Big Lake Lightning Strike

[Big Lake Blondie]

Anybody know who this might have been? I just got finished having a heart attack cuz I thought it was my husband, but he's ok...

http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11081954

[speckdaddy]

great that its not ya hubby. whew , just hope that their families are gonna take it ok. send sum prayers to the guys even tho we dont know em guys. prayer works!!!

[Big Lake Blondie]

Definately...Prayers way up...

[Big Kahunaz]

Sucks to hear that! I've been on the lake and have had to run my boat up on long point 3x this year to avoid lightning. At the time of beaching due to fronts closing in from the North and South... i watched people still fishing birds when the lightning was practically on top of them.. A good rule of thumb is ....when the thought of safety first crosses your mind..It's best to get the hell outta there!

[Hebert]

man..what a lick...my prayers go out to them and their families!

[sulphurboy]

that's a tragedy.

does anyone know if they were running and got hit or if they were hunkered down?

[jsmoke222000]

I've been caught in bad weather before. Something like this will make you think twice about fishing in bad weather.

[LaAngler]

what happened link to page is down

[jsmoke222000]

http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11083174

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - A charred hull is all that is left of a boat after it was struck by lightning, a day of fishing gone bad.
Winnfield Nagle was nearby at Fred's Lounge when it happened, but he said, at first, it just looked like an old boat.
"I thought it was an old fishing boat near the channel. I did not realize anything was wrong. When I got here and began talking to a guy about all of the police lights I realized something was wrong. He said there had been a fishing boat that was struck by lightning," said Winnfield Nagle.
Richard Bergeron and Joseph Landry, both of Lake Charles, were fishing when it happened. Richard Bergeron suffered minor injuries, but Joseph Landry was not so lucky. Officials said he was dead upon arrival.
"People really need to watch the weather when they are out this time of year. We have many lightning storms come up real quick, and they underestimate them. They can do a lot of damage in a short amount of time," said Remy Broussard with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

[speck-chaser]

man thats a bad lick. I added the xm satellite weather to my gps unit last year,just to keep an eye on those thunderstorms out there,so I can see which way they are going and get around them as safe as possible. prayers are with the family and friend.

[Feesherman]

I grew up across the street from Joe Landry.

[Jordan]

prayers sent to both families