lightning strikes my '85 vette!

[Programmer]

WOW--apparently you're NOT really safe in your vehicle. Good to hear you
guys only suffered a little hearing damage.

Lyndon.
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig M. <TPIVette at swbell.net>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:22 PM
Subject: lightning strikes my '85 vette!


> On the way home to Texas from the CorvetteForum.com cruise-in in Bowling
> Green, my '85 Corvette was struck by lightning! My father and I were
> travelling just outside a small town called New Boston on I30 in
> NorthEast Texas Sunday morning when a sudden storm popped out of
> nowhere. The rain was pouring down and I slowed to about 55mph. Then,
> all within a fraction of a second, a bright flash appears on the
> passenger side, a huge BANG and the car shook terribly, all the lights
> on my 'Star Wars' dash light up then go blank.... smoke is pouring out
> of the dash near the ECM.... the engine quit
> running.... we coasted to the side of the road. It was so sudden and
> violent. It appears that the lightning struck just under the passenger
> seat,
> and also damaged the windshield slightly. My ears were ringing the rest
> of
> the day. Pictures can be seen here:
>
> http://www3.ewebcity.com/marcho/strike.htm
>
> I'm waiting for the insurance to come look at it. We had to tow the car
> home, as all the electronics are fried on the car. I had just had the
> car
> painted a couple weeks ago. Looking at the damage under the passenger
> seat,
> I still can't figure out how my dad didn't get harmed by the lightning.
> It
> was right under him!
>
> I had my Diacom laptop in the car and I hooked it up right away.
> Wouldn't connect! Duh! Seems the ECM is at the very least DEAD! I'm
> wondering how many other components that were designed for 5 or 12 volts
> are wasted after the huge surge of electricity. How many volts is
> lightning, anyway?!?!?
>
> Craig M.
> http://welcome.to/corvette/
>
>
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