11 injured as lightning strikes Paris park

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Source: AFP

Paris (AFP) - Eleven people, most of them children, were injured Saturday when lightning struck a birthday party in a Paris park, officials said, adding that six of the victims were seriously injured.

Police said eight children and three adults were hurt when the storm hit as they were holding the celebrations in Parc Monceau in northwest Paris.

"They had taken shelter under a tree," said Paris official Karen Taieb.

Three of the children and one adult had life-threatening injuries, the Paris force said, with another child and another adult also seriously injured. The children were aged between 7 and 14.

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[niyad]

1. "they had taken shelter under a tree". is that stupid advice STILL being touted?

[PersonNumber503602]

6. Was that advice given before?

I was always told to avoid trees.

[niyad]

8. yes, when I was young, we were always told to take shelter under the nearest tree.

stupid, dangerous nonsense.

[Frank Cannon]

11. You had very safety impaired caregivers.

I never heard that in my entire life, and I've been around for a long time.

[niyad]

12. teachers, mostly. of course, those were also the days of "duck and cover", so.. . .

lots of stupid, useless, dangerous "information".

[Frank Cannon]

13. Aww, those were the days.

Kids these days don't appreciate what it's like waking up every morning with a Fallout scenario in your mind, except that it could be real and not a game.

[Frank Cannon]

10. That advice has never been given.

I think even stone age people knew not to hide under trees in a lightning storm. It's always the tall things that get hit.

[C Moon]

2. Wow. They hid underneath a tree. That really is a bad thing to do.

I've been out running when a thunderstorm hit, and my first instinct is to find any kind of cover, but I was near home so I just scrambled home instead of fleeing for a tree.

[JesterCS]

3. What idiot gets UNDER a tree during a lightning storm..... n/t

[valerief]

4. Someone who watches the French Fox News. nt

[Bonobo]

5. My sister was struck by lightning.

There is little research on the physical effects of lightning strikes since they are so difficult to reproduce.

[miyazaki]

7. There could be a joke about you sister being pretty hot

but, hope she's ok.

I can still remember my junior high school science teacher telling us
when it comes to lightning and taking cover, "head your dead, bottom you got em'".
Maybe.

[niyad]

9. I had a friend whose two sons were struck by lightning years ago.

and, every year around here, at least one golfer pays no attention to the sirens, and gets struck.