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kingMountain		2006-09-13 11:39:40 AM

"I'm blessed. I'm blessed, and it was all because of God," Galarzo said.

yeah that God guy was really watching out for you.

ThatDevGuy		2006-09-13 11:48:06 AM

No, actually she doesn't.

She describes thinking she was going to die. And then says it's good that she didn't.

Diogenes		2006-09-13 11:56:57 AM

Of all the headlines to get pissy about, TheDevGuy, this is the one you picked?

hitchking		2006-09-13 11:57:37 AM

FTA: A woman who was struck by lightning talked Tuesday about the incident that ruptured her eardrums and sent her to a hospital for days.

...

Another of her sisters, who is a registered nurse, gave her CPR.

...

I'm blessed, and it was all because of God

Sounds to me like God tried to kill her, but her sister saved her life. Just goes to show you that God can be a farking prick when he wants to.

PPL_Wannabe		2006-09-13 12:17:58 PM

Um, God doesn't exist.

Physics do.

BooBoo23		2006-09-13 12:21:24 PM

Opa-locka

Which is how folks in Opelika pronounce their town's name.

Quick1		2006-09-13 01:17:23 PM

ThatDevGuy: She describes thinking she was going to die. And then says it's good that she didn't.

Uh, maybe it's just me, but that would be describing her experience.

DNA Prototype		2006-09-13 01:40:07 PM

"Related Content: Images (Some images may be disturbing)"

That was the most boring, horribly executed image gallery ever.

meshman		2006-09-13 01:45:29 PM

"I'm blessed. I'm blessed, and it was all because of God,"

She's blessed by the same thing that sent the bolt of lightning? What kind of a cruel asshat is this god anyway?

If this is a blessing, I'll take the damnation thanks.

Diogenes		2006-09-13 02:23:25 PM

Hmmm...could've been God. He did the same thing convert Saul of Tarsus, no?

moops		2006-09-13 02:27:07 PM

lorthos		2006-09-13 02:27:19 PM

From How To Be A Superhero:

"I was struck by lightning and now I use my chronic stutter and third degree burns to fight crime!"

chaddsfarkprefect		2006-09-13 02:27:43 PM

Was it during her greatest game evar?

bongmiester		2006-09-13 02:28:44 PM

rat farts!

Joliet_Jake		2006-09-13 02:29:47 PM

Sannyasin		2006-09-13 02:31:11 PM

"Physics" is used with a singular verb...: It's Physics does, not Physics do.

wmoonfox		2006-09-13 02:31:14 PM

FTA: the incident that ruptured her eardrums and sent her to a hospital for days.

I've been struck on three separate occassions (my ass doesn't go outside if it even looks like rain), and didn't have to go to the hopital for any one of them. Guess I'm the luckiest unlucky SOB around...

The Icelander		2006-09-13 02:32:35 PM

From TFA:
"I'm blessed. I'm blessed, and it was all because of God," Galarzo said.

If she had died, would that have been because of God, too? Would they be blessed then?

\Will never understand theists

honorary cuban		2006-09-13 02:33:16 PM

Couldn't God have shown His favor by not hitting her with a lightning bolt in the first place?

quiefNpea		2006-09-13 02:33:19 PM

3..2...1....someone photoshop her eyes like X-Men's Storm.

IsaacM		2006-09-13 02:33:52 PM

The lightning hit the pine tree, then it hit her, then it hit the concrete right there, which it made a hole

First Kennedy's "magic bullet," now a "magic bolt?"

Also, does ThatDevGuy remind anyone else of the "Your a big fat phony!" guy from Family Guy?

Epsilon		2006-09-13 02:34:54 PM

If she was truly blessed by God why did he zap her with a bolt of lightning? Sounds more to me like God was trying to kill her ass and it didn't work.

MassMikMouse		2006-09-13 02:35:07 PM

All other random thoughts aside, this is rather scary. It is a miracle that this woman did live to tell her story. Lightning doesn't fark around yo.

snarkshark		2006-09-13 02:35:13 PM

No wmoonfox, you is "blessed"

HAMMERTOE		2006-09-13 02:36:14 PM

Instead of 'Lightning on a Hot Girl' there should be a movie called 'F**king A$$holes on a Message Board'. Starring all of you.

Hope someone you love dies horribly and everyone laughs at you.

And you all get cancer.

Especially scotttothety.

/getting my cliche` in early/

udeng01		2006-09-13 02:36:17 PM

Wh-Wh-When sh-sh-she g-g-gets h-h-hit s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-ix-s-ix-s-ix-s-ix-s-ix-s-ix-sixty-two times! Th-Th-Then sh-sh-she c-c-can t-t-talk!

Hilary T. N. Seuss		2006-09-13 02:36:42 PM

"We're scared. Nobody in the family carries an umbrella when it rains. We'd rather just get wet," Khan said.

That's right. Go ahead and blame the umbrella for everything. It's no longer around to defend itself.

/that's why she feels blessed by God
//He destroyed that evil, evil umbrella for her

wmoonfox		2006-09-13 02:36:45 PM

snarkshark No wmoonfox, you is "blessed"

I'd much prefer a winning lottery ticket.

FooMistro		2006-09-13 02:36:51 PM

I worked trail crew two summers ago and me and 2 other workers got hit during a storm.

Not directly, we were leaning against a garage door at our base and it struck in front of us and shocked us pretty good as well as some blinding/deafening after effects.

Still, I can claim I got hit by lighting.

IXI Jim IXI		2006-09-13 02:37:40 PM

Damn, I was hoping this was the girl in the bunk bed again...

Epsilon		2006-09-13 02:38:28 PM

The Icelander: \Will never understand theists

Me neither. In cases like this they don't even attempt to make any logical sense. "God proved his love for me by zapping me with a bolt of lightning, blowing out my eardrums and burning my face, then allowing me to live with the pain of it. He's an awesome God."

Animatronik		2006-09-13 02:39:34 PM

Looks like someone will finally want to buy my beerbrellas now (all plastic):

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6637447.html

/not really my idea. I do have at least one useless patent though.

Cathaleon		2006-09-13 02:42:32 PM

Me neither. In cases like this they don't even attempt to make any logical sense. "God proved his love for me by zapping me with a bolt of lightning, blowing out my eardrums and burning my face, then allowing me to live with the pain of it. He's an awesome God.

Our God is an awesome God he reigggggns from heaven abooooooveeee.

Mebbe God realized she was blind enough to say something like this, and decided to lightning bolt her, but was foiled by Satan's Umbrella again?

jfarkinB		2006-09-13 02:43:22 PM

"I'm blessed. I'm blessed, and it was all because of God," Galarzo said.

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Jeros_Kinslayer		2006-09-13 02:45:25 PM

IXI Jim IXI: Damn, I was hoping this was the girl in the bunk bed again...

She was a hottie wasn't she? we need a followup on her to see if she's gained any superpowers/lost any clothes

Jethro74		2006-09-13 02:47:41 PM

UnremarkableHulk		2006-09-13 02:48:31 PM

"Then Aquaman says 'How about we call you Black Vulcan?', so I said 'How about we call you White Fish?'"

ForTheWin		2006-09-13 02:49:20 PM

The umbrella Galarzo carried was obliterated after the tip of the umbrella channeled thousands of volts of electricity, NBC 6's Amara Sohn reported.

More articles need to make use of the word "obliterated." Them's good writing!

The Shadow Knows!		2006-09-13 02:51:02 PM

I now have the ability to shake on the ground and crap myself. Will I use the powers for good?

Twitch OSX		2006-09-13 02:51:08 PM

Yea.. that "God" of yours is awesome. Good thing I dont believe in any God. Otherwise I might get struck by farking lightning. fark that.

lukelightning		2006-09-13 02:51:12 PM

I deny all knowledge of this woman.

IXI Jim IXI		2006-09-13 02:53:45 PM

When God plays catch, he apparently plays for keeps

FlagToFollow		2006-09-13 02:57:10 PM

Isaura Khan looks like farkin Ghengis Khan

/KAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHNNN

farbekrieg		2006-09-13 02:59:31 PM

Twitch OSX

and all the other god haters

Yea.. that "God" of yours is awesome. Good thing I dont believe in any God. Otherwise I might get struck by farking lightning. fark that.

Dont you see God loves her,
www.dl.ket.org

Zeus, well not so much.

Brick Top		2006-09-13 03:00:58 PM

I think the very fact that you guys think this story somehow supports your hatred of religion in some way is hilarious.

Your "logic" is worth a chuckle too.

IXI Jim IXI		2006-09-13 03:01:48 PM

I'm not saying I hate religion. I'm just saying God might want to invest in a few rubber balls for playtime, is all.

lukelightning		2006-09-13 03:02:16 PM

Jesus loves me, this I know, for my 3rd-degree burns and ruptured eardrums tell me so.

bmc132		2006-09-13 03:04:40 PM

Sorry Gary

mwierm		2006-09-13 03:05:40 PM

Uh, how does she know God wasn't the one who struck her? Maybe she's a bad person and deserved it.

wmoonfox		2006-09-13 03:07:53 PM

Brick I think the very fact that you guys think this story somehow supports your hatred of religion in some way is hilarious.

I think the very fact that you suggest people finding a woman praising God for striking her down and nearly killing her ironic somehow translates into a hatred of religion in some way is hilarious.

/where's your logic now?

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