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Old 06-27-2008, 10:47 AM   #27
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Default Once at band camp

When I worked at Camp Lawrence, there was one of the usual quick popup storms. A group of us were sitting on the Dining hall porch watching the storm. The metal swim docks and the raft got hit, and then a bolt came down in the middle of the island. It hit the side of a cabin (made a hole), went though a pillow on a bed (made another hole), and then went down the antenna of a portable radio leaning against the bed (causing a small fire). A couple of seconds later another bolt came down on by west beach (Mark Island side of camp). It hit outside one of the cabins on the beach where some staff and campers had taken refuge during the storm. Two campers got a residual shock from the bolt. Not sure how the transfer happened, but the pillow that got hit in the cabin belonged to one of the kids that was shocked. Both campers were fine, and no one wanted to get on plane with the camper whose pillow got hit
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