[at-l] at-l Lightening Strikes

[RoksnRoots@aol.com (RoksnRoots@aol.com)]

In a message dated 8/23/01 4:03:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
DaRedhead@aol.com writes:

<< I'd like to read more about that study - do they have anything on the web 
 about it?   >>

   Saw it on Discovery Channel. 

    A second interesting thing was the fact that lightning doesn't even have 
to hit you to kill you. A golf group took refuge under a tree while one 
stayed to finish his put. The tree was struck, hitting the three underneath 
while the 4th was heading towards them. The three lived, but the man who was 
away from the tree ended up dying from heart failure.

   It turned out the human heart is vulnerable to electromagnetic shock 
during a part of its beating cycle. If a large electromagnetic shock wave 
hits it at this phase it will stop.