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JEEP hit by Lightning strike in US car park
68AutoBug - July 15th, 2008 at 11:43 PM


Here are some pics of a Jeep sitting in a car park in the USA last month when it was struck by Lightning..

not much left....

Lee

Sides - July 16th, 2008 at 12:07 AM

Heh - yeah - that'd majorly suck.

Though, I wonder what happens if lightning strikes say big mining/construction truck that DOESN'T burst into flames ???

The attached PDF is a real incident report on what happens...

ancientbugger - July 16th, 2008 at 03:45 PM

You wouldn't want to be hit by one of those tyres when a truck goes off!! Surely the vehicle would need to be earthed to the ground by something to get hit or else wouldn't it be happening more frequently? Many years ago I saw lightning actually bounce off of the roof of a car in front of me and then to the ground when driving through rain in England. The car had a fibreglass roof so I don't know if that had anything to do with it?

OZ Towdster - July 16th, 2008 at 04:24 PM

Its just a Jeep thing we wouldn't understand ;);)

baybuscamperkid - July 16th, 2008 at 05:06 PM

so THATS what you gt when you put bling rims on a Jeep!

Notch Nut - July 16th, 2008 at 06:00 PM

The hand of god works in mysterious ways..:cool::rolleyes:

68AutoBug - July 16th, 2008 at 07:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Notch Nut
The hand of god works in mysterious ways..:cool::rolleyes:




I've never heard of a beetle getting struck by Lightning...

Lee