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A Dade landscaper died after being struck by an unusual type of lightning that's stronger, hotter, lasts longer and strikes from clear skies.
With no rain or even clouds to warn him of the danger, death came literally out of the blue Thursday to a self-employed landscaper. The killer was a powerful bolt of lightning that cracked through perfectly clear skies.
David Canales, 41, of West Miami-Dade, was on the job at a Pinecrest home when the bolt hit. It first seared a tree, then traveled and struck Canales, standing nearby.
Experts said Canales was killed by a weather phenomenon fittingly called a ''bolt from the blue'' or ''dry lightning'' because it falls from clear, blue skies. He was pronounced dead at South Miami Hospital.
thats weird,,,,,i remember watching on tv a few years back,,of all these live flipping fish falling out of the clear sky on someones patio (think it was in britain)
dry lightning,,,what a weapon to have if we could harness it, or replicate it..
Very strange,Last summer after a storm,the sun came back out so I went into the yard and as I was walking I heard a weird zzzzpt noise (almost like if 2 bare wires were to touch together and my hair stood up like a bad case of static electricity...scared the heck out of me. Needless to say I ran very quickly back inside.
Very often people can be struck by lightning without a storm being all that near. Lightning can travel many miles from a storm cloud so when one hears thunder, don't hang around for the rain to start. Lightning can "get you" way before that.
A Dade landscaper died after being struck by an unusual type of lightning that's stronger, hotter, lasts longer and strikes from clear skies.
With no rain or even clouds to warn him of the danger, death came literally out of the blue Thursday to a self-employed landscaper. The killer was a powerful bolt of lightning that cracked through perfectly clear skies.
David Canales, 41, of West Miami-Dade, was on the job at a Pinecrest home when the bolt hit. It first seared a tree, then traveled and struck Canales, standing nearby.
Experts said Canales was killed by a weather phenomenon fittingly called a ''bolt from the blue'' or ''dry lightning'' because it falls from clear, blue skies. He was pronounced dead at South Miami Hospital.
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