Well I'm not sure what happened yesterday but was standing on an aluminium scaffold (mobile) on the timber platform 18 storeys up
It was leaning against a steal frame that is earth by a thick coppers strap
It was raining lightly
Saw a very light flash then heard a buzzing noise
Didn't feel anything but scared the crap out of me
Buzzung noise didn't stop
Touched the scaffold with the back of my hand didn't feel anything
Climbed down as quickly as i could
Got a slight buzz as I put both hands on the scaffold to jump off
Anyone got any answers for me
residual static electricity can give you a little zap. however if you got what youd call enough to give you a tingle you need to check your heart out, seriously go to a doctors they put you on a heart monitor and it will tell you if youve been shocked/hearts running ok.
people often get zapped think nothing of it but the heart doesnt pump properly after for days. aneurhytmic rhythum or something like that. seriously get checked out you can have heart problems days later.
when i was a kid lightning came in through the window and hit the kettle, we were all standing on wood floors but you could hear buzzing after, dont know if that was me ears,head or real sound, on a moist day you can hear the powerlines buzzing. thats what the lightning heard like for me after... if ya been zapped serious go to the docs its saved peoples lives before
sparkies any further info?
if you were hit by lightning you wouldn't still be on your scaffolding"18 stories" up
Select to expand quoteRazzonater said..
residual static electricity can give you a little zap. however if you got what youd call enough to give you a tingle you need to check your heart out, seriously go to a doctors they put you on a heart monitor and it will tell you if youve been shocked/hearts running ok.
people often get zapped think nothing of it but the heart doesnt pump properly after for days. aneurhytmic rhythum or something like that. seriously get checked out you can have heart problems days later.
when i was a kid lightning came in through the window and hit the kettle, we were all standing on wood floors but you could hear buzzing after, dont know if that was me ears,head or real sound, on a moist day you can hear the powerlines buzzing. thats what the lightning heard like for me after... if ya been zapped serious go to the docs its saved peoples lives before
sparkies any further info?
Definitely get checked out! With electrical industry it is mandatory for all electric shocks, you go to hospital for 24 hrs observation, I've been 3 times
Select to expand quoteactiomax said..
Should this be in heavy weather?
My early morning attempt at humour. 
GalahOnTheBay said..
18 floors up on scaffolding sounds pretty heavy to me! 
No, because then I cannot read it because I am too new
Select to expand quoteTest pilot 1 said..
With electrical industry it is mandatory for all electric shocks, you go to hospital for 24 hrs observation, I've been 3 times
For electrical industry or lightning strikes?
Anyway, that's not a lightning strike, this is a lightning strike!
When I was about 15 I was walking on the veranda of the family home when lightning struck me pretty much directly. I remember hearing the thunder before seeing the flash so it must have been close - the thunder registered in my brain first even though it couldn't have happened first. Then it felt like was hit with a baseball bat in the chest and another one in each knee and elbow. Next thing I knew I was lying on the ground feeling a bit tender, but I hadn't blacked out. First thing I thought was that if I'd been hit under the shelter of the roof then potentially everyone in the house had been, so I jumped up to go and check on my younger sisters who were inside the house proper. No-one else had been hit.
That house was the highest house on the tallest hill in the shire. We got a lot of lightning strikes. I got shocked by it twice more while I lived there, once having my hand on the kitchen tap when lightning struck the ground outside, once standing in bare feet on wet tiles when it struck.
Select to expand quoteGreenPat said..Test pilot 1 said..
With electrical industry it is mandatory for all electric shocks, you go to hospital for 24 hrs observation, I've been 3 times
For electrical industry or lightning strikes?
Anyway, that's not a lightning strike, this is a lightning strike!
When I was about 15 I was walking on the veranda of the family home when lightning struck me pretty much directly. I remember hearing the thunder before seeing the flash so it must have been close - the thunder registered in my brain first even though it couldn't have happened first. Then it felt like was hit with a baseball bat in the chest and another one in each knee and elbow. Next thing I knew I was lying on the ground feeling a bit tender, but I hadn't blacked out. First thing I thought was that if I'd been hit under the shelter of the roof then potentially everyone in the house had been, so I jumped up to go and check on my younger sisters who were inside the house proper. No-one else had been hit.
That house was the highest house on the tallest hill in the shire. We got a lot of lightning strikes. I got shocked by it twice more while I lived there, once having my hand on the kitchen tap when lightning struck the ground outside, once standing in bare feet on wet tiles when it struck.
You were in "The Shire"? How were the other hobbits at the time
Select to expand quoteTest pilot 1 said...
You were in "The Shire"? How were the other hobbits at the time[8)
Fine I guess. Perhaps they were all under hills or something at the time... 
