Phone use is the leading cause of indoor lightning injuries. Keep as many walls as possible between you and the outside.ĭon't handle electrical equipment or telephones. Keep away from doors, windows, fireplaces, and anything that will conduct electricity, such as radiators, stoves, sinks, and metal pipes. Do not touch them during the storm.ĭon't go outside unless absolutely necessary. Lightning can also travel through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.īefore the storm hits, disconnect electrical appliances including radios and television sets. Regardless of the method of entrance, once in a structure, the lightning can travel through the electrical, phone, plumbing, and radio/television reception systems. Through wires or pipes that extend outside the structure There are three main ways lightning enters homes and buildings: "She just had a dedication and was really good dealing with people." "It was just a really good feeling working with her," he said. Kirsten suffered a broken arm and Alissa apparently suffered a perforated eardrum, Rose said.īernie Rose, who was chairman of the local Sierra Club chapter for part of Mary Wiper's tenure, remembered her as a smart, organized and dedicated worker. Paramedics drove up a logging road and attempted CPR on Wiper but were unsuccessful. "All of a sudden, they were all three on the ground."Īlissa got up, attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on Wiper and, when that was unsuccessful, ran down the trail to get help. "They were on their way back, about 15 minutes from the trailhead and Alissa said they heard thunder in the distance," Bernie Rose said. The three were in a group of trees when the lightning hit, he said. "It just came out of nowhere," Bernie Rose, Kirsten and Alissa's father said Monday morning. Kirsten Rose, 31, and her sister, Alissa Rose, 28, were hiking alongside Wiper when the strike happened. Wiper, shown here, worked to save Native land from oil drilling. The group split off from a larger group and was heading back to the trailhead when Wiper was hit by lightning. Struck by lightning while hiking with several others from Montana and Boulder, Colorado. "And another thing, he says, "always know where a safe haven should be." He says the best place to take cover is inside a car. Phillips says about thirty per cent of the people killed in lightning strikes are on sports playing fields. If there is even a hint of weather, especially lightning, then we shut things down." "There is simply no other way to prepare for something that is essentially a freak of nature. "The safety of the children playing the game is always primary," he says. Three, including the linesman, were held overnight for observation.Ĭoffin says he doesn't believe the accident could have been prevented. Paramedics revived the girl at the scene, but she died later from effects of the strike.įredericton police say more than 20 other people were affected by the lightning strike, including a 16-year-old linesman who was knocked unconscious.Īll were taken to hospital for treatment. The lightning victim, Sarah Elizabeth McLain, was playing in a championship game at Nashwaaksis field, when the strike occurred. If you hear any thunder at all, even just a peal in the distance, you are at risk." "When there is clearly some warning, don't wait for the rains. Some witnesses said they heard thunder in the distance before the tragedy happened.Įnvironment Canada meteorologist Dave Phillips explains that people must heed warning signs. Lightning struck the 14-year-old soccer player just before 3 p.m., killing her and injurying about 20 others. "I felt a sudden tingling, I guess and electrical current, followed by the lightning bolt, and following that, everybody in the near vicinity of the strike was on the ground." Harris says he felt the lightning before he saw it hit the ground. Sarah McLain was tragically killed in a lightning strike He says everyone was focused on the game between Fredericton and Maine, and there was no talk of cancelling the final match. Soccer spectator Stephen Harris was watching the under-14 girls championship game under blue skies, and says fans and players had no warning bad weather was on the way. Fredericton, New Brunswick: A man who watched a young girl be struck dead by lightning on a soccer field says the weather was clear and the fatal strike came out of nowhere.
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