| Name |
Location/Activity
When Struck |
Medical
Impacts |
| Charmaine |
At a concert |
Intense pain, memory loss, depression |
| Lisa |
On the beach |
Fatigue, headaches, concussion |
| Rachel |
Hit twice, once outside, once inside |
No lasting problems. |
| Peter |
Hit while camping with scouts |
Hearts problems |
| John |
Hit standing in open garage leaning on freezer |
Headaches, muscle pains. |
| Rickey |
Hit while on cell phone attached by a cord to a charger. |
Swelling on upper back, chest and neck. |
| Kevin |
Hit while getting into car |
Depression, headaches, pain, numbness, anger. |
| Geneva |
Hit twice, once indoors, ouce outdoors |
Headaches, hand pain, I can feel the barometic pressure more, digestive problems, chronic pain, fatigue, pain in joints |
| Larry |
Installing plumbing inside house |
Memory loss, chronic pain, headaches, dizziness, joint pain, hearing loss on one side, inability to concentrate, depression. |
| Dave |
Working Outside on Dock |
Chronic pain, heightened startle response, near total inability to sleep, heart palpitations, headaches, nausea, dizziness, fatigue, memory problems, inability to concentrate, loud ringing in my ears, etc. |
| Jesse |
In open garage working with power tool |
No severe medical impact. |
| Nathalie |
On sail boat |
Heart stopped but restarted. Burn marks. |
| Paul |
Outside working on Mobile Home |
Short term memory loss, trouble sleeping, pain in joints |
| Missy |
At home on phone |
Extrasensory Perception |
| Angela |
- Hit three separate times:
- In house
- On corded telephone
- On porch
|
Severe neuropathy, chronic pain, digestive problems, aphasia,
aphraxia, frontal lobe damage, PTSD and short term memory
loss |
| Dana |
Hit while on phone in house |
Dizziness, strong headaches, fatigue,
Fybromialgia, toxins sensitivity |
| Charles |
Hit while having lunch in a park |
Insomnia, fatigue, memory impairment |
| Hope |
Struck outside waiting for concert and fireworks |
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, migraines |
| Lorianna |
Struck sheltering under partially enclosed barn. Save by
horse. |
Burn marks, some depression. |
| Julie |
Struck unloading her store's truck |
Memory loss. |
| Dave |
Struck by lightning while out fishing |
Burns on 60% of his body. Recovered over
long period. |
| Mike |
Struck by lightning on a Cape Cod golf course. |
Completely paralyzed. Steadily recovering
and resuming normal life. |
| Cheryl |
Home, calling husband on home telephone
to warn him about the coming storm. |
Petit mal seizures |
| David |
911 Medical Dispatcher on duty in southern
Florida |
Severe headaches, deafness, short and long
term memory loss, and insomnia |
| Todd |
Inside his garage, repairing the exhaust system of his car |
Burns, chronic pain, and short-term memory loss |
| Robert |
Returning home from ice fishing on Moosehead
Lake in Maine |
Memory loss, joint pain, and headaches |
For more information on lightning survivors, contact LSESSI
above or Dr.
Mary Ann Cooper. If you have a lightning survivor story
you'd like to share, please email
us