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10-02-2004 09:58 PM #1
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Quebec golfer almost dies...
A golfer at Kingsway almost died Saturday when he was hit by lightning. Lightning hit his umbrella. Friends saved his life by performing CPR.
For the Francophones, here is a link to the news article.
http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/infos/faits...02-193058.htmlnice_lag
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10-03-2004 10:23 AM #2Originally Posted by nice_lag
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10-03-2004 10:35 AM #3
I am very glad he is OK. There was a golfer hit at Gatineau some years ago. I am actually suprised it does not happen more often with the number of thunder storms we get around here.
Alta Vista Translator did a pretty bad job of this one...
A golfor failed to lose the life, Saturday afternoon, in Outaouais. He was on the ground of Kingsway, in Gatineau, lorsqu'un violent one storm burst. The lightning struck its umbrella. L'homme underwent a cardiorespiratory stop. Fortunately, his/her friends could practise operations of reanimation before l'arrivée of the helps. C'est probably what saved the life to him. The victim all the same was seriously wounded with the feet and the hands, but one does not fear for his life.
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10-03-2004 10:49 AM #4Originally Posted by Dan Kilbank
Perhaps I am mistaken but are the courses not required by law to have a lightning sensing sytem in place? In southern Ontario just about all the courses have them. Lighting is detected about 5 miles from the course and the course is closed.
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10-03-2004 11:11 AM #5A golfor failed to lose the life, Saturday afternoon, in Outaouais. He was on the ground of Kingsway, in Gatineau, lorsqu'un violent one storm burst. The lightning struck its umbrella. L'homme underwent a cardiorespiratory stop. Fortunately, his/her friends could practise operations of reanimation before l'arrivée of the helps. C'est probably what saved the life to him. The victim all the same was seriously wounded with the feet and the hands, but one does not fear for his life.
Translation sounds like it was done by the same people who brought us "All your base are belong to us"....
I am surprised that this lightning stuff doesn't happen more often, considering golf in the rain is like walking around with a bag full of lightning rods strapped to your back...
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10-03-2004 11:34 AM #6Originally Posted by Dan Kilbank
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10-03-2004 06:17 PM #7
I heard that a guy at Glen Mar got hit this year as well... Apparently, the marshall told him to get off the course because of lightning but he told him off and got hit later...
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10-04-2004 10:21 AM #8Originally Posted by LongBallHitter
as for the warning system mkemila, all courses have one. The sirens at kingsway went off right after the first lightning was noticed, and the golfer was on his way back to the clubhouse when he was struck......hows that for luck
this is one of the major reasons I don't use an umbrella on the golf course, you're at risk when you stand in the middle of the fairway with a lightning rod in your hands. Atleast if you're going to have one, stand over by the trees or something.
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10-04-2004 10:26 AM #9
Mine has a wood shaft. Less attractive to excited electrons ( I hope)
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10-04-2004 02:31 PM #10
My understanding is that you want to avoid becoming an antaenna: If you are alone on the top of a hill, you are more likely to be hit than if you are in the bottom of a valley. Standing next to a tall tree is a bad idea if the tree is the tallest structure in a large area.
There is also the randomness of lightning: a single cow can get struck in the middle of a herd...
Taking the precaution of going indoors is the smartest move. Otherwise, you'd best hope "his/her friends could practise operations of reanimation before l'arrivee of the helps"
Happy to hear that his friends new cpr + that he'll be ok.
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10-04-2004 02:36 PM #11
And as I heard on the radio, the guy was at even par after 9 holes..... anyone smell Caddyshack?!
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10-04-2004 07:26 PM #12Originally Posted by LongHitta
If you want to talk luck....I only saw one lightning flash on my way home from Kingsway that day....get your calculator ready
1. hit by lightning
2. hit by the only bolt of lightning
3. hit by the only bolt of lightning while playing your best game ever
4. having a guy on an adjacent fairway that had just recertified his CPR the week before.
I worked it out 1 in 700 gajillion!
Too bad he was unconscious and couldn't buy a lottery ticket
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08-31-2005 09:58 PM #13
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If I had the same luck with lottery tickets, I'd have won every draw, but that doesn't even come close to the pleasure I get every time I see my loved ones.
BTW, my umbrella had a graphite shaft and nylon canopy supports. The only metal part was the spring that opens the umbrella, and it was enclosed in a plastic casing. I'm convinced that it deadened the blow, had the bolt entered directly I wouldn't be writing this.
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08-31-2005 10:14 PM #14
Question for you THUNDAH . Did you see that great big white tunnel that some people claim to have seen?
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09-01-2005 09:40 PM #15
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No I didn't see the tunnel or the brite white light. Either I wasn't gone long enough, (the guys that performed CPR on me had me restarted within 3 minutes) or I wasn't going in the right direction. Some even said that my burns weren't from the lightning!!
Last edited by THUNDAH; 09-01-2005 at 09:42 PM. Reason: incomplete
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09-02-2005 09:27 AM #16
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Glad you made it! What a story!
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