Florida Man™ Struck By Lightning

by "user314" (user314)
Published 08/03/2017 at 12:50

Tags: Florida Man ; Lightning ; Zap! ; Zot!
STARS: 1

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A 21-year old ramp worker was electrocuted when the Sun Country 737 was was working near was hit by lightning on July 22nd. (Alternate Link in case of Kinja)

Austin Dunn was rushed to the hospital with third degree burns and bleeding on the brain, but has since recovered and been released.

[Edited to remove massive Kinja’ing]

Replies (18)

"Rico" (ricorich)
08/03/2017 at 12:54, STARS: 0

Do airport employees often wear t shirt and shorts when working on the tarmac in the rain? I know it’s Florida but is that really the uniform? Dude that runs to help is in full poncho mode.

"Maxima Speed" (maximaspeed)
08/03/2017 at 12:57, STARS: 2

Wow that got kinja’d hard.

"Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras" (jegoingout)
08/03/2017 at 12:58, STARS: 3

Holy kinja

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
08/03/2017 at 12:58, STARS: 12

popular online commenting service, Kinja, struck by lightning

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
08/03/2017 at 12:59, STARS: 2

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
08/03/2017 at 13:08, STARS: 3

electrocution is technically only correct if he died from it wharrgarbl

"user314" (user314)
08/03/2017 at 13:11, STARS: 0

There are many things I’d call Kinja, “popular” is not one of them.

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
08/03/2017 at 13:13, STARS: 1

If that’s what he wants to wear it’s probably fine. It’s not like the poncho would’ve saved him or anything.

"user314" (user314)
08/03/2017 at 13:14, STARS: 0

Yeah, I have no problems getting Kinja to do images. Embedding non-YouTube video though, is a different story

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
08/03/2017 at 13:19, STARS: 0

and yet, here I am every damned day using it!

"user314" (user314)
08/03/2017 at 13:23, STARS: 0

Fair point. I’m pretty sure he felt like he was dying though.

"Rico" (ricorich)
08/03/2017 at 13:33, STARS: 1

I’m just curious because he’s dressed like a civilian

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
08/03/2017 at 13:43, STARS: 1

Yep. The fact that he effectively *was* 99% shocked to death made a good opportunity to joke about how silly that quibble can be... but also ongoing media writer ignorance.

"6691 zapS" (6691-zaps)
08/03/2017 at 14:38, STARS: 1

Usually those out of the public eye have relaxed dress codes. Also working on ramp is Hot , Wet and Dirty job. Gotta be comfortable as much as you can.

Hot, wet and dirty? Is this a airport or a p0rno?

"Rico" (ricorich)
08/03/2017 at 14:50, STARS: 1

WhyNotBoth.Jpg

"Jason Spears" (shadestalker)
08/03/2017 at 15:00, STARS: 1

What’s stickier than electric tape? Actual lightning!

"Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich)
08/03/2017 at 16:24, STARS: 0

So he got hit by lightening... and now his frame width x height is 640x480.

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
08/05/2017 at 23:07, STARS: 0

Big whoop, ive been struck by lightning and i turned out fine