flash first, or heard the thunderclap first, but I definitely remember the jolt.

05-11-11, 08:11 AM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Welsh girl, 10, survives lightning strike through window Wooow, how lucky can you get. Thank God the Girl is fine. A 10-YEAR-OLD British girl cheated death after being struck by lightning inside her home, The Sun reported today. Erin Moran was watching a storm from the attic in her home in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, when the bolt struck with a huge bang, shooting through the glass and into her left arm, leaving through her right big toe before scorching the carpet. The strike left a jagged, Harry Potter-style mark on Erin's arm - and small entry and exit holes in the double-glazed glass window. Erin's mother and father, Rhian and Mark, both 40, rushed her to the hospital, where she was treated for shock. "Erin's a very lucky girl. The lightning went right through her. The doctors were astounded," father-of-two Mark Moran said. The bolt hit three homes in the Morans' street. "It was ferocious, like a bomb," according to neighbour Wayne Cunningham, 49. Professor Martin Uman, a lightning expert from the University of Florida, said strikes through windows were "very rare." SOURCE __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Lucky girl. Happy for her. It would make an astonishing story, "Hey the lightning decided to say hi and take a closer look on me while I was trying to get a look at them" __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

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05-11-11, 10:36 PM	#6
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Lucky kid. A couple of years ago I learned a valuable lesson about riding a bike in a thunderstorm: DON'T DO IT. The rain wasn't coming down yet and I only had a short way to go, so I chanced it. On my way back home a bolt of lightning struck somewhere nearby, close enough that I felt a jolt through the rubber grips on my handlebars. I don't remember if I saw the flash first, or heard the thunderclap first, but I definitely remember the jolt. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

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Howard313 Engineer Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: America Posts: 211 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	This has always been a fear of mine. Must've been a "shocking" experience. Okay, that was cruel, I apologize, I'm glad the kid is alright.