Clinical Pearls Struck by Lightning

Cohen, Merrill A.

doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01150.x

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“…In our search of the medical literature, we were able to find two detailed cases of BL, one of which had this coherent syndrome. 3,4 We also have seen two additional patients who were healthy before their contact with BL. They both presented with this stereotypical syndrome.…”

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Ball Lightning Encephalopathy

Cherington

Yarnell

2003

The Journal of Burn Care &Amp; Rehabilitation

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Ball Lightning Encephalopathy

Cherington

Yarnell

2003

The Journal of Burn Care &Amp; Rehabilitation

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“…The injuries and other consequences of the influence of ball lightning on humans are also described in several other papers published in medical journals (see, e.g., [52][53][54]) and other works (see, e.g., [31,44,49,[55][56][57]). In particular [54] contains a report about the direct contact of ball lightning with the right face of a 41-year-old woman who later suffered from memory loss, irritability, and depression.…”

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Hazards to Aircraft Crews, Passengers, and Equipment from Thunderstorm-Generated X-rays and Gamma-Rays

Stephan

Shmatov

2021

Radiation

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Both observational and theoretical research in the area of atmospheric high-energy physics since about 1980 has revealed that thunderstorms produce X-rays and gamma-rays into the MeV region by a number of mechanisms. While the nature of these mechanisms is still an area of active research, enough observational and theoretical data exists to permit an evaluation of hazards presented by ionizing radiation from thunderstorms to aircraft crew, passengers, and equipment. In this paper, we use data from existing studies to evaluate these hazards in a quantitative way. We find that hazards to humans are generally low, although with the possibility of an isolated rare incident giving rise to enough radiation dose to produce noticeable symptoms. On the other hand, unshielded computer memory chips in avionics systems stand a small but non-zero chance of severe damage from thunderstorm-generated radiation and would not leave easily detectable traces of the occurrence. Should a rare phenomenon called ball lightning occur near or within an aircraft, the possibility exists of substantial damage to both equipment and personnel. Overall, radiation hazards from thunderstorms appear to be low, but should be considered and investigated with radiation monitoring equipment on sample flights.

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Lightning Effects on the Body

Cooper

Holle²

2018

Springer Natural Hazards

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Clinical Pearls Struck by Lightning

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

Ball Lightning Encephalopathy

Ball Lightning Encephalopathy

Hazards to Aircraft Crews, Passengers, and Equipment from Thunderstorm-Generated X-rays and Gamma-Rays

Lightning Effects on the Body

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