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Mike Woodhead with his lightning-zapped computer gear after the weekend strike. |
Next time Taranaki man Mike Woodhead uses his computer he'll get a weather forecast first. A bolt of lightning which struck near his Ohangai home south-east of Hawera on Saturday night has put the 36-year-old local school caretaker on edge.
He was using the family computer with earphones on, his daughter Leah standing next to him, when there was a huge flash in the middle of a storm.
"I felt a shock which was 20 times worse than an electric fence pulse," he said. "I felt it hit my heart. I was worried it might stop beating," the Tiri Rd man said. "It went through me, through the couch and into my wife Ellen who was sitting on the couch."
Comment: Right after a record cold winter, we have a record cool summer. And yet, the global warming crowd still try to find justification for their theory. It really makes one wonder if there is a hidden motive for that.