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Mothership |
3 Gloucester kids hit by lightning strike???? |
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I just heard on the radio that three Gloucester "students" where hit by lightning and transported to Beverly? Anybody know anything? I hope they are
O.K.
"I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice...I will not retreat a single inch - AND I WILL
BE HEARD." - Wm. Lloyd Garrison
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From Boston.com
In a close call in Gloucester, a group from a day camp run by Gordon College was using a climbing wall as the storm approached. Counselors brought the children to a safe location and then went back to retrieve the climbing gear when lightning struck a tree about 15 feet away from three of the counselors, said Kristin Schwabauer, a college spokeswoman. The three went to the hospital to get checked out. Two have been released; one is being monitored, Schwabauer said. |
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mya crakstinks |
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did they get pregnant?
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Mothership |
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MYA, your crak does stink!
(Your an ass but your
funny...though I hate to admit it!)
OldBig3, thank you for the clarification. I will pray that the one being monitored is soon stable and released. I am really glad all the rest are O.K. Thanks again!
"I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice...I will not retreat a single inch - AND I WILL
BE HEARD." - Wm. Lloyd Garrison
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oakarina |
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Very glad that no one died, and that the day campers were safe. Maybe someone should send Mya back for more gear, seeing as more storms are on the way. Maybe
Gordon College could de-stink mya.
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Gang of One |
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They'll hold him down for 12 - 16 hours, wrap him up in a big blanket and beat the devil out of him.
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NightStalker |
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just for the record, no one notified gloucester EMS. they went back to gordon and sought help from there. I have no idea why?
Born to Golf......Forced to work (for now anyway)
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brainfix |
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Maybe that is preferred school policy, Night. You never know with religious organizations.
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globalwarmer07 |
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Brain. Thought you were off tonight for awhile. What happened?
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brainfix |
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Tell me why you think that, glo.
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leftwingnut |
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I thought God was on Gordon's side?
How could this possibly happen, assuming, you know... To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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Gang of One |
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His aim was off....he thought they were GHS kids getting ready to,...y'know...get pregnant or something.
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globalwarmer07 |
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Oh Brain. Thought you were going on a road trip. A bolt hit in the center of the homes at Wingaersheek. One of my friends kids was there. It blew out all their
computers, TV's, and appliances., Just like that. Technology fried.
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Damon |
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I have tried to remember to unplug the electronics when I leave the house at this time of year and usually remember. However my internet comes from my
son's cable connection so I do nothing with that.
Damon |
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Foresta Gump |
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Here is what was printed in the Salem News: (None of the kids were injured at all)
Beverly battered; Gordon College campers just dodge disaster By Paul Leighton and Bruno Matarazzo Jr.Staff writers BEVERLY - A powerful thunderstorm rolled through the North Shore and caused heavy damage to some communities as large branches, and even some whole trees, gave way to strong winds. Beverly took the brunt of the storm's wrath as firefighters responded to almost two dozen calls, including downed power lines, flooded streets and reports of lightning strikes. But that doesn't mean other communities got off easy. r A lightning strike sparked a three-alarm fire at an apartment building at the Highlands at Dearborn apartment complex in Peabody near Route 1. r At Gordon College in Wenham, three staff members from the college's La Vida Adventure Camp were sent to Beverly Hospital as a precaution after they were nearly struck by lightning in Magnolia. College spokeswoman Kristin Schwabauer said the lightning hit a tree about 15 feet behind the staffers as they were retrieving equipment from a rock-climbing area known as Red Rock. The staff members were not seriously injured but suffered "residual effects" from the nearby lightning strike, Schwabauer said. Two of them were treated and released at Beverly Hospital. A third was being monitored at the hospital as of last night, but was in stable condition, Schwabauer said. None of the 14 children attending the camp was injured, Schwabauer said. She said the campers, who are ages 14 and 15, and a fourth staff member were in the camp's minibus a safe distance away when the lightning struck. Schwabauer said staff members at Gordon College called the camp staff members by cell phone to warn them of the coming storm. The campers were all off the rock-climbing area 15 to 20 minutes before the storm hit, she said. Schwabauer would not release the names of the staff members who were taken to the hospital. In Beverly, a large tree branch fell on a man outside his home on Dodge Street. The man, who lives at 10 Dodge St., was taken to Beverly Hospital by Northeast Regional Ambulance. "Responding to several incidents proved to be its own challenge," Beverly fire Capt. Peter O'Connor said. "With large trees down across the city and water pooling up in several areas, many roads were impassable, including Essex Street near the YMCA." The region saw more than a quarter-inch of rain in the handful of minutes it took for the storm to pass through, according to National Weather Service data from Beverly Airport. Maximum wind gusts clocked in at 30 mph, and there were reports of penny-size hail. There were also reports of lightning. Just ask Joe Caron, who was sitting in his living room on King Terrace in North Beverly. He heard a crack and saw a flash of lightning through his sliding glass doors. When he looked outside, he spotted a 4-inch-wide white strip in the bark of a 30-foot-tall ash tree in his backyard. "It stripped the bark from the top of the tree all the way to the bottom," he said. Caron said the tree appeared to be in no danger of toppling over.
'LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES...YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET'
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