[Winnisquamguy]

Originally Posted by MikeF-NH

no "recovery" needed. All hospital visits were purely precautionary. Some minor burns reported but no major injuries.

A scary incident for sure but handled well by all involved.

From WMUR.....


GILMANTON, N.H. —Most of the Boy Scouts hurt in a lightning strike Monday night are out of the hospital.In all, 23 Boy Scouts between the ages of 12 and 17 were hurt when lightning hit Camp Bell on the Griswald Scout Reservation in Gilmanton.
By noon Tuesday, all but five scouts were released from the hospital. The remaining five scouts are expected to be released later in the day.
When the lightning struck, the group was in a heavily wooded area. At first, everyone seemed fine.
“We knew that some people had been shaken because it was so close and there was such a loud clap of thunder along with this lightning bolt,” said Gerry Boyle, the course director.
Boyle said the scouts didn't see the storm coming. A group of 121 people, including 84 scouts, were on a mountaintop taking part in a leadership training course.
“We got word over the radio from the camp staff that there was a storm rapidly approaching,” said Boyle.
The camp staff had been tracking the severe thunderstorms on radar. Boyle said scouts, staffers and volunteers moved to shelter.

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