iPod Users Report Lightning Strikes
So you have an iPod, and you take it just about everywhere. That’s well and good, but to be on the safe side, just don’t go using them, or any other electronic gizmo for that matter, during a thunderstorm, or you just might go through an electrifying experience.
A Canadian jogger suffered wishbone-shaped chest and neck burns, ruptured eardrums and a broken jaw when lightning traveled through his music player’s wires. Last summer, a Colorado teen ended up with similar injuries when lightning struck nearby as he was listening to his iPod while mowing the lawn.
Emergency physicians report treating other patients with burns from freak accidents while using personal electronic devices such as beepers, Walkman players and laptop computers outdoors during storms.
Yikes.
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