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2024-05-29 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Colorado rancher is killed along with 34 of his cattle in freak lightning strike

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Died with his boots on doing what he loved.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-29 07:18|| 2024-05-29 07:18|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2024-05-29 07:57|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2024-05-29 14:44|| Front Page Top

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