lightning strikes my '85 vette!

[bcroe at juno.com]

A Vette is the last car I'd want to get hit by 
lightning in, because fiberglass doesn't 
conduct away the charge like steel

Bruce Roe

On Wed, 30 May 2001 07:43:38 -0600 "Programmer" <nwester at eidnet.org>
writes:
> 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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