Hiker hit by flash at Tinkers Knob

[Leo L.]

Anybody heard about this accident last week?
An Austrian guy. He survived, luckily.

[cliffordbarnabus]

link?...........

[Leo L.]

I just read a notice about the incident in an Austrian newspaper, and the text left a lot to guess.
http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/o....intern.portal

So I thought to ask here if anybody had better information?

[zig-zag man]

I just read a notice about the incident in an Austrian newspaper, and the text left a lot to guess.
http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/o....intern.portal

So I thought to ask here if anybody had better information?

Thank you for the link.

[gpburdelljr]

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/25...-by-lightning/

[Leo L.]

Thanks, this article gave me one more piece of info, and an important one:
The guy got hit by a flash out of the blue, no thunderstorm or such.
And, a response time for the rescue of 1hr is really good.

[saltysack]

Glad he’s ok....I’m sure he earned a good trail name from this! FLASH


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[MuddyWaters]

Thanks, this article gave me one more piece of info, and an important one:
The guy got hit by a flash out of the blue, no thunderstorm or such.
And, a response time for the rescue of 1hr is really good.

You can be hit miles from a thunderstorm
And one zap.....is always the first one as well. The clouds and convection are creating the charge. If it looks like it building...is enough.

Fishing in gulf in summer our routine was head out early, and work way in closer as day went. By 1 pm in summer thunderstorms are daily occurrence and you have to dodge them, if not plain head in. Dont want to be caught out with storms between you and land. I seen boats that got hit under sunny skies from a t storm 5-8 miles away. Not common...but also not unheard of.

[Streety]

Seriously...there is a place called Tinkers Knob?

[rocketsocks]

Seriously...there is a place called Tinkers Knob?

why so hard to believe?

[AllDownhillFromHere]

Seriously...there is a place called Tinkers Knob?

Neither word means the same thing here

[Sarcasm the elf]

Neither word means the same thing here

Just wait until he hears us using "bummed" in the American context.

[Streety]

Sorry Tinkers Knob is hilarious (the town not the event). Its up there with "Bell End", "Brown Willy", "Twat" and "Minge Lane". All gold.

[rocketsocks]

Sorry Tinkers Knob is hilarious (the town not the event). Its up there with "Bell End", "Brown Willy", "Twat" and "Minge Lane". All gold.

you forgot full hardt knob.

[jefals]

Thanks, this article gave me one more piece of info, and an important one:
The guy got hit by a flash out of the blue, no thunderstorm or such.
And, a response time for the rescue of 1hr is really good.

You can be hit miles from a thunderstorm
And one zap.....is always the first one as well. The clouds and convection are creating the charge. If it looks like it building...is enough.

Fishing in gulf in summer our routine was head out early, and work way in closer as day went. By 1 pm in summer thunderstorms are daily occurrence and you have to dodge them, if not plain head in. Dont want to be caught out with storms between you and land. I seen boats that got hit under sunny skies from a t storm 5-8 miles away. Not common...but also not unheard of.

Ok, I've got a question that a six-year old might ask, but I don't know this stuff; Aren't there ALWAYS boats and ships out at sea when thunderstorms are going on? How are they protected?

[Streety]

Most larger boats have lightening conductors that capture and discharge the charge to earth (the sea). Boats without masts and boats without masts and humans with fishing rods are worse. Statistically is pretty rare.