William Wagner wrote:
In article ,
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

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I don't see that they've made any clear connection between the iPod and his
injuries, unless they're implying that the device kept him from noticing the
thunderstorm. If that's the case, he got hurt because he's an idiot, not
because of the iPod.

I read it different.

"The patient had second-degree burns on his chest and left leg. In
addition, two linear burns extended along his anterior chest and neck to
the sides of his face, terminating in substantial burns in the external
auditory meatus bilaterally, corresponding to the positions of his
earphones at the time of the lightning strike. Both of his tympanic
membranes were ruptured, and he had a severe conductive hearing
deficit."

I thought of conducting energy into his ears via the Ipod device.
Eight feet away and hurt.

Bill


He was an idiot for being out in the storm like that.

Bill is correct in his assessment of the article. I've have heard quite
a bit about cases such as this. still have friends in the medical
fields and still read a lot of medical journals, even though I am no
longer a practicing nurse. There have been other cases back in the day
with walk-mans and those cd-player walk-man types. The wires carry the
extra current, and when examining the patient, you would find that the
burn pattern is identical to the areas that the wires would be at. I
have seen it once where a person was hit with the walk-man and the case
that held the tape was melted into his skin, unfortunately the patient
in this case was a young boy. If my memory serves right, he was 11 or 12.

rae