# Lightning Storm on the Golf Coarse
**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346
**Category:** EV Small Talk
**Created:** [July 11, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346 "2007-07-11T21:46:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346/1 "2007-07-11T21:46:14Z")
Totally crazy day , we were out golfing and a huge lightning storm passed thru and hit the coarse a couple holes over. We decided to stop playing since we were swinging metal sticks right before it hit. It was so wild when it hits 2000 ft from where you are then the crack 2-4 seconds. It rattles thru your whole body. Basically scared everyone there. Anyways just crazy.
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### Author:  [@FEUS](https://community.electricforum.com/u/FEUS)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346/2 "2007-07-12T06:08:30Z")
that is one of the reasons I have nothing more than respect for electricity.
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### Author:  [@inSANe\_DIEGO](https://community.electricforum.com/u/inSANe_DIEGO)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346/3 "2007-07-16T10:07:52Z")
[QUOTE=Adam;489]Totally crazy day , we were out golfing and a huge lightning storm passed thru and hit the coarse a couple holes over. We decided to stop playing since we were swinging metal sticks right before it hit. It was so wild when it hits 2000 ft from where you are then the crack 2-4 seconds. It rattles thru your whole body. Basically scared everyone there. Anyways just crazy.[/QUOTE]
That’s what you get for playing golf. Sheesh…when are you guys gonna learn? Billiards is for tables NOT lawns. 😉
Glad to hear nobody got zapped.
Cheers
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### Author:  [@Jack\_the\_R](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Jack_the_R)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346/4 "2007-07-17T14:34:10Z")
I remember being lectured on this in a middle school science class. IIRC the teacher said something like “Lightning is the #1 killer of golfers.” A girl laughed out loud at him and he got all mad at her and chewed her out. Jeez, like it’s not a funny mental image to suddenly be hit with.
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### Author:  [@Longez](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Longez)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346/5 "2008-08-05T17:33:08Z")
I live in Florida - Space Coast.
Most people worry about sharks at the beach. I tell them it is lightning they should worry about.
Every year way more people are hurt/killed by lightning at golf courses, the beach or boating than sharks.
Now we need a way to capture and store those free mega watts raining down from the sky!
Did you know there are some alternate theories being looked into (at the sub-atomic level) as to how lightning is generated other than the old up and down drafts. Seems to me it would take some very strong up/down drafts to generate the huge amounts of electricity we know as lightning.
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### Author:  [@blogradio](https://community.electricforum.com/u/blogradio)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346/6 "2011-09-25T01:25:42Z")
Seeking shelter in a substantial building when possible is advisable. The sheds on golf courses, unless adequately protected by a lightning mitigation system, are potentially more dangerous because they offer height but little protection and lightning may splash from a hit to the shelter onto the inhabitants.
Standing under the tallest object in an open area, such as a tree at a golf course, is never a good idea, however. Lightning tends to strike the highest point that will lead the electrical charge to the ground.
If you’re on the golf course, get away from your golf clubs and cart.
If outdoors during a thunder and lightning storm, avoid water! Also avoid metal objects such as wires, fences, power tools, railroad tracks, etc. Unsafe places include: tents, golf carts, underneath trees. Avoid hilltops and open spaces. Where possible, find shelter in a building or in a fully enclosed metal vehicle, such as a car, with the windows shut.
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### Author:  [@insane.nick](https://community.electricforum.com/u/insane.nick)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346/7 "2012-09-21T23:43:46Z")
From my childhood days I wanted to become storm chaser but my dreams shattered.
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### Author:  [@V2H.Research](https://community.electricforum.com/u/V2H.Research)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346/8 "2012-10-04T11:09:49Z")
[QUOTE=insane.nick;12643]From my childhood days I wanted to become storm chaser but my dreams shattered.[/QUOTE]
check storm chasers on discovery 🙂
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### Author:  [@Ironman1](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Ironman1)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346/9 "2012-10-28T23:39:23Z")
I am not aware of this fact…
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### Author:  [@userhere8](https://community.electricforum.com/u/userhere8)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/lightning-storm-on-the-golf-coarse/346/10 "2013-03-12T05:26:21Z")
ironman1 you have to learn english its easy to understand,.