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Next time you think about popping your headphones in before heading outside for a run on the trails or even just a stroll around the block, double-check to make sure skies are crystal clear of any possible lightning. Take a note from this guy: a 39-year-old dentist in Canada was jogging through a thunderstorm (listening to his iPod) when Replica Omega Constellation Classic Mens Watch 1212.30.00 lightning struck down a few feet away from his body. According to the Associated Press, the electricity shot through his body, threw him eight feet, burned the outline of the headphone wires into his skin, ruptured both ear drums, dislocated the tiny bones in the ears that transmit sound, and broke his jaw in four places.
Less than one year ago, 18-year-old Jason Bunch was mowing his lawn in Castle Rock, Colorado, when lightning struck a nearby tree, shot off, and hit him the Associated Press also reported. The massive electric shock ruptured both his ear drums, burned Omega De Ville Co Axial Chronograph wire marks into his face, and burned his hip where the iPod was sitting.When lightning strikes the metal, it acts as a conductor of the electricity. Without an iPod (or other electronic device), the lightening would just flash over the skin. But, with the device, the metal creates contact burns that increase the damage.
