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TUAW's Daily Mac App: Lightning!

by Samuel Gibbs (May 3rd, 2011)

Stormy weather, as long as we're not talking hurricanes or tornadoes, can be quite beautiful from a safe vantage point. Whether it's flashes of lightning dancing across the sky, or the rumbling claps of thunder that accompany them, there's something majestic about electrical ...

Today's lesson: don't mow the lawn while listening to your iPod during a lightning storm

by David Chartier (Jul 7th, 2006)

The Denver Post is reporting that Bunch, a 17-year-old teenager in Castle Rock, CO, was struck by lightning while mowing the lawn and listening to his iPod. While scientists aren't laying any money down on how likely it is that lightning sought out the teenager's iPod, the boy and his mother suspect ...