Q92: Victoria's Best Music Station » struck by lightning http://kqvt.com Victoria's Best Music Station Wed, 22 May 2013 13:25:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Woman Struck by Lightning During Wilderness Survival Class http://kqvt.com/woman-struck-by-lightning-during-wilderness-survival-class/ http://kqvt.com/woman-struck-by-lightning-during-wilderness-survival-class/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:30:36 +0000 Amory Gritta http://kqvt.com/?p=3729 For someone who was at the wrong place at the wrong time, a Florida woman sure found herself at the right place at the right time.

The unidentified woman was struck by lightning while attending a wilderness survival class Wednesday in Charlemont, Massachusetts.

]]> http://kqvt.com/woman-struck-by-lightning-during-wilderness-survival-class/feed/ 0 zoutedrop, Flickr Watch Lightning Strike a Plane [VIDEO] http://kqvt.com/watch-lightning-strike-a-plane-video/ http://kqvt.com/watch-lightning-strike-a-plane-video/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 13:00:21 +0000 Amory Gritta http://kqvt.com/?p=3181 Last weekend, an Emirates Airbus 380 was struck by a jagged bolt of lightning as it began its descent into London's Heathrow Airport. Luckily, none of the passengers aboard were harmed, and the plane made it safely to the ground.

Believe it or not, airplanes generally sustain a couple of lightning strikes per year, and are designed so that their bodies act as a conductor, allowing the lightning to pass through without causing any damage.

What made this particular lightning strike different was that it was caught on video. Read on to see this latest jolt from Mother Nature plus other crazy lighting attacks from the past.

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