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1. www.bbc.co.uk › news › magazine-23621324How do you recover from being struck by lightning? - BBC News

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   Aug 8, 2013 · So what is life like after being struck by lightning? Eric Brocklebank, then 64, was struck on 9 June 2009 as he boiled sausages for a group of cadets at an event at RAF Digby. He had just...

2. www.sciencealert.com › what-happens-after-beingThe Most Terrifying Part About Getting Struck by Lightning Is ...

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   Apr 21, 2016 · Immediately after being struck, the disruption the lightning would have caused to your heart's electrical rhythm could result in cardiac arrest, one of the leading causes of death in lightning strike victims. The shock could also cause seizures or respiratory arrest.

3. www.bbc.com › future › articleWhat it’s like to be struck by lightning - BBC

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   For every 10 people hit by lightning, nine will survive. What happens to the body when a bolt strikes, and how likely is it to happen? Charlotte Huff investigates.

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   Jul 25, 2024 · The most commonly affected areas are the circulatory, respiratory, and nervous systems. While lightning strikes can cause brain hemorrhaging, strokes, and deep tissue injuries, the most reported ...

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6. www.independent.co.uk › life-style › health-andWhat it's like to be struck by lightning (and survive) | The ...

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   Oct 9, 2014 · In popular culture, to be hit by a bolt of lightning is to suffer extremely bad luck. Rain, snow, and hail are largely indiscriminate: within a certain radius, everything is drenched,...

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7. intheloop.mayoclinic.org › 2017/07/13 › what-happensWhat Happens to Your Body After a Lightning Strike?

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   Jul 13, 2017 · Potential problems include being temporarily blinded by the light(ning) or rupturing an eardrum due to a clap of thunder. Cardiac and respiratory arrest also are both common, as are burns — including "Lichtenberg lines," which Dr. Claypool describes as "fernlike, superficial burns" that may appear temporarily in some people.

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   What happens if a lightning strike hits your body?

   • The most commonly affected areas are the circulatory, respiratory, and nervous systems. While lightning strikes can cause brain hemorrhaging, strokes, and deep tissue injuries, the most reported deaths occur as the result of cardiac arrest where the strike’s current has disrupted the natural rhythm of the heart.

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   What happens after a lightning attack?

   • In the wake of a lightning attack, you might be faced with a lifetime of neurological afflictions for reasons that scientists still don't fully understand. Some scientists believe that the lightning scrambles your internal circuitry, altering the behaviour of your cells. You might undergo personality changes, mood swings, and memory loss.

   The Most Terrifying Part About Getting Struck by Lightning Is What

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   How do you know if a lightning hit a person?

   • With lightning strike victims you can sometimes guess at the path of the electricity because of the formation of a Lichtenberg figure. Sometimes known as "lightning tree" or "lightning flower", these intricate, fern-like patterns are caused by capillaries bursting. In Brocklebank's case, the lightning first caused a small wound in his wrist.

   How do you recover from being struck by lightning? - BBC News

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   What is the chance of being struck by lightning?

   • The popular perception is that the chance of being struck by lightning is one in a million - that's not true (Credit: Lena Lozhkina/Flickr/CC BY 2.0-ND) For nearly 30 years, he and his wife have run the organisation – which now has nearly 2,000 members – from their North Carolina home.

   What it’s like to be struck by lightning - BBC

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   How many people are struck by lightning a year?

   • Although it's rare, with the odds of getting struck in your lifetime being roughly 1 in 12,000, every now and then a human will provide an attractive target for lightning bolts to unleash their energy. And of the roughly 500 people who are struck by lightning each year, about 90 percent survive.

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   What happens when lightning hits the ground?

   • The energy can even exceed the power of a nuclear reactor. When the lightning hits the ground, it causes a trail of plasma that lights the sky with those telltale zigzags of blueish white light that we see as lightning. Lichtenberg figures are a type of scarring that can occur when you've been struck by lightning. Image: Winston Kemp

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9. www.sciencefocus.com › the-human-body › this-is-whatThis is what it’s like to be struck by lightning

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   Lightning begins high up in the clouds, sometimes 15,000 to 25,000 feet above the earth’s surface. As it descends toward the ground, the electricity is searching, searching, searching for something to connect with. It steps, almost stair-like, in a rapid-fire series of roughly 50-metre increments.