Worshippers in Africa killed by lightning while praying
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UglyCasanova
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- Mar 25, 2001
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With all respect to those that died, this somehow still seemed appropiate.
A preacher was watching a man playing golf. When the man was putting on the third hole, the ball rolled right by the cup when it should have gone in. "God dammit, missed again!" cried the golfer. The priest was shocked. "Don't say that," he exclaimed, "or God will punish you!" The golfer did fine until he was on the ninth hole, when the same thing happened again. "God dammit, missed again!" he yelled. "If you say that one more time, then God will punish you," the priest warned. The golfer lasted until the eighteenth hole, when he missed an easy putt for a third time. "God dammit, missed again!" he screamed. A huge bolt of lightning streaked out of the sky and hit the preacher. The golfer looked up at the sky, puzzled.
Just then, he heard a big voice coming from the sky and saying,
"God dammit, missed again!"
A preacher was watching a man playing golf. When the man was putting on the third hole, the ball rolled right by the cup when it should have gone in. "God dammit, missed again!" cried the golfer. The priest was shocked. "Don't say that," he exclaimed, "or God will punish you!" The golfer did fine until he was on the ninth hole, when the same thing happened again. "God dammit, missed again!" he yelled. "If you say that one more time, then God will punish you," the priest warned. The golfer lasted until the eighteenth hole, when he missed an easy putt for a third time. "God dammit, missed again!" he screamed. A huge bolt of lightning streaked out of the sky and hit the preacher. The golfer looked up at the sky, puzzled.
Just then, he heard a big voice coming from the sky and saying,
"God dammit, missed again!"
911paramedic
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- Jan 7, 2002
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From the picture, they were out in the open, all wet, and holding staffs. That is not what you do when an electrical storm moves through.
We had 7 medics and firefighters hit by a strike a few years back, it hit the firefighters engine and the people around it. Only one was in cardiac arrest but with a lightning strike you can usually reverse that with a quick shock or two. Everybody survived that night, luckily.
Remember this, if you happen to see somebody "killed" by a lightning strike, if it is safe get them to a safe area and start CPR immediately. People that are struck by lightning are VERY good candidates for being saved by medics with a defib shock. In any other Mass Casualty Incident, cardiac arrest gets a "black tag, or Death Tag", but the only exception is with lightning strike victims, they need the quickest most aggressive care.
Lighting strikes can throw the heart out of rhythm, and a simple shock or two from us can get it back on most occasions, depending on the extent of the electrocution.
If you want to do anything to help your community and fellow man/woman go take a CPR class.
I know I am biased, but it really does make a difference. I have been able to bring back a few family members because proper CPR was performed on them.
We had 7 medics and firefighters hit by a strike a few years back, it hit the firefighters engine and the people around it. Only one was in cardiac arrest but with a lightning strike you can usually reverse that with a quick shock or two. Everybody survived that night, luckily.
Remember this, if you happen to see somebody "killed" by a lightning strike, if it is safe get them to a safe area and start CPR immediately. People that are struck by lightning are VERY good candidates for being saved by medics with a defib shock. In any other Mass Casualty Incident, cardiac arrest gets a "black tag, or Death Tag", but the only exception is with lightning strike victims, they need the quickest most aggressive care.
Lighting strikes can throw the heart out of rhythm, and a simple shock or two from us can get it back on most occasions, depending on the extent of the electrocution.
If you want to do anything to help your community and fellow man/woman go take a CPR class.
I know I am biased, but it really does make a difference. I have been able to bring back a few family members because proper CPR was performed on them.What do you think is the possibility that since some of the people that would do the banning also believe themselves to be divine beings perhaps their aim would be just as bad and they would ban some random member?
Well, this does make me rethink starting my own cult where we play with steel poles in lightning storms. Or maybe i'll just take paramedic's advice and invite a bunch of medics along. Medic!
Wrong place. Wrong time! Evidently, the wrong prayer!!
"...and everybody knows that Ben Franklin was gay. I mean he goes out in a thunderstorm with long hair a wearing silk knickers, flying a kite and yelling, "Strike me lightning, OH, Strike me lightning!".......Red Fox
"...and everybody knows that Ben Franklin was gay. I mean he goes out in a thunderstorm with long hair a wearing silk knickers, flying a kite and yelling, "Strike me lightning, OH, Strike me lightning!".......Red Fox
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