Survivor Stories
Lightning
Strike and Electric Shock Survivors, International,
(LSESSI) is a support group for survivors of lightning
and electrical injury, their friends and families. The
group provides information and support to survivors, their
families and their physicians about the consequences of
the injury and how to deal with it. They also have written
materials. You can email the group at lightnin@nternet.net;
phone 910-346-4708. The stories below are
submitted by lightning victims and are not corroborated
by NOAA.
| 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
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