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2008-06-03 Iraq

3 killed by thunderbolt southwest of Amara - thunderbolt or Thundrbolt II?

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-06-03 10:12|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Same effect.

Works for me.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2008-06-03 11:29|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2008-06-03 11:29|| Front Page Top

#2 ...How about 'Warthogbolts'?

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-06-03 11:41|| 2008-06-03 11:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Wow, they have some powerful thunder out there. I have heard of people struck by lightning but this is the first time I have ever heard of anyone killed by thunder.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-06-03 11:42|| 2008-06-03 11:42|| Front Page Top

#4 crosspatch, thunderbolt = electric discharge, sometimes up to several million eV--can zap ya for good (If you happened to be in a middle of summer in western Kansas, you may see some of the most spectacular thunderbolt light show on earth and you'd unerstand how that could happen--for instance a column 5 miles in diameter and 2 miles tall with its wall entirely composed of lighning bolts, discharging for some 15 minutes). The accompanying sound = thunder, usually harmless, but if your heart is weak, very loud thunder may startle you cause a hard attack--e.g. kill ya.

What is unusual is that 3 people got zapped at the same time. Allan works in mysterious ways?

Posted by twobyfour 2008-06-03 12:52|| 2008-06-03 12:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Insh'allah.

Posted by One Eyed Ulese1266 2008-06-03 13:10|| 2008-06-03 13:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Shiite! PIMF!

very loud thunder may startle you cause a hard attack

That won't kill you, but heart attack might! ;-)

Posted by twobyfour 2008-06-03 17:10|| 2008-06-03 17:10|| Front Page Top

#7 I seem to recall that electricity is attracted to metal.
Were any of these poor innocent souls by chance crrying something metal, like an AK-47 by chance?

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-06-03 18:26|| 2008-06-03 18:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Supposed to stick your butt up in the air, but in this case it probably exposed their heads.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-06-03 21:53|| 2008-06-03 21:53|| Front Page Top

#9 RJ, RPGs and bazookas work even better. ;-)

Posted by Spike Uniter 2008-06-03 23:25|| 2008-06-03 23:25|| Front Page Top

#10 "lack of shields against thunderbolts" they were stolen by the Jooooooooooooos!!

Posted by steven 2008-06-03 23:42|| 2008-06-03 23:42|| Front Page Top

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