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Three men were rushed to hospital after lightning struck America’s largest nude beach.
The bolt hit Haulover Beach in Miami-Dade County, Florida, in the middle of the afternoon, knocking two mean who were in the water unconscious.
A third man who was on the shore went into cardiac arrest.
Lieutenant Matthew Sparling, from the MDFR Ocean Rescue, revealed that they had just closed the beach because of an earlier lightning strike when another bolt struck.
He said that the electricity from the lightning bolt was the cause of the injuries
He explained: “We were in the process of clearing the area when the strike occurred.”
”The lighting had dissipated throughout the water so the lightning strike wasn’t a direct hit.
“It was more hitting the water and electricity traveled through the water.”
An eyewitness on the beach said that he didn’t realise anyone was injured at first.
He told WSVN: “It looked like people were just relaxing in the water and I thought to myself, ‘Why are people just hanging out in the water after that happened?’
“But they were really kind of paralysed.
“They couldn’t move, and then there was some guy face down in the water.”
Two of the victims were hospitalised and are expected to recover, while the third was treated at a nearby trauma centre.
@ranjeet @Imran Khan @Rain Man @Skull and Bones and other not so serious people, here are some of the funniest replies to the news.
1.I've heard of a lightning streak but that's ridiculous...
2.A shocking experience indeed.
3.I expect a few of them were expecting a flash today, but possibly not all were expecting a bang.
4.Well at least it didn't spoil someone's designer bikini.
5.I just want to throw up. Nature apparently feels the same way.
6.Only males victimized ! No Women hurt ! The bliss of having no antenna (LOL). I guess the salinity (and electrical conductivity too) around the nudes was massive, semenity is the reason
7.I saw all those cracks on the beach but didn't realise it was lightning
8.At least the medical services won't have to remove clothing from the injured areas.
9.The beach should have a warning forbidding the backstroke.
10.I bet that jolt made everything stand up.
The bolt hit Haulover Beach in Miami-Dade County, Florida, in the middle of the afternoon, knocking two mean who were in the water unconscious.
A third man who was on the shore went into cardiac arrest.
Lieutenant Matthew Sparling, from the MDFR Ocean Rescue, revealed that they had just closed the beach because of an earlier lightning strike when another bolt struck.
He said that the electricity from the lightning bolt was the cause of the injuries
He explained: “We were in the process of clearing the area when the strike occurred.”
”The lighting had dissipated throughout the water so the lightning strike wasn’t a direct hit.
“It was more hitting the water and electricity traveled through the water.”
An eyewitness on the beach said that he didn’t realise anyone was injured at first.
He told WSVN: “It looked like people were just relaxing in the water and I thought to myself, ‘Why are people just hanging out in the water after that happened?’
“But they were really kind of paralysed.
“They couldn’t move, and then there was some guy face down in the water.”
Two of the victims were hospitalised and are expected to recover, while the third was treated at a nearby trauma centre.
@ranjeet @Imran Khan @Rain Man @Skull and Bones and other not so serious people, here are some of the funniest replies to the news.
1.I've heard of a lightning streak but that's ridiculous...
2.A shocking experience indeed.
3.I expect a few of them were expecting a flash today, but possibly not all were expecting a bang.
4.Well at least it didn't spoil someone's designer bikini.
5.I just want to throw up. Nature apparently feels the same way.
6.Only males victimized ! No Women hurt ! The bliss of having no antenna (LOL). I guess the salinity (and electrical conductivity too) around the nudes was massive, semenity is the reason
7.I saw all those cracks on the beach but didn't realise it was lightning
8.At least the medical services won't have to remove clothing from the injured areas.
9.The beach should have a warning forbidding the backstroke.
10.I bet that jolt made everything stand up.
