south florida has been struck by lightning the most.
south florida has been struck by lightning the most.
who has been struck by lightning the most?
south florida
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during a thunderstorm near gundagai in 1876, an electric fire-ball was seen to issue from the clouds, strike the earth, and explode with a loud noise, singeing constable macalister's hair and whiskers, and leaving a "blue mark" on his side. a "terrific thunderstorm" at gundagai in march 1877 set fire to the inside of armour's house. in november 1899, a man named caigan was struck by lightning and killed as he sheltered in a hollow log. a boy, patrick vaughan, was struck by lightning in october 1904 and "rendered unconscious for a long time". two horses were struck by lightning in 1904 and one horse died. a few weeks later two boys were struck by lightning as they hid under a bullock hide strung over a wire fence. the electric charge travelled along the fence wire. in 1938 two dead drovers were found under a tree south of gundagai, again the victims of lightning. lightning killed a horse in 1946 but the rider escaped with her life though somewhat injured. a bushfire that caused a lot of damage was started near gundagai in february 1906 after lightning hit a tree. john bloomquist, who was camped in a hollow tree on the gundagai golf links, was horribly burned and died when the tree was struck by lightning in 1932. there has been other victims of lightning in the gundagai area due to the ferocity of thunderstorms that can happen locally.
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