R.i.p

Yea. That **** sucks. Be safe out there people.

Here is the story
http://www.starnewsonline.com/artic...immer-pulled-from-ocean-at-Wrightsville-Beach

 

damn. thats wild. thats aweful.

My curious side is wondering what affects the lightening strike had on the other individuals in the surrounding area in the water. I wonder if the surfers got minor electrical shocks from the lightening as well. It sounds like since the swimmer was fully submerged when it struck, that he took on 100% of the shock. I'm curious as to what the other felt while they were out there. I wonder what kind of a diameter in the water a stike of lightneing would affect. interesting, but tragic.

 

I feel very bad for him and his freinds unless of course he was a kook

 

NCsurfer:

This is to you and only you. You are a pathetic piece of crap. No, this is not the trash talking I usually see on here. It is an observation from an actual intelligent human being with a heart, to a heartless piece of trash. You are the only kook on here after a comment like that man.

If anyone who knows the guy who was struck, or his family and read that comment, please disregard what that ignoramus NCsurfer has written. And to you NCsurfer, as they say, karma is a B&*#h.

 

a friend of mime was actually about two streets down in the water when the bolt struck this guy... your never think it will happen... then it does.. i was out of town when this happened. i don't know what the sky was like or how the weather was when it happened.. but be careful everyone. im sure no body was really expecting that bolt. Scary stuff.

 

That is Sad.

It seems as surfers, if the surf is good, sometimes we ignore the thunderstorms while we are in the water. Just a reminder that you have to take this serious, and definitely get out of the water if things are looking ominous.

 

yeahright,

do you obviously believe that NCsurfer really meant that if he was a kook it's ok he died? If so, then you are more of an ignoramus than NCsurfer is. He was attempting humor that may or may not have been funny to some. Let it go man. It's obvious it's a horrible thing someone got zapped by lightning, but let's be real, NONE OF US have any business being in the water when there is lightning. This is a perfect example of why we shouldn't.

 

Hey

gnargnarsgredda-

Look, no offense, but the comment was not made to you, so do not attack me. The comment I made was in the right and directed exactly to him- not to you. Obviously I do not think he meant it, and OBVIOUSLY I think it is pretty darn silly to be in the water when there is lightning around. However, joking or not, it was not right, nor was it something to joke about. So, that is all I was saying. Hope all is well during this little flat spell...

 

I"m not attacking you at all. I just think you need to chill. I would be on your side if you believed that he actually meant it, but you even admitted that it was OBVIOUS he didn't. So why are you getting worked up over something you know wasn't heartfelt. If you were a friend or family member of this guy then I can understand how it would upset you, but if you aren't then you are just playing the holier-than-thou card, and that isn't cool. Haven't you heard the saying laughter is the best medicine for the soul?

Oh one more thing. I surf better than you

 

Way to go gnargnar

you can ride a bic better than anyone of us! COOL!

Tragic thing that happened, and children should stay off delicate threads like this one.
Gnargnar please don't respond back because all you will do is make yourself look like a fool, and it wont get a rise out of anyone. Sorry

 

i thought that **** was out of line too (the kook crack), i just didn't say anything since it had already been said. some one died surfing your homebreak in a freak accident. you can't treat that lightly. you give away a lot more about yourself than you think when you write on these walls.... such as age and maturity. and they don't go hand in hand either.

 

Sorry you guys took it differently than i intended. I forgot I wasnt cracking jokes to my freinds but rather to a much wider community and anyone who gets on swellinfo. Even if i did mean it seriously, you will find that i have a very bad history with surfers that act cocky, irresponsible, selfish, and just plain mean. This is because when i was 8 a kid probably about 15 years old thought the world revolved around him, he was no better at surfing than I was at the time and he acted way to cocky. It was a usual 3 foot fun day when a rather big set came through about 5 foot, me being the shortest one out and happening to have priority was the happiest person at the beach, I had just dropped in and looked up and there was that ******* kook dropping through the air and some how his board smushed my ankle on my board, hurting like hell and we were jumbled around under water, our leashes got tangled up, and my favorite board was totaled, when i finally popped up I saw the peice of trash my best board had become and started crying the blues. I will never regret the asshole that could just walk right off the beach after making a little grom cry like that.

 

gnargnarshredda-

Well, first off man, you do not know me, as i do not know you. You may be an all right person off of here for all I know. There are no sides being taken, I just made a comment about something that should not have been joked about in the first place. Does not matter if he was serious or not man. My comment was not out of line. I don't need to be part of his family or a dear friend to have compassion or empathy for his family and friends losing him. So, I am not, nor was I playing the "holier than thou card of any kind." However, what was out of line was the, "I surf better than you" comment. First, you do not know me. Second, I don't care how well you surf. Hope all is well once again, and please do not respond to this. Oh, and yes, laughter is medicine for the soul-but not at other's expense....Especially at another's death man.

NCsurfer:
I hear you. We all experience kooks. That story had nothing to do with the kid who was killed though man. Yeah, he shouldn't have been out there during a storm like that, but a life was still lost. I just wanted to say I was not attacking you as a person, just that comment.

Hopefully we will all have some surf soon to enjoy........

 

So, were any of the surrounding surfers affected by the bolt? I am just curious about the amount of power distributed through the water when this happened. In a strange situation like this, I think we could all learn something from it. Other than the obvious point of not being in the water during a thunderstorm. If anyone has heard a scientific break down of the incident or from someone who was very close, I would love to know.

 

The I surf better than you comment was taken way outta context, but I guess that's nothing new. Where did I condone laughing at fellow humans death? I didn't. The only thing I said that MIGHT have been a stretch was the holier than thou comment.


I wan't trying to get a rise out of anyone ct

 

wow this is classy.....


ps: A lighting bolt can strike up to a mile away from the storm sometimes, so just because you do not see the storm doesn't mean that you cant be struck.

 

Swimmer or Surfer ??

Article says both...... Either way that was not a good thing.......

 

a bolt of lightning will produce an energy gradient "field" around where it strikes, in air and water. in air it is something like a ten times decrease every ten meters... not sure about water either. i bet within fifty meters is when you have to worry, i saw an article in the lumina news about it. thats how far his freinds were while he swam