Lightning strike kills three and injures a fourth in Germany

[Zeph]

[URL=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/3-women-killed-after-their-shelter-is-struck-by-lightning-on-german-golf-course/2012/06/29/gJQAI97oBW_story.html]3 women killed after their shelter is struck by lightning on German golf course[/URL] [QUOTE]BERLIN — German police say three women were killed on a golf course when lightning struck a shelter they fled to during a violent thunderstorm. Police in the central German town of Korbach said a fourth woman was critically injured in the incident Friday. Spokesman Dirk Virnich said the women — local residents aged between 41 and 67 — had been playing golf before they fled to the small wooden shelter. Virnich gave no further information on the victims’ identities in line with German privacy laws.[/QUOTE] Don't play golf in a lightning storm people. Taking cover in a shed does not guarantee your safety. The safest is probably to stay low, avoid trees and tall buildings or structures. A house would probably be safe.

[nevets88]

I always wondered what percentage of shelters have lightning rods and are grounded and whether even equipped with rods, would it have prevented a tragedy like this.