11 injured as lightning strikes Paris park
Source: AFP
Paris (AFP) - Eleven people, most of them children, were injured Saturday when lightning struck a birthday party in a Paris park, officials said, adding that six of the victims were seriously injured.
Police said eight children and three adults were hurt when the storm hit as they were holding the celebrations in Parc Monceau in northwest Paris.
"They had taken shelter under a tree," said Paris official Karen Taieb.
Three of the children and one adult had life-threatening injuries, the Paris force said, with another child and another adult also seriously injured. The children were aged between 7 and 14.
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niyad
(113,582 posts)PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)I was always told to avoid trees.
niyad
(113,582 posts)stupid, dangerous nonsense.
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)I never heard that in my entire life, and I've been around for a long time.
niyad
(113,582 posts)lots of stupid, useless, dangerous "information".
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)Kids these days don't appreciate what it's like waking up every morning with a Fallout scenario in your mind, except that it could be real and not a game.
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)I think even stone age people knew not to hide under trees in a lightning storm. It's always the tall things that get hit.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)I've been out running when a thunderstorm hit, and my first instinct is to find any kind of cover, but I was near home so I just scrambled home instead of fleeing for a tree.
JesterCS
(1,827 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)There is little research on the physical effects of lightning strikes since they are so difficult to reproduce.
miyazaki
(2,251 posts)but, hope she's ok.
I can still remember my junior high school science teacher telling us
when it comes to lightning and taking cover, "head your dead, bottom you got em'".
Maybe.
niyad
(113,582 posts)and, every year around here, at least one golfer pays no attention to the sirens, and gets struck.