Listen to iPod easily ... lightning

Listening to the iPod in a storm may turn you into an unwilling "lightning rod". A Canadian man while jogging with an iPod music player was struck by lightning, causing chest burns, scorching his neck, tearing the eardrum and breaking his jaw.

Last summer, a teenager in Colorado suffered similar injuries, after being hit by a lightning bolt while cutting the grass while listening to the iPod.

Not special

Many hospitals have reported that recently, the number of patients who suffered burns from lightning while using personal electronic devices such as pagers, Walkman devices, iPods and laptops suddenly skyrocketed. This rate is higher when the victim is outside at the time of the storm.

Michael Utley, a West Yarmouth securities broker, identified himself as "lucky" after being struck by lightning (while playing golf) without dying. From that point on, Ultey had difficulty keeping up with the lightning strikes like her and updated them on her own website.

Listening to mobile phones and portable music players in the presence of thunderstorms is prone to lightning strikes.

" Since 2004, I have recorded 13 cases of lightning strikes while talking on a mobile phone, " Utley said.

However, contrary to the rumors as well as the information that the press published, the way electronic devices "smoke" is not the same as that of tall trees or lightning rods.

" Once the lightning strikes the metal, the metal will conduct electricity. Maybe lightning will only knock over the victim, but the sparks released by it still fire at the skin. Then the metal in the electrical equipment. death (even metal jewelry or coins in bags) begins to conduct electricity throughout the body, causing burns, burns or more serious injuries , "said Dr. Mary Ann Cooper of Illinois Medical Center. know.

The Apple representative declined to comment on this information, although on the iPod case and some other music players, the manufacturer still recommends that users should not use the product in the rain.

Mostly hearing loss

More specifically, there are cases in which victims are struck by lightning despite storms in other areas. Jason Bunch, 18 is an example.

" Last July, it was not even a rain drop. But the lightning still struck down the tree next to me, and I was" scolded , "Bunch recounted. Follow a Metallica band song from the iPod in the bag.

Now, after two torn surgery on the ear canal, Bunch still feels his hearing is severely reduced. His face still had burns left over by the headphone strap, and his hip was scorched as the iPod was stored in his pocket.

The case of a Canadian man jogging is more tragic. He was originally a dentist in Vancouver and occasionally played music as an amateur artist. However, after the tragedy, he lost 50% of his hearing capacity and always had to wear hearing aids.

" He is jogging, a lightning bolt strikes the trunk not far away. The lightning strikes him, causing the victim to throw about 2 meters away. His chest and left leg have a level 2 burn. The cord that connects the iPod to the earpiece has created a red burn line on the victim's body, and his eardrums are torn, the jaw is broken at four places, "witnesses and doctors gave know.

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