While Training On How to Avoid Being Hit by Lightning, 44 Army Rangers Hit by Lightni

[tay]

Ironically, they were training near Eglin Air Force Base outside Pensacola on how to avoid being injured by lightning, or “conducting lightning protection protocols,” when they were electrified. The group had completed six of the 10 days in their training program when it happened.


Originally 17 were hospitalized, and late Wednesday, 11 of them — nine students and two instructors — were still in the hospital.




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44 Army Rangers Struck by Lightning Near Florida Air Force Base; 11 Hospitalized | KTLA

 

[AnnaG]

I know Zeus is known to be a damned grouchy god, but it does seem that he has a sense of humour.

Seriously, I do hope they'll all be ok.

 

[taxslave]

Military intelligence. One day in Chilliwack a group of them learned the hard way why you don't ram dynamite don the hole with drill steel.

 

[AnnaG]

Well, at least the military can teach you which end of a firearm to point and which end to hang onto. It ain't all bad.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Ironically, they were training near Eglin Air Force Base outside Pensacola on how to avoid being injured by lightning, or “conducting lightning protection protocols,” when they were electrified. The group had completed six of the 10 days in their training program when it happened.
http://ktla.com/2015/08/14/44-army-rangers-struck-by-lightning-near-florida-air-force-base/

Bad luck. By day eight they woulda known how to handle it.