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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Colorado rancher is killed along with 34 of his cattle in freak lightning strike
2024-05-29
[Daily Mail, where Amreica gets it news]
  • Rancher Mike Morgan, 51, was struck by lightning while feeding his cows

  • His wife, 200 feet away at the time of the strike, was thrown from her horse

  • Morgan leaves behind his wife and 17-year-old daughter
Sometimes, 'tall in the saddle' is a bad thing.

Posted by:Skidmark

#3  Pretty common story around here. Every year there is one of several cows being killed by lightning and around every 5-6 a human is killed with them.
Posted by: DarthVader   2024-05-29 14:44  

#2  Lightning gets more dangerous at higher elevations. You might not even see or hear the storm it's coming from, but you are the 'closest point' to source. On an open range with no trees, you are the lightning rod.

The area wherein this gentleman was killed is non-mountainous, but at an elevation around 7,500-8,500 feet (2,300-2,600 meters for our non-imperial friends), so fairly high up.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2024-05-29 07:57  

#1  Died with his boots on doing what he loved.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-29 07:18  

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